Ahead of the summit of ECOWAS Heads of State and Government scheduled for next Sunday in Accra, the organization’s mediator for Burkina Faso, former Nigerien President, Mahamadou Issoufou, will return to Ouagadougou this today, Friday, 1 July, 2022. After its…

Ghana's government has been urged to allow expert development economists lead the country’s negotiations with the international monetary fund for greater results.  It follows what has been growing calls for the current economic management team to be relieved off their…

Liberia has begun arresting fake medical practitioners following a raid across the country.  The fake medical practitioners are said to be performing medical procedures that are to be performed at medical centers, something the government says poses a threat to…

Police in Nigeria have rescued 77 people, including children, from a church basement in the southwestern state of Ondo. Reports say some of the people had been in the Whole Bible Believers Church for as long as six months and…

The Burkinabe military government says the country needs more than 3 billion dollars in funding for the implementation of the action plan for securing the territory. Other plans include humanitarian response and the return to normal constitutional life. This was…

President Umaro Sissoco Embalo of Guinea Bissau has emerged President of the regional body, ECOWAS. President Emballo will chair the body for the next one year.  He was elected at Sunday’s Accra Summit to succeed Ghana’s Nana Akufo-Addo, who held…

Leaders from the Economic Community of West African States ECOWAS have announced the lifting of economic sanctions on Mali amid progress by the coup leaders to transition into civilian rule. The regional bloc at a summit in Ghana’s capital, Accra…

Uganda’s senior women national football team, the Crested Cranes, failed to get off the mark after a 2-0 loss to Senegal in their opening game of the 2022 Women AFCON in Morocco. Ndeye Awa Diakhate and Nguenar Ndiaye scored for…