In Burkina Faso, two soldiers and four civilian security operatives otherwise, known as volunteers for the defense of the homeland were killed in the northwest and Sahel regions. Atiewin Mbillah Lawson completes the story.

African champions Senegal seek a return to defend their TotalEnergies Africa Cup of Nations title after a 3-1 against Benin in their 2023 qualification opener. Liverpool forward Sadio Mane starred for the Teranga Lions after scoring a hat-trick in a…

The much-anticipated June 4th Summit by the Economic Community Of West African States ECOWAS ended in the Ghanaian capital – Accra with leaders agreeing to meet again on July 3rd. In a communiqué issued by the regional body, certain declarations…

The Government of Liberia is exerting efforts to expand Domestic Revenue Generation in the midst of low donor support. One such move was manifested over the weekend when 60 new customs officers graduated from a three month rigorous training exercise.…

According to the NGO-Water Aid, 6 out of 10 people in Sierra Leone cannot access water.  Engineers of the city's main water supplier-Guma Valley Water Company have often complained that the swelling number of residents in Freetown has dangerously outstretched…

Two peacekeepers were killed and two wounded in an attack on a convoy of the United Nations Multidimensional Integrated Stabilization Mission in Mali (MINUSMA) in central Mali, over the weekend, UN sources reported. The latest attack occurred barely a day…

Police say a man who had a row with a Muslim cleric died in the capital, Abuja, after being set ablaze by a mob supporting the cleric. Ahmad Usman, 30, was in a local vigilante group and police say about…