The Secretary General of Amnesty International, Agnès Callamard, says she is concerned about a "narrowing of the space for individual freedoms" in West Africa.Speaking in Dakar after visits to SenegalandMali, the Secretary General deplored the excessive use of force by…

In Liberia, some members of the ruling Coalition for Democratic Change, are calling for a boycott of an upcoming rally intended to raise money to support President Weah’s second term presidential bid. Called the ‘dollar rally’ where, each party supporter…

President Nana Akufo-Addo has announced that Ghana’s economy is in crisis. He attributed the situation to so many malevolent forces which he said have come together at the same time to cause the current economic turmoil bedeviling the country. President…

Mali has been defending its commitment to the fight against terrorism. At the forum for Peace and Security in Africa in Dakar, the head of Mali’s diplomacy replied curtly to the representative of the French government who accused the current…

The speaker of Ghana’s parliament has deferred to the plenary, the ruling on whether or not Dome Kwabenya’s legislator, Sarah Adwoa Safo’s seat be declared vacant.  There has been clamour for the legislator to lose her seat having abandoned parliamentary…