West Africa

Nigeria’s National Drug Law Enforcement Agency has arrested a wanted drug baron linked to a Pakistani cocaine syndicate. Ten days after he was declared wanted, operatives of the agency arrested fleeing Lagos socialite and owner of Adekaz Hotels, Alhaji Ademola…

Chad’s transitional President Mahamat Idriss Déby has announced the deployment of 600 additional troops to Lake Chad. On a working visit on Saturday, to Baga-sola in Lake Chad, General Mahamat Idriss Déby, announced that the additional deployment would complement the…

In Cape Verde, the government has created a commission to better formulate strategic concepts of defense and reforms in the Armed Forces. The Minister of the Sea, Abraham Vicente, announced this on Sunday in Mindelo. Imoh Edet reports

The security ministers of UEMOA member countries are in conclave met over the weekend in Lomé as part of the 7th ministerial meeting on security in the area. During the meeting, the Ministers reflected on the strategies to be put…

The United Nations Working Group on Arbitrary Detention has condemned the detention of Beninese opponent Rékya Madougou, sentenced to twenty years in prison in December 2021 for "financing terrorism", calling for her release. In a report on its session held…

The Burkinabe , Prime Minister Apollinaire Joachimson Kyelem de Tambela has replaced key officials of his cabinet in a major reshuffle on Wednesday. Some of the ministers affected include the Minister of Industrial Development, Trade, Handicrafts and Small and Medium Enterprises…

The prosecutor general at the Court of Appeal of Conakry on Thursday, ordered the public prosecutor at the court of the first instance of Kaloum in Conakry, "to initiate without delay, legal proceedings to freeze the bank accounts" of the…

The 2022-23 tourist season is underway in the Gambia! The smiling coast as the country is popularly called is a famous destination for tourists and during the last quarter of the year, holidaymakers all over the world flock to the…

The Central Bank of Liberia has launched new coins to ease the liquidity challenges facing the country. The coins, in five and ten denominations, were melted alongside the new family of Liberian banknotes printed by the central bank. WADR’s Monrovia…

The speaker of Ghana’s parliament, Alban Bagbin has constituted an 8-member Adhoc committee to look into the minority’s motion to have the finance minister censured.  The decision followed heated exchanges over the procedure the censure motion should take.  WADR’s Accra…

Senegal has received approval from the Board of Directors of the African Development Bank for a loan of 39.64 million euros. The financing is intended to implement the Access to Safe Services and Sanitation Project for Sustainable Resilience in the…

The World Health Organization, WHO is training 350 medical and public health professionals as well as volunteers in Nigeria to boost preparedness and early response to health emergencies in the country. Minister of state for health, Barr. Ekumankama Joseph, at…