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Sierra Leone: Varsity lecturers suspend strike

The Academic Staff of the University of Sierra Leone have suspended their industrial strike action which started on Monday 23rd November over conditions of service. The Lecturers until last Friday were protesting their 100% salary adjustment to reflect in their…

Nigeria halts sale of SIM cards

The Nigerian government has ordered mobile telecommunication operators in the country to stop the sale and registration of new SIM cards. Our Abuja Correspondent Usman Umar finds out in this report.

Burkina Faso appoints committee on Covid vaccine

Burkina Faso has just set up a national committee responsible for organizing the introduction of the Covid-19 vaccine.  The essential mission of this committee, chaired by the Minister of Health, is to facilitate the introduction and distribution of the vaccine…

The Gambia reforms law on birth, others

In the Gambia, archaic laws on birth, death, marriage and divorce, are currently being reviewed for a transit from manual to electronic modes of data collection and storage. This follows various challenges facing the country including conditions of statelessness by…

Liberia: Opposition leaders call for referendum boycott

In Liberia, political tension is heating up ahead of the December 8, midterm senate election and a constitutional referendum. The referendum seeks to reduce the current six-years presidential and Representatives tenures to five years and reduce the tenure of senators…

Gambia launches food quality control committee

The Gambia Thursday launched the National Codex Committee (NCC), a body tasked with the responsibility of ensuring food safety and quality.  This comes at a time the country has realized a decline in the exportation of her main cash crop…