News link 2022-03-15 First Edition
News link 2022-03-15 First Edition
News link 2022-03-15 First Edition
On Monday, a regional workshop bringing together 7 African countries, on a risk-based approach for unregulated nuclear and other radioactive materials started in Lomé. Atiewin Mbillah-Lawson reports
Liberia’s Chief Justice Francis Korkpor says the Judiciary is stable and fully functional despite huge challenges facing the sector. In his final address at the opening of the March Term of Court which ends his tenure in office, Justice Korkpor…
In Nigeria, operatives of the Economic and Financial Crimes Commission (EFCC) have arrested one Osondu Igwilo who has been on the watch list of the Federal Bureau of Investigation (FBI) since 2018. EFCC’s Head of Media and Publicity, Wilson Uwujaren,…
The Presbyterian Church of Ghana has proposed a minimum three-year jail term for persons engaged in LGBTQI+ activities in Ghana. This proposal was made when the church, led by its representative, presented its memorandum at the public hearing on the…
Lagos, Abuja, and other cities across Nigeria experienced a blackout on Monday after the national grid collapsed once again on Monday morning. This marks one of many such blackouts which has left power consumers in various states and the Federal…
Officials of the Gambia Ferry Services (GFS) have decried the presence of fishing nets along the Banjul-Barra ferry route. According to the services, these nets frequently entangle ferries, causing damage and resulting in delays in operations as well as financial…
The United Nations Refugee Agency in Côte d'Ivoire, has welcomed over 100 Ivorian refugees who have spent the past eleven years in Liberia. The Representative of the Agency, Madame Angèle Djohossou was at the border to welcome the returnees and…
In Liberia, striking lecturers at the Government-run-Tubman University in Southeastern Maryland County have set a series of preconditions before returning to the classroom. The lecturers recently halted learning activities at the institution, accusing the college President Dr. Elliot Wreh-Wilsons…
A 3-day meeting to promote agroecology transition in West Africa is underway in Djimini; a small village in the Kolda region of Southern Senegal. The meeting organized by the West African Committee for Peasant seeds (COASP) and The Senegalese Association…
In Nigeria, an explosion on a pipeline operated by Italian oil giant ENI in Bayelsa State, southern Nigeria, has caused a reduction in exports and an oil spill The ENI-led joint venture Naoc said the explosion occurred at a facility…
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