West Africa

The United Nations Global Compact Leaders’ Summit opened this week bringing together thousands of business leaders, stakeholders, activists, and policymakers, to take action on the SDGs and shape the future. Under the theme the world we want, the 2022 #LeadersSummit…

The World Health Organization (WHO), says the death toll from the covid19 pandemic in Africa is expected to fall by nearly 94 percent by end of the year. The WHO Africa regional office citing the analysis, published this week in…

Sierra Leone will from the 27th June to the 1st July host the 10th Africa Conference on Sexual Health and Rights themed "accelerating the elimination of sexual and gender based violence in Africa". The country's First Lady Fatima Bio has…

Stakeholders in Nigeria have taken the fight against drug abuse to the grassroots to ensure a drastic reduction of illicit drug use in the country. SILEC Initiative and Foundation, a national-based nongovernmental organization during a sensitization workshop in Nigeria's largest…

tension are on the rise among Church leaders in Liberia following the election of Rev. Dr. Samuel Reeves as President of the Council of Churches. Reeves who happens to be a critic of the ruling establishment was equally active in…

Human rights groups are demanding justice for two teenagers who were publicly whipped for engaging in sexual acts and posting them online.  The incident took place at the Palace of the Chief of Wa, in Ghana’s Upper West region.  Correspondent…

In Mauritania, a court has decided that the former president Mohamed Ould Abdel Aziz will tried. Former President Abdel Aziz and eleven former dignitaries of his regime are accused of corruption.  Usman Ummar has the rest of the story.

The head of the Methodist Church in Nigeria, Samuel Kanu, has been freed after being abducted on Sunday, a church official confirmed. He was traveling with two other priests on a highway in the south-eastern state of Abia when they…

Niger’s President Mohamed Bazoum has been detailing the situation of internally displaced persons in Niger and the Government's efforts to bring them back to their homes, particularly in the Diffa region.  During the AU summit that ended over the weekend,…

The United Nations on Monday urged Guinea to lift a ban on political protests that the country's military rulers introduced earlier this month. A military junta has led Guinea since army officers led by Colonel Mamady Doumbouya ousted elected president…

The UN’s Malian mission, MINUSMA, says civilian deaths and rights abuses attributable to the Malian armed forces and backed by “foreign military elements” surged in the first quarter of 2022. According to a report released on Monday, there was a…

The Ghana Police Service has called on the British High Commission to desist from meddling in the affairs of Ghana. This follows comments by the High Commissioner, Harriet Thompson, about the arrest and detention of the lead convener of the…