There is anxiety on Ghana’s bonds market as investors are rushing to sell and get out but can’t find buyers. This follows reports that government intends to restructure domestic bonds as part of its engagement with the international monetary fund. …

Crew members on board the Ophelia Panana ship, have confessed to throwing 14-stowaway into deep seas in Southeastern Liberia. The incident led to the reported death of two Nigerians who were unable to swim from the deep sea. WADR’s Monrovia…

West Africa Democracy Radio 94.9FM is convening a public debate on Security governance and countering radicalism. The event which is currently ongoing in Dakar is in partnership with the Open Society Initiative for West Africa (OSIWA). According to HAMADOU TIDANE…

Nigeria’s President, Muhammadu Buhari on Wednesday, addressed the 77th United Nations General Assembly in New York. Speaking on climate change, the Russian Invasion of Ukraine and the need for credible elections, the president called on world leaders to remain committed…

The military ruler in Mali Colonel Assimi Goïta on Wednesday called on the citizens not to succumb to the demons of division.  Goita stated this in a national broadcast to mark the country’s 62nd independence anniversary celebrated every 22nd of…

Guinea’s military leader Mamadi Doumbouya is in Mali to attend the country’s 62nd-anniversary celebrations, which is coming on the eve of the ECOWAS extraordinary summit on the sidelines of the UN general assembly. According to Doumbouya, he’s in Mali on…

Ivorian President Alassane Ouattara has called for the “immediate” release of 46 troops from his country who were arrested in Mali in July. He made the call while addressing the UN General Assembly in New York City on Wednesday. Ouattara…

In Burkina Faso, where a court in Ouagadougou last night sentenced General Gilbert Diendéré, the right arm of former Burkinabe President Blaise Compaoré, to 20 years in prison in the popular Dabo Boukary trial.  He was convicted of complicity in…