West Africa

The Institute for Energy Security in Ghana, is demanding a complete reversal of the increase. Fritz Moses is a policy analyst with the institute

President Nana Akufo-Addo has put a freeze on salary increments for himself and his appointees this year due to the coronavirus pandemic. This includes salary increments for the Vice President, Ministers of State and all other appointees of the Executive.…

Nigerian Government has placed a four-week interim travel restriction on passengers from Brazil, India and Turkey over worsening cases of deadly variants of COVID-19 in those countries. A new travel advisory by the Presidential Steering Committee on COVID-19 announced the…

The Governor of the Burkina Faso Eastern region Lieutenant-Colonel Saïdou Sanou has confirmed an attack on the village of kodyel that left more than ten civilians dead. The Governor in a communique said, “many more were wounded and several concessions…

The National Security has busted a-13-member gang involved in the printing and distribution of fake currency notes to unsuspecting victims, mostly foreign nationals. The gang, led by one Yassei Alia, a 45-year-old Syrian resident in East Legon, were rounded up…

Scientists are warning that drinking water supplies in parts of rural West Africa are being contaminated by lead-containing materials used in small community water systems such as boreholes with handpumps and public taps. They analysed scrapings taken from the plumbing…

The President Muhammadu Buhari-led administration is partnering with the tech giant, Microsoft, to accelerate Nigeria’s move towards a more digital economy in line with the Economic Sustainability Plan. According to a statement by presidential spokesman, Laolu Akande, in a dual…

Port users in Liberia protested on Monday against APM Terminals, saying that the company is inefficient. APM Terminals is an international container terminal operating company. The protesters cited limited manpower and equipment as gaps in the company’s operations which results…

The highest donor of scholarships in Liberia—the Joseph Jenkins Roberts foundation has suspended the awarding of scholarships to new applicants and students coming out of high schools.  The foundation blamed the situation on the current financial constraints incurred due to…

Ghana is expected to receive 350,000 doses of the AstraZeneca vaccine from the COVAX facility on today This, according to President Nana Akufo-Addo, this forms part of moves to vaccinate the country’s entire adult population by the end of the…

The Nigeria Police Force says its operatives have intercepted 753 live ammunition of General-Purpose Machine Gun (GPMG) in Abakaliki, Ebonyi State South East of the country. The seized ammunition were concealed in a sac being transported in a commercial vehicle…

Nigeria's anti-trafficking agency Wednesday arrested a Nigerian-American woman for allegedly trafficking twins and shut down a “baby factory” in Southeast Nigeria. In a statement on Wednesday, the National Agency for the Prohibition of Trafficking in Persons (NAPTIP) said the woman…