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Preparations are underway for the celebration of the 10th anniversary of Fashion Weekend Gambia. The event brings together fashion designers home and abroad to showcase and market their brands. Ahead of this event, organizer Somma Baba Njie, spoke to WADR,…

Malians took to the streets after the country’s ruling military called for protests against stringent sanctions imposed by the Economic Community of West Africa States (ECOWAS) over delayed elections. In an interview with WADR, a governance expert in Bamako, Moses…

Co-founder of Jumia and founder of Janngo Senegalese tech entrepreneur Fatoumata Ba spoke to WADR about entrepreneurship and how it all began for her.

Despite the ratification of African Continental Free Trade Area agreement, the readiness of countries for the free trade opportunity is being impacted by the economic effect of COVID-19 pandemic, among others. As contained in Article 23 of the agreement establishing…

West Africa like many countries in the world is endowed with abundant mineral resources but many of its member states remain underdeveloped and their citizens remain poor. Experts in the region say unless regional countries adopt a strategic approach of…

Research fellow at the Bureau of Integrated Rural Development at the Kwame Nkrumah University of Science and Technology is calling for the protection of unaccompanied child migrants. Unaccompanied minor migrants are underage migrants, who for various reasons leave their country…

Security analyst Adib Saani says it is in the interest of all countries within the West African Sub-Region to ensure law and order prevails in Chad. This follows the sudden death of President Idriss Déby Itno on April 19, 2021.…

Women in miningface similar problems aswomenin any other technicalindustry. The lack of skills, due partly to lack of interest, prejudice and cultural restrictions, combine to rob this huge portion of the nation's human capital from development and application. In this report,…

The temporary suspension of the joint military operation by the French government between its troops and the Malian forces is being seen as creating an opening in the ongoing fight against insurgency. France however said its decision is linked to…

SPECIALS ON SIERRA LEONEAN CULTURE  

SPECIALS ON BALLANTA DANCE ACADEMY

With a population of nearly two hundred million people, Nigeria, like many developing countries is struggling to cater to the needs of its citizens despite being the premier economic powerhouse in Africa. More than 10 million children in the country…