West Africa

Nigeria's minister of Women Affairs, Dame Pauline Tallen has called for stiffer penalties against parents and guardians who deprive their female children access to education.  She made the call at an event organised to celebrate this year's international Day of…

Christian leaders in East Nigeria have blamed the emergence of separatist agitations in the country on lack of equity and fairness. They also justified why the Federal Government should grant amnesty to members of separatist groups, saying it would encourage…

An expert, Paul Nwanko who's a Chief Medical Lab Scientist and Project Coordinator, Humanity Foundation, has called for a review of cost of Covid-19 Test by governments around the world. He said high cost of the test and other strict…

In Nigeria, the Police in Zamfara State North West of the country, have rescued 187 people abducted and held captive by bandits in Tsibiri Forest in Maradun Local Government Area of the state. Some of those rescued are natives of…

The challenge has been thrown at Burkina Faso’s new military chief and his deputies to tackle expansion of terrorism in his country. The appointment of Gilbert Ouedraogo on Wednesday came a day after armed jihadists in the country killed at…

Disparities in multidimensional poverty among ethnic groups are consistently high across many countries, according to new analysis on global multidimensional poverty released on Thursday. The global poverty index is produced by the United Nations Development Programme (UNDP) and the Oxford Poverty…

The ECOWAS Centre for Gender Development (ECGD) will convene a three-Day experts’ meeting today (Monday) in Dakar, followed by a meeting of ECOWAS Ministers in charge of Gender and Women's Affairs on 15 October 2021. The meeting will focus on…

George Akuffo-Dampare has now been confirmed as the substantive Inspector General of Police at a ceremony in Accra today October 8, 2021, becoming the 23rd IGP in Ghana.  Dr. Dampare has been in an acting capacity since the retirement of…

From today, 11 October 2021, the UK’s red list will reduce to 7 countries and proof of vaccination will be recognized from 37 new countries and territories, including Ghana.  This was contained in a statement from the UK’s Department for Transport,…

President Adama Barrow has visited the home of former President Yahya Jammeh “out of respect” for the former president. The Gambian leader says the visit was meant to reconcile the people of the country. The visit came a month after…

The Presiding Finnish Judge hearing the war crimes trial of ex-Sierra Leonean rebel leader, Gibril Massaquoi—Juhani Paiha is calling on Liberia to address wartime atrocities. A Finnish court is currently trying Massaquoi for war crimes allegedly committed in Liberia between…

In Côte d'Ivoire, two former dignitaries of the Gbagbo regime are returning home.  A former minister and spokesman of the last government before the fall of Gbagbo in 2011, and a former Director General of Ivorian Customs, returned from exile…