West Africa

Children living in conflict zones in the Central Sahel region across Mali, Burkina Faso and Niger are facing a greater risk of illegal recruitment by non-state armed groups on a drive to attract young people. This is after thousands of…

In Mali, French army on patrol shot dead a woman while on anti-jihadist operation with Malian troops in the northern part of the country. According to the French general staff, an investigation has been opened into the incident that occurred…

The Ivorian Civil Society Convention (CSCI) wants an autonomous observatory of investigation on actions of social cohesion and socio-political conflicts for the monitoring and evaluation of social peace in Côte d'Ivoire. This resolution was adopted at the end of the…

Burkina Faso and Niger will further pool their efforts in the fight against terrorism. This is the main conclusion of the tête-à-tête between the heads of state of the two countries on Monday in Ouagadougou. During this meeting, Mohamed Bazoum…

As part of measures to tackle terrorism in Africa’s most populous nation, US Deputy National Security Advisor, Jon Finer, met with Nigeria’s Minister of Foreign Affairs, Geoffrey Onyeama, on Monday in Abuja where modalities for collaboration between both countries were…

Nigeria’s President, Mahamadu Buhari has threatened “ultimate destruction.” for bandits behind the latest killings in the North-west of the country  30 people were killed when the armed bandits numbering about 200, attacked a market in Goronyo, Sokoto State, on Sunday.…

A UN report says more than 100 million extremely poor people in Africa are threatened by accelerating climate change that could also melt away the continent’s few glaciers within two decades. The report released Tuesday, ahead of the COP 26…

Socio-Economic Rights and Accountability Project (SERAP) has filed a lawsuit against President Muhammadu Buhari. The group is asking the court to “declare illegal and unconstitutional the plan by the administration to track, intercept and monitor WhatsApp messages, phone calls, and…

Former Ivoirian President Laurent Gbagbo was elected without surprise president of the African People's Party Ivory Coast PPA CI over the weekend. The election came at the end of two days of constitutive congress, which saw the presence of more…

President Adama Barrow must go back to the drawing board to convince supporters of former President Yahya Jammeh amid his denial of alliance with Barrow’s National Peoples’ Party NPP according to a Political Science Lecturer at the University of the…

Victims of Gambia's former President Yahya Jammeh and Civil Society Organizations in the country, held a peaceful protest over the weekend calling for the implementation of recommendations of the pending Truth, Reconciliation and Reparations Commission TRRC report. They demand accountability…

Ghanaian President Nana Akufo-Addo who doubles as the current chairman of the Economic Community of West African States (ECOWAS) paid a one day working visit to Mali on Sunday.  The ECOWAS chairman visited the country to have first-hand information on…