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Sierra Leone's Parliament and civil society groups have held a session to strengthen the relationship between the two bodies in order to enhance good governance. As Patrick Sallia reports, governance experts say having a strong voice that seeks to hold…
Sudanese authorities have released two outspoken former government officials from jail, lawyers said Wednesday as part of trust-building measures amid efforts to end the country’s political impasse. Sudan has been plunged into turmoil since an October military coup ended its short-lived transition to…
The United Nations World Food Programme (WFP) on Wednesday launched cash transfers to assist internally displaced people (IDPs), refugees, and host families in Foni Kansala (West Coast region, The Gambia). This is as the conflict in the Senegalese Casamance region…
Nigeria's Senate on Wednesday passed a bill imposing jail terms of at least 15 years for paying ransom to free someone who has been kidnapped, and made the crime of abduction punishable by death in cases where victims die. Opeyemi…
Evacuated Ghanaian students from troubled Ukraine are bemoaning the government's failed promise of helping them complete their studies. More than 200 students have been successfully evacuated from Ukraine with the state promising to partner public universities to help them complete…
The appears to be further deterioration in the relationship between the Malian authorities and France, the junta has announced the suspension of operational licenses of Radio France International (RFI) and France 24, two media agencies that depend on the French…
Nigeria's Anti-narcotics Agency, National Drug Law Enforcement Agency, NDLEA, is urging political parties to make drug tests part of the screening requirements for aspirants seeking to contest political offices in the forthcoming general elections. Chairman of the agency, Retired Brig.-Gen.…
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Didier Drogba lost a controversial bid to become president of the Ivory Coast Football Federation when he was eliminated after the first round of voting at Saturday’s elective congress. The former Chelsea star polled only 21 votes in a three-way…
The Economic Community of West African States, ECOWAS has been tasked to intensify its collaboration with Civil Society Organizations and relevant partners in the restoration of constitutional order in Burkina Faso, Guinea and Mali. This was the submission by the…
The Malian army has confirmed a series of attacks on bases in the country. At least six soldiers were killed and over a dozen more injured in coordinated attacks on three army bases in Mali. Atiewin Mbilla-Lawson reports.
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