Sierra Leone's parliament on Monday passed two laws that lawyers say will help boost the rights of rural landowners and women against land grabs by big mining and agribusiness firms. The West African country has a history of sometimes deadly…

Ghana’s President, Nana Akufo-Addo has shot down calls for a reshuffle, which he has referred to as a propagandist agenda being pushed by the opposition National Democratic Congress.  There have been growing calls for the leader of Ghana’s executive to…

The General Staff of the armies said a jihadist attack attributed to the Islamic State killed 4 Malian soldiers. According to the Malian Armed Forces (Fama) on Sunday afternoon, their troops reacted forcefully to a complex and coordinated attack by…

The Nigeria Government has declared the upsurge of crude oil theft a national emergency. The Minister of State for Petroleum Resources, Timipre Sylva, during a courtesy visit to the Delta State Governor, Ifeanyi Okowa revealed that about 400,000 barrels of…

As part of the promotion of ECOWAS activities in Niger, the Ministry of Foreign Affairs and Cooperation, through the ECOWAS National Unit, in collaboration with the International Organization for Migration (IOM), has launched a Training of Trainers Workshop on migration…

In furtherance of efforts to strengthen its bilateral relations with Burkina Faso, Egypt has extended invitation to the West African nation to the Sharm El Sheikh Conference of Parties on climate change (COP 27). Ambassador of Egypt to Faso, Ibrahim…