West Africa

Nigeria's House of Representatives Ad-hoc Committee on Arms and Ammunition Purchase, has summoned the Chief of Army Staff, Major-Gen Ibrahim Attahiru, and the Governor of Central Bank, Godwin Emefiele, over alleged misappropriation of funds meant for arms and ammunitions purchase…

Amnesty International has called on the International Criminal Court (ICC) to investigate armed attacks, looting and rapes reportedly committed by the Boko Haram in Nigeria’s northeastern Borno State. Citing interviews of villagers in Borno State, the rights group said some…

Journalists in Senegal say they have experienced increasing intimidation since opposition leader Ousmane Sonko was detained for several days earlier this month. Sonko’s arrest and subsequent release sparked unrest and claimed at least five lives. While Media rights groups have…

Students of the Ghana Institute of Journalism (GIJ) on Wednesday protested a directive from management asking those who paid their fees late to defer their courses for the year. Clad in black and red, the students have besieged the premises…

Ivorian government spokesperson Sidi Touré has announced that a new prime minister will probably be known after April 1, 2021. This follows a Council of Ministers meeting. The country’s’ immediate past Prime Minister Hamed Bakayoko died on March 10. Ivorian government…

Togo and Ghana have resumed negotiations for the delimitation of their common maritime borders. This meeting, the sixth since the start of the process, could lead to the development of a draft agreement and a route plan to be proposed…

A few years from now, oil exploration is expected to begin off Senegal's northern coast near the city of Saint Louis which has nearly 200 000 inhabitants. The commencement of exploration will effectively restrict access to the sea by thousands…

The Manso enclave in the Ashanti region of Ghana is noted for Gold mining. However, another extractive activity has crept into area with adverse effects; Sand winning. The indiscriminate venture which has become popular among residents and foreigners, many of…

The French government has expressed willingness to offer the Nigerian Navy its full cooperation, to tackle piracy and other forms of insecurity in the Gulf of Guinea. France Defence Attaché to Nigeria, Nicolas Rambaud, made this known when he met…

The Chairman of the Gambia’s Truth, Reconciliation and Reparations Commission (TRRC) says the killing of about 50 West African migrants in the Gambia in 2005 marked the height of former President Yahya Jammeh’s brutality. The commission said the killers of…

Ghana’s government is optimistic that the 2021 budget statement and economic policy will steer the country towards recovery from the impact of COVID-19.  According to the latest Bank of Ghana Summary of Economic and Financial Data, Ghana’s public debt stock…

Experts have in recent weeks expressed concern over the unfolding developments in the fight against the covid19 pandemic particularly in the roll out of vaccines. While many are caught in the dilemma of whether or not, countries should suspend the…