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The Annual celebration of World No Tobacco Day this year reveals that its cultivation and production aggravate food and nutrition insecurity in Africa. This is because it destroys ecosystems, impoverishes soils, defiles waters and pollutes the environment. The World Health…
The Nigerian National Petroleum Corporation, NNPC LTD, has issued a directive to retail outlets to increase prices of fuel per litre by over two hundred percent. The pump price for petrol by late Wednesday went as high as 500 Naira…
In a determined effort to combat terrorism within its borders, the Burkinabe government enlisting an additional over one hundred thousand civilians to join members of the Volunteers for the Defense of the Homeland (VDP). Prime Minister Apollinaire Kyelem de Tambèla…
In Liberia, a three-day national conference centred around sexual and reproductive health and rights has concluded in the capital Monrovia with a resounding appeal to put an end to detrimental cultural practices targeting women and girls. The conference aimed at…
Let’s begin in Nigeria, where today May 29 the country witnessed another change in power between two democratically elected presidents. The nation’s 16th president in the person of Bola Ahmed Tinubu took his oath of office at eagle square –…
The tobacco epidemic is one of the biggest public health threats the world has ever faced, according to the World Health Organization, it kills more than 8 million people a year, including around 1.2 million deaths from exposure to second-hand…
We head to Burkina where the General Directorate of Customs announced the seizure of counterfeit dollar notes worth over 550 million CFA francs and 56 counterfeit gold bars on Sunday, March 19, 2023, in Ouagadougou. As Oge Obierika reports, the…
Burkinabe political parties call on Captain Ibrahim Traoré to assume responsibility for the fight against terrorism. Nigeria’s Supreme Court adjourns the hearing on the Naira Redesign to march 3rd. Liberia’s preliminary results of the National Housing and Population Census hit…
Presidential candidates in Nigeria round-up electoral campaign days before the deadline set by INEC. Ghana’s former President Mahama declares his intention to run for the presidency in 2024. WADR · Newslink 2023 – 02 – 22 Second Edition
ECOWAS mediator to Mali arrives in Bamako to monitor the transition process. Police in Nigeria arrests 30 suspects for attacking and looting several commercial banks in the southwest region. WADR · Newslink 2023 – 02 – 21 First Edition
The Senegalese government announces the date for the country’s next presidential election. The Burkinabe Transitional authorities adopt a new draft text establishing monitoring and development committees (COVED). WADR · News Link 2023- 16- 02 Third Edition
Political parties in Burkina Faso challenge a ban on political activities by the transitional government. The World Health Organisation WHO says M-pox remains a public health emergency of international concern with over 30 countries still reporting cases. WADR · News…
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