West Africa

Research conducted by the Institute for Education Studies (IFEST), in Ghana has shown that a majority of teachers in the country have been psychologically affected by the COVID-19 Pandemic. Findings from the research also indicate that the teachers have also…

Abjel Communications, one of the top 50 tech PR companies globally, has been chosen as the lead agency for the Ghana Fintech Outlook 2021, the most comprehensive mapping of the fintech ecosystem in Ghana. Ghana’s fintech landscape is evolving and fintech…

Passengers from Brazil, South Africa, India, United Kingdom, Russia and Portugal to Togo will be systematically quarantined, Togolese authorities have decided. According to Togolese health minister, Prof. Moustafa Mijiyawa this quarantine should last 10 days. Accrding to Prof. Mijiyawa, there…

Karim Keita, a son of Mali's former president Ibrahim Boubacar Keita who currently resides in Cote d’Ivoire is facing extradition to Mali. Legal sources in Mali said Interpol issued an international warrant for his arrest on Monday over the 2016…

President Roch Marc Christian Kaboré, who doubles as Minister of Defense, met with the personnel of the armed forces over the weekend.  While there is little information about what transpired during the meeting, the two-day conference which started on Friday,…

In Nigeria, Police in Kaduna State, have confirmed the kidnap of the Emir of Kajuru and 13 others from his palace in an early Sunday morning attack.  The victims were taken away by armed bandits who attacked the palace located…

The Socio-Economic Rights and Accountability Project (SERAP) has asked the Federal High Court in Abuja “to order the Revenue Mobilization Allocation and Fiscal Commission (RMAFC) and the National Salaries, Incomes and Wages Commission (NSIWC) to perform their statutory functions to…

The Attorney General’s Office has been sued by two Members of Parliament, over Parliament’s approval of salaries for the spouses of the President and Vice President. The suit comes amidst widespread opposition to parliament’s decision to pay the monies, described…

The Ghana Statistical Service (GSS) has extended the deadline for the 2021 Population and Housing Census to Sunday, July 18. This will allow enumerators complete work in the outstanding enumeration areas. The exercise, which started on Monday, June 28, was…

The Gambia wrapped up its national voter registration on Sunday, over month after the start. The exercise aimed at ensuring a credible December 4 presidential election, targeted a million voters, and according to the Independent Electoral Commission, will not be…

The campus-based Student Unification Party has vowed to resist the administrations’ attempt to reintroduce the e-learning semester. Recently, the University authority announced an e-learning program in order to limit the spread of the coronavirus among students but the students are…

Following multiple attacks and kidnap of several students and teachers in Schools in the Nigeria's North Western Kaduna State, authorities in the State have ordered the indefinite closure of 13 schools in areas vulnerable to bandits and kidnappers.  This directive…