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Benin, Togo collaborate to avert coastal erosion

Togo and Benin are collaborating in order to protect their cross-border coastal space from coastal erosion. Together, both countries will carry out various reinforcement works on the common coastal strip.  It should be noted that this initiative is part of the…

Nigeria: Parliamentary workers protest in Abuja

Members of the Parliamentary Workers Association of Nigeria on Tuesday protested at the gate of the National Assembly in Abuja. The workers among other things, allege that the Nigeria Governors’ Forum (NGF) is impeding every effort to implement President Muhammadu…

Burkina Faso: Six killed in attack by militants

Six people including civilians were killed when security forces in northern Burkina Faso were ambushed by militants. A soldier and five civilians from the Volunteers for the Defence of the Fatherland (VDP) were killed in the attack. "The Kourao VDP…

Mali receives 400,000 doses of AstraZeneca vaccines

Mali became the first country in the central Sahel to receive its first shipment of the Covid19 vaccines. The first delivery contains just under 400,000 doses of Anglo-Swedish AstraZeneca vaccines. Abdullahi Hassan has more in this report filed in by…

Nigeria: President Buhari receives COVID vaccine

Nigeria’s President Muhammadu Buhari has assured the country of his administration’s drive to promote good health and wellbeing of the population particularly during the coronavirus pandemic. President Buhari made the pledge in a televised broadcast over the weekend at the…