Over the weekend, the foreign ministers of the Democratic Republic of Congo and Rwanda pledged to “maintain political dialogue”.  They met in Angola in order to obtain a de-escalation of hostilities in eastern Congo.  Kinshasa maintains that Kigali supports the…

The Guinean government says at least 24 people were killed in a traffic accident on Sunday afternoon on the Kindia-Mamou national road, in the district of Hamdallaye located 5 kilometres from the sub-prefecture of Souguéta (west). According to the authority,…

The Burkina Consumer League and the Veterinary Public Health Department have incinerated a ton of frozen chickens being imported into the country from Ghana on Sunday.  Dr Gisèle Paré, Director of the Veterinary and Public Health Department of Burkina Faso…

The Nigerien Armed Forces arrested three armed bandits and intercepted forty 40 illegal gold miners, in the north of the country, Agadez region over the weekend.  A statement by the Armed Forces information unit revealed that three rifles and ammunition,…

Liberia’s Agricultural Minister Jeanine Cooper has attributed the shortage of rice in Liberia, to the refusal of the Legislature to appropriate resources geared towards empowering rice producers in the country. According to her, money has been projected in the draft…

The Gambia where authorities have announced that fully vaccinated passengers do not need a Covid-19 PCR to enter the country. This follows the drastic reduction in the number of Covid-19 active cases in the country which officials say is due…

Amid growing calls for the establishment of a war and economic crimes court in Liberia, a group of religious leaders from across West Africa are expected to hold a conference focusing on transitional justice, accountability, gender-based among others. According to…

In Nigeria, operatives of the Economic and Financial Crimes Commission raided the offices of black market currency dealers in Abuja on Tuesday in a bid to halt the rapid fall of the naira. Naira plunged rapidly between Monday and Tuesday…