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Nigeria: Lagos commercial motorcycle riders protest state ban

Commercial motor-cycle riders in Nigerian state of Lagos have launched a protest against the ban on their activities. Nigeria’s Lagos State government this week announced a...

Nigeria’s President Buhari holds talks with ex-leader Jonathan

Nigeria's President Muhammadu Buhari on Thursday held talks with the country's former President Goodluck Jonathan in Abuja. According to the News Agency of Nigeria, Thursday's...

Sierra Leone’s DSTI gets $1mln grant for the Education Innovation Challenge

Geneva-based  UBS Optimus Foundation and the Peter Cundill Foundation have awarded a 1,050,000 swiss francs (10,5 billion leones) grant to the Directorate of Science,...

Oil and Gas Council hosts first Senegal offshore licencing round

President Macky Sall opened the Oil & Gas Council’s 4th MSGBC Basin Summit & Exhibition in Dakar on Wednesday. Held in partnership with PETROSEN, Senegal’s...

Gambia: Journalists threaten hunger strike over arrest of colleagues

Journalists in the Gambia have threatened to embark on a hunger strike as they push for the release of some of their colleagues arrested by...

Nigeria’s Lagos state bans ‘Okadas’ and tricycles

Nigeria's Lagos State government has announced a ban on the activities of commercial motorcycles, popularly called Okada, and tricycles also referred to as Keke...

Gambia arrests 137 protesters, shuts down media outlets

Gambian police have arrested 137 people and shut down some media houses following clashes between police and protesters on Sunday. According to a government statement,...

Ghana: Some young people smoke dried faeces for vitality

Ghanaian officials are lamenting the surge in the smoking of dried faeces among some young people who also soak sanitary pads to drink for...

Gambia bans group pushing for Adama Barrow’s exit

The Gambian government has banned a group called Operation 3-Years Jotna, which has been pushing for the resignation of President Adama Barrow. The decision to...

Revealed: What’s fuelling the rapid hotel growth in West Africa

Today, Africa is seen as one of the most promising regions for hotel developers. Aside from small chains and independents, four global hotel groups...

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