Burkina Faso’s Dr Ablassé Ouédraogo has been released from his military obligations. Arrested on 24th December, he had been taken by force to theatres of operations.   Oge Obierika has more in this report by WADRs Martin Kaba in Ouagadougou.…

Senegal’s election campaign kicks off tomorrow, Saturday. At the same time, public television will be recording the messages of the various presidential candidates this Friday and tomorrow. According to an executive decree signed by President Macky Sall, candidates have until…

In Ghana, the largest opposition National Democratic Congress party (NDC) has officially announced professor Jane Naana Opoku-Agyeman as the running mate to its flagbearer John Mahama for the highly anticipated December 2024 general elections. The party underscored Opoku-Agyeman’s distinguished career…

More than 200 school children were reportedly abducted by gunmen locally known as Bandits in the northwestern state of Kaduna. The gunmen carried out the mass abduction after storming the primary school on Thursday morning just before the commencement of…

In Senegal, the Constitutional Council’s validation of March 24 as the date for the delayed presidential elections adds to a series of unfolding political events. The highest judicial body of the land on Thursday conveyed its stance on the matter…

Chad’s Constitutional Council is still waiting to receive more candidatures for the presidential election after the interim president General Mahamat Idriss Déby submitted his file under the ruling Patriotic Salvation Movement party. The poll is scheduled for May 6, 2024.…