More than 1,400 delegates from the military, civil society, opposition parties, trade unions and rebel groups gathered in the Chadian capital, N’Djamena, on Saturday for the long-awaited national dialogue” that is expected to last three weeks. The talks are the…

Ivorian Former first lady Simone Gbagbo over the weekend formally launched her political party Movement of capable generations, MGC. Oge Obierika has the details.

The Malian Army over the weekend said its troops neutralized more than 91 terrorists and injured several dozen others while seizing or destroying large quantities of weapons and ammunition.  According to the General Staff of the Armed Forces, these figures…

Head of the transitional government in Mali, Colonel Assimi Goita on Sunday, appointed Colonel Abdoulaye Maiga as an interim prime minister to act in place of leader Choguel Maiga. Abdoulaye Maiga, who is currently the Malian government spokesman, also doubles…

The Government of The Gambia and the United Nations World Food Programme (WFP), on Wednesday, launched the Gambia Agriculture and Food Security Project (GASFp) The project aims to reinforce food security and nutrition, and increase incomes of 170,000 vulnerable people…

Ghana’s minister of education, Dr. Yaw Adutwum, says schools in the three regions of the north will not have to be closed down over a shortage of food.  The minister says he has met with relevant stakeholders within the value…

Liberian President George Weah has come under public pressure to dismiss three ranking officials sanctioned by the United States Government for acts of massive corruption in Liberia. The officials  who are Minister of State for presidential affairs Nathaniel McGill, Port…