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The Economic Community of West African States, ECOWAS, has expressed concern over demonstrations by Nigerian youth calling for police reform, particularly the abolition of the Special Anti-Robbery Squad (SARS) of the Nigeria Police. The unit stands accused of misconduct by…
Sierra Leone's mid-term census which had been set initially to start on 4th December this year, is now rescheduled to begin on 19th April 2021. In an interview with Patrick Sallia in Freetown, Director of Communications at the country's Statistics…
one of the women participating in Nigeria's EndSars protest, Marlin Oluchi, has been speaking to WADR about the role of women in the protest movement. MARLIN Oluchi, a writer and development specialist described what it feels like going on the…
Major cities across Nigeria have begun the enforcement of curfew and the ban on protest as ENDSARS campaign turns violent leading to attack on police stations and public properties. The government of the South-south Edo state has already announced a…
Nigeria’s Commercial City, Lagos, remains tense days after the army shot at peaceful protesters demonstrating against police brutality. On Wednesday, some suspected protesters looted businesses and set others alight. Journalist Ozi Okoli with Arise TV Lagos Bureau, tells us more…
The Government of Liberia says it will today (Monday) conduct autopsies on the remains of four Liberian auditors who recently died under circumstances deemed suspicious. A statement from the government said that the post mortem examination is aimed at establishing…
Ghana’s President Nana Akufo-Addo has announced that the next academic year for new and continuing university students will resume in January 2021. This comes seven months after schools shut down as a result of the coronavirus pandemic. Currently, Ghana’s active…
The Federal Government has warned that it will not allow the country to be thrown into anarchy following the violence that has trailed the #EndSARS protests. The Minister of Information and Culture, Lai Mohammed made the remarks over the weekend.…
The Gambia is preparing for the new tourism season following the ease of covid-19 measures by the government. WADR’s Veronic Njie visited the SeneGambia craft market, a central hub for tourists to see first-hand how craft makers and sellers were…
New figures by the Norwegian Refugee Council have revealed a staggering 12 million children missed up to four months of school across Burkina Faso, Mali and Niger due to Covid-19 restrictions. The figures also revealed that 776,000 children were prevented…
Human Rights Watch is calling on Mauritania’s government to drop charges of blasphemy and insulting Islam against eight political activists and release the five held in pretrial detention since February 26, 2020. The call comes as the Nouakchott West Criminal…
Nigeria’s Minister of Youth said on Monday that Nigerians protesting against what they condemn as police brutality must end their daily demonstrations and enter into dialogue with the government on law enforcement reforms. Thousands of Nigerians calling for an end…
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