West Africa’s top court ruled on Tuesday ruled that Guinea was responsible for the death of six villagers and the illegal arrest, injury of 15 others during a 2012 protest near an iron ore project owned by Vale and BSG…

In the Gambia, talks are underway to establish a national infrastructure for peace building following calls by regional bloc – ECOWAS to promote peace through conflict prevention, management, resolution, Peacekeeping and Security.  WADR’s Veronic Njie has more on this report 

Stakeholders in Liberia on Wednesday held a day long emergency meeting intended to address the shortage of the local currency in the country. In the past one week, there has been a shortage of local currency as persons queuing up…

In Mauritania, some 50 former senators of the defunct Upper House of the bi-cameral parliament abolished on 15 August 2017 following a constitutional referendum are calling for the restoration of this chamber of parliament. They described the dissolution of the…

The Nigerian Army has kicked off a manhunt for the fourth batch of wanted Boko Haram terrorists. It has also co-opted more Civilian Joint Task Force (CJTF) members into its operation. A banner showing photographs of the wanted terrorists was…

Former Ghanaian President Jerry John Rawlings has passed away in the capital Accra. A military ruler, who later joined politics, Rawlings ruled Ghana from 1981 to 2001. He led a military junta until the early nineties, and then served two…