The Independent Electoral Commission (IEC) of The Gambia has postponed the start of the General Registration of Voters citing logistical challenges. Voter registration ahead of the…
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Nigeria’s former president, Goodluck Jonathan, has reacted to the violence which rocked US’s Capitol Hill, saying nobody’s political ambition is worth the blood of any citizen…
Nigeria Immigration Service (NIS) has said visas of foreign visitors who failed to present their Covid-19 test certificates on arrival in the country will be revoked.…
Nigeria has begun talks with and the Peoples Republic of China on having access to the coronavirus (COVID-19) vaccine. Speaking in Abuja, Nigeria’s capital, on Tuesday,…
Ghanaian President Nana Addo Akufo-Addo says the country plans 100 billion Ghana cedis – about $17 billion – to revitalise the post-COVID-19 economy. Akufo-Addo disclosed this,…
Ghana’s President Nana Akufo-Addo will be sworn-in for a second term this Thursday after winning the West African country’s election with 51.59% of the vote. The…
Since 2013 when Operation Barkhane was launched, 49 French soldiers have died.
Ghana has announced dates for reopening of schools which were shut to curtail the spread of the coronavirus (COVID-19) disease in the country. Ghana’s President Nana…
Fred Enanga, the spokesman of the Uganda Police Force (UGF), says the 126 people arrested during a campaign by the presidential candidate of the National Unity…
Niger’s ruling party candidate, Mohamed Bazoum, will face former president Mahamane Ousmane in a presidential election runoff in February. Provisional results announced Niger’s Independent National Electoral…