More Gambians have become poorer according to World Bank and Gambia Poverty and Gender Assessment 2022 reports. The Gambia’s poverty rate has climbed to 53.4 percent and both organizations say it’s largely due to COVID-19.  Sankulleh Janko reports…

President Emmanuel Macron of France has formally ended France's decade-long operation to fight Islamist insurgents in the Sahel code named “Operation Barkhane”. In a major speech at a naval base in Toulon, he said some French troops would remain in…

The United Nations Working Group on Arbitrary Detention has condemned the detention of Beninese opponent Rékya Madougou, sentenced to twenty years in prison in December 2021 for "financing terrorism", calling for her release. In a report on its session held…

The Burkinabe , Prime Minister Apollinaire Joachimson Kyelem de Tambela has replaced key officials of his cabinet in a major reshuffle on Wednesday. Some of the ministers affected include the Minister of Industrial Development, Trade, Handicrafts and Small and Medium Enterprises…

The prosecutor general at the Court of Appeal of Conakry on Thursday, ordered the public prosecutor at the court of the first instance of Kaloum in Conakry, "to initiate without delay, legal proceedings to freeze the bank accounts" of the…

The 2022-23 tourist season is underway in the Gambia! The smiling coast as the country is popularly called is a famous destination for tourists and during the last quarter of the year, holidaymakers all over the world flock to the…

The Central Bank of Liberia has launched new coins to ease the liquidity challenges facing the country. The coins, in five and ten denominations, were melted alongside the new family of Liberian banknotes printed by the central bank. WADR’s Monrovia…

The speaker of Ghana’s parliament, Alban Bagbin has constituted an 8-member Adhoc committee to look into the minority’s motion to have the finance minister censured.  The decision followed heated exchanges over the procedure the censure motion should take.  WADR’s Accra…

Senegal has received approval from the Board of Directors of the African Development Bank for a loan of 39.64 million euros. The financing is intended to implement the Access to Safe Services and Sanitation Project for Sustainable Resilience in the…