New grant and loan funding from the European Union (EU) and the European Investment Bank (EIB) is expected to improve access to clean and affordable energy to West Africans in Guinea and Mali. Representatives from the EU, the EIB and…

A strike by lawyers in Guinea entered a second week on Monday.  The lawyers were joined on Monday by staff of the notaries. Negotiations have stalled as the department of Justice struggles to end the paralyzing strike. Adolphus Mawolo reports.

In Ghana, Chairman of the Electronic Communications Tribunal, Kissi Agyebeng has been earmarked to replace Martin Amidu as the next Special Prosecutor. While the President is yet to make a formal declaration of his nomination the Special prosecutor office, the…

Reporters Without Borders (RSF) says Gambia's two decades of terror and suppression of press freedom still exist despite improving in the 2021 World Press Freedom Index ranking. The Gambia made slight improvements from the 2020 report, but gaps still remain…

The Man who recently threatened to Kill Liberian Chief Justice Francis Kporkor over a land dispute case has been arrested by state security.   Supporters of Mark Jabateh stormed the headquarters of the Liberia National Police, demanding the unconditional release of…

Two Spanish journalists who were reported missing on Monday in Burkina Faso were found dead on Tuesday in the eastern region of Fada N'Gourma-Pama, according to the authorities in Burkina Faso and Spain. 44-year-old David Beriáin, a veteran newspapers' journalist…

The World Health Organization (WHO) has confirmed the end Trachoma, a tropical eye disease in The Gambia. Trachoma primarily affects children in some 45 countries around the world, including 29 in Africa. According to the WHO, around 137 million people live…