In Sierra Leone, Members of Parliament are proceeding with the move to raise their salaries and other conditions of service.  This comes a week after a document leaked, detailing their intensions for a pay rise. While the document has raised…

Ghana’s Ministry for Foreign Affairs and Regional Integration has clarified that the Ghana Card cannot be used as a sole document for the purposes of international travelling yet. This means the passport and travel certificate remain the official documents for…

In Burkina Faso, Lieutenant-Colonel Paul Henry Damiba has been visiting the town of Seytenga days after an attack left 86 civilians dead and more than 8,000 displaced to the nearby town of Dori.  Recall that on Monday evening Burkina Faso's…

Senegal’s prosecutor office has confirmed the arrest of a member of the rebel group known as the Movement of Democratic Forces of Casamance (MFDC). The state prosecutor, Amady Diouf at a press briefing in Dakar on Wednesday, said security operatives…

The Taraba State Government has promised to assist refugees fleeing the war in the Republic of Cameroon with shelter and relief materials. The State Governor, Darius Ishaku's position is a result of the influx of many asylum seekers into Nigeria’s…

The Nigerian army has found a woman suspected to be one of the 270 Chibok high school girls abducted eight years ago by the jihadist group Boko Haram in northeastern Nigeria. The military on Twitter said that troops on patrol…

In Northeastern Mali where a pro-government armed movement says at least twenty-two people, including displaced persons, were executed on June 12 by armed men affiliated with Daesh. The group called the Platform of the Movements of June 14, 2014 of…

The UK house of Commons has invited members of the Constitutional, Legal and Parliamentary Affairs Committee of Ghana’s Parliament to a meeting over the anti-gay bill.  Chair of the Committee, Kwame Anyimadu-Antwi, revealed the invitation at the instance of the…

Our guest today is a legal practitioner from Borno State, North-Eastern Nigeria. In this interaction with WADR Barrister Mohammed Umar opines that it is not the absence of laws but the lack of understanding and proper application of these laws…

President Muhammadu Buhari has assured of a free, fair and transparent electoral process in the 2023 general elections. President Buhari conveyed this message in a video broadcast to commemorate the country's Democracy Day Celebration on the 12th of June. According…