West Africa

Clashes between herdsmen and farmers in the Nigerian state of Benue left at least 23 people dead, a local official said on Thursday. Violence between farmers and pastoralists has become increasingly common in recent years as population growth leads to…

A poll by Global Info Analytics has indicated that 77 percent of Ghanaians believe the country is heading in the wrong direction as of October. The survey noted that only 16 percent of Ghanaians believed the country was heading in…

Montserrado County Senator Darius Dillon is calling for the arrest and prosecution of officials at the Liberia Institute of Statistics and Geo-Information Services over reported acts of corruption. The statistics house has over the last few months been entangled with…

ActionAid Nigeria has called on the government to declare a state of emergency on the flood situation across Nigeria. Country Director, Ene Obi made the call while hosting a joint press conference to their assessment of the devastating flood and…

Fishers at the Sekondi Landing Beach in the Western Region of Ghana have not been supplied with premix for close to two months. According to the fishermen they now have to buy fuel from filling stations and mix them with…

Mali has maintained its accusations against France, accusing Paris of destabilizing their country for a decade. Authorities in Bamako claim to have concrete evidence on “acts of duplicity, espionage and destabilization” by France. Usman Ummar reports

The interim Regional Representative for the Office of the United Nations High Commissioner for Human Rights (OHCJR), West Africa Regional Office (WARO) Robert KOTCHANI hails efforts undertaken by stakeholders to promote human rights in the Gambia. Mr. KOTCHANI who assumed…

Cameroon says a fresh wave of cholera outbreak caused by ongoing floods in its northern borders with Chad and Nigeria has killed at least 17 people and many more are feared dead in difficult-to-access villages within a week.  An emergency…

The protest which took place Monday saw hundreds of land developers demand sincere apologies from the government and compensation for their loss. The crowd was joined by residents in the communities who claim that the government's actions are illegal. Recall…

Italy has donated two Augusta Bell AB412-type troop transport helicopters to the Niger Republic as part of military assistance to fight terrorism. Niger's minister of National Defense, Alkassoum Indattou, at an event to receive the donation remarked that the aircraft,…

The government of Nigeria has allocated 3.36 trillion Naira which is about 7.6 Billion US Dollars for fuel subsidy in 2023 as the country's debt profile hits 102 billion US Dollars.  Minister of Finance, Zainab Ahmed who made this known on…

The Office of the President has appointed Dr. Eric Nkansah as the new Director General of the Ghana Education Service (GES). Upon the advice of the Governing Council of the GES and the Public Services Commission, Dr. Eric’s appointment which…