Ghana’s government says it is on high alert for potential terror attacks in the country.  On Monday, the minister for National Security, Albert Kan-Dapaah, said that due to the insecurity in many neighbouring countries, the government believes that terrorists may…

The leadership of the Online Drivers Association of Ghana has declared a sit-down strike over welfare concerns.     The two-day national sit-down strike will start on Tuesday, April 5, and end on Wednesday, April 6. Atiewin Mbillah-Lawson reports.

Ghana's president, Nana Akufo-Addo, says suggestions of a military takeover in the country should not be entertained as they'll set Ghana back for decades.  The president who was addressing Ghanaians on the state of the country was responding to creeping…

The former Special Representative of United Nations Secretary General for West Africa and the Sahel, Mohammed Ibn Chambas, has called for more women representation in the transitional justice of the Gambia ahead of the parliamentary elections. Mr. Chambas made the…

In our guest interview today, we have Dumebi Kachikwu, a Nigerian politician under the African Democratic Congress, ADC. He spoke with WADR on the current state of affairs in Nigeria ; the economy, education, security, elections and women inclusin in…

Ghana is to start producing its own COVID-19 vaccines in January 2024.  This is according to President Nana Akufo-Addo in his State of the Nation Address in parliament on Wednesday. A National Vaccine Institute would be established to lay out…

Civil society organizations in Sierra Leone and the Ministry of Gender are again lobbying for lawmakers to fast-track the enactment of the Gender Equality and Women’s Empowerment Bill.  Patrick Sallia was in Parliament when CSOs made inquiries about progress so…