West Africa

Two isolated elements of the Ivorian Defense and Security Forces (FDS), who were on patrol on motorcycles, were the target of an attack on the night of Wednesday 30 to Thursday 31 December.  The soldiers came under fire while they…

Mali’s state prosecutor on Thursday charged six people, including former Prime Minister Boubou Cisse, of planning a coup against the interim government. The alleged crimes include attempts to destabilize and disrupt the current regime, according to a statement by the…

Authorities in Nigeria are making efforts to reduce discrimination against Persons Living with Disability.  On January 23 2019, President Muhammadu Buhari signed into law, the Discrimination against Persons with Disability Prohibition Act. This was followed immediately, with the establishment of…

Concerns have been raised in Ghana about threats and attacks against journalists in the country. At least 4 journalists including West Africa Journalist of the Year 2020 Manasseh Azure Awuni have received various messages, demanding they cease publishing articles about…

Eleven members of the security forces, including 4 soldiers, were killed in two attacks attributed to the jihadist group Boko Haram in northeastern Nigeria, security sources said on Tuesday.  The sources said a convoy of local hunters recruited by the…

Senegalese President, Macky Sall on Tuesday called for "vigilance, responsibility and respect for the rules of prevention" against the coronavirus disease.  It comes as the country continues to record an increasing number of Covid19 cases. President Sall made the appeal…

One of Cote d’Ivoire’s main opposition leaders, Pascal Affi N'Guessan, was released and placed under judicial supervision on Wednesday, after almost two months of preventive detention. The release of Mr N’Guessan was announced by his lawyer, Pierre Dagbo. Abdullahi Hassan…

Senegal’s Minister of National Education, formally refuting the allegations on a reform aiming at introducing Sexual education at Senegalese schools. Minister Mamadou Talla said Wednesday that the curricular orientations remain attached and in an intangible way to the cultural and…

A British firm, Panthera Resources Plc, has announced that its associated company, Moydow Holdings Limited (Moydow), has commenced drilling at its Paimasa Project in Nigeria. The diversified gold exploration and development company with assets in West Africa and India, said…

Nigeria’s Presidential Task Force on Covid19 has called on the authorities in the 36 states of the Federation to reopen all laboratories and scale up the testing for COVID-19. The Chairman of the Task Force, Mr Boss Mustapha, made the appeal…

Sierra Leone is currently experiencing a shortage of the Leone currency. Hence, commercial banks are restricting account holders to certain small amounts especially during this festive season. For instance, Muthala Mohammed, an entrepreneur has been told by his banker that…

Socio-Economic Rights and Accountability Project (SERAP) has demanded that President Muhammadu Buhari and state governors disclose the security votes for their states in 2021. SERAP in a statement issued on Sunday by its Deputy Director, Kolawole Oluwadare, called for measures…