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NewsLink 2023- 04- 12 Third Edition

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…

NewsLink 2023- 04- 11 Third Edition

A media rights defender, The Committee to Protect Journalists CPJ is calling on Sierra Leonean authorities to investigate the recent attack on journalist Alie Melvin Tokowa. CPJ also demands that the perpetrators be brought to book. Tokowa, manager of a…

NewsLink 2023- 04- 07 Third Edition

More than six hundred people die as a result of the Strike by health workers in Mali. Unknown gunmen kill more at least 50 civilians in Nigeria’s north-central state of Benue. The International Monetary Fund (IMF) Chief Kristalina Georgieva calls…

NewsLink 2023- 04- 07 First Edition

Let’s begin in Mali as the government is showing its willingness to work for the implementation of the peace and reconciliation agreement through the creation of two draft decrees. The implementation of this agreement has been a concern for some…

NewsLink 2023- 04- 06 Third Edition

CMA denounces provocative low flight altitude by Malian army aircraft over its territory Health Authorities in theGAMBIA confirman outbreak of H5N1 bird flu Ghana Water Authority begins nationwide clampdown on debtors in an effort to raise revenue Th World Bank…

NewsLink 2023- 04- 06 First Edition

Cote D’Ivoire has received approval from the International Monetary Fund IMF for the financing of projects to the tune of 2000 billion CFA francs or 3.6 billion US dollars. The development was communicated by the Ivorian government spokesperson Amadou Coulibaly…

NewsLink 2023- 04- 05 Third Edition

Domestic Election Observers in Ghana calls for the resignation of two commissioners Lawmakers in Nigeria condemn calls for an interim Government Population hits 8 million in TOGO’s fifth census with 51% women And in Senegal, Stakeholdersmeet to discuss violence against…

NewsLink 2023- 04- 05 Second Edition

In other news, authorities in Cameroon have expressed concern aboutthe impact of the fighting between separatists and the national army on the rebuilding of the affected regions. Fornearly three years, the reconstruction of basic infrastructures such as schools, health facilities,…

50-50 EPISODE 150 – Gender and Corporal Punishment

In this episode, host Atiewin Mbillah-Lawson explores corporal punishment, how it affects different genders, and impacts gender-based violence and societies in general. Already, Together for Girls – a global partnership working to end sexual violence against children and adolescents notes…

NewsLink 2023- 04- 05 First Edition

Let’s begin as Mali as the Transitional Assembly this week opened the ordinary session with a focus on the referendum and the upcoming general elections as well as the country’s fight against terrorism. Around thirty bills and proposals will be…