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Senegalese Prime Minister Ousmane Sonko has chaired an interministerial meeting focused on improving civil status documentation. The meeting aimed to address longstanding challenges in accessing birth certificates, national identity cards, and other essential documents. Government officials discussed new measures to…
Ghana and Sierra Leone are set to strengthen ties following a high-level meeting between Presidents John Mahama and Julius Maada Bio in Freetown. The leaders agreed to revitalize a General Cooperation Agreement and establish a Permanent Joint Cooperation Commission. This…
Côte d’Ivoire’s opposition party PPA-CI has condemned the exclusion of its leader, Laurent Gbagbo, from the provisional electoral roll. Gbagbo was convicted in the BCEAO robbery case linked to the 2010-2011 post-electoral crisis, making him ineligible to vote. His supporters…
Civil society organizations in West Africa have raised concerns over Guinea-Bissau’s worsening political crisis ahead of upcoming elections. Opposition groups accuse President Umaro Sissoko Embaló of violating the constitution by unilaterally setting the election date, a move he insists aligns…
Nigerian President Bola Tinubu has declared a six-month state of emergency in Rivers State, citing prolonged political unrest and recent security threats. The decision, announced in a televised address, temporarily suspends Governor Siminalayi Fubara, his deputy, and all state lawmakers…
A Malian judge has ordered the continued pre-trial detention of activist and radio host Mohamed Youssouf Bathily, popularly known as Ras Bath. Bathily was arrested on March 13, 2023, after alleging that former Prime Minister Soumeylou Boubèye Maïga, who died…
The 73rd Annual Meeting of the West African Examinations Council (WAEC) has officially commenced in Monrovia, Liberia, bringing together education stakeholders from across the region. Representatives from The Gambia, Ghana, Liberia, Nigeria, and Sierra Leone are attending the event, which…
As we turn our attention to Liberia for Woman of the Day, we are thrilled to introduce a remarkable woman who has made significant strides in advocating for the rights and empowerment of women and children. Miatta Fahnbulleh is a…
As we celebrate woman achievers on the show, we get closer to the Chief Executive Officer (CEO) of Strategic Communications Africa Limited (Stratcomm Africa) Esther Cobbah. From Accra, our Correspondent, Etsey Atisu engaged her, on the success story of managing…
Today’s edition of Street Parliament takes us to Monrovia, Liberia’s capital. There, Abraham Parker engages a section of Liberians about the current condition of various cemeteries across the city. As a reminder, Liberia observes Memorial Day on the Second Wednesday…
Taking the spotlight is one of Africa’s foremost education reformists who advocated for the promotion of critical and independent thinking by the citizens. He is the Nigerian-born Tai Solarin and Usman Umar tells us more about him.
The book for review today is Afterlives, a 2020 work of historical fiction by the Nobel Prize-winning Zanzibar-born British author Abdulrazak Gurnah. Set mainly in the first half of the 20th century, the plot follows four protagonists living in an…
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