Tag: West Africa
West Africa Ebola toll hits 603 as 68 more die
The death toll in West Africa’s Ebola outbreak has risen to 603, the World Health Organization (WHO)) said on Tuesday,…
W. African nations in crisis talks as Ebola spreads
Health ministers from across western Africa gathered on Wednesday to plan “drastic action” against the world’s deadliest-ever Ebola epidemic as…
Ebola crisis: EU increases emergency funding
The European Commission said it is allocating an additional 500, 000 euros to enhance interventions aimed at curbing the worsening…
West African Countries Sign MOU On Terrorism
Nigeria’s Federal Government said on Wednesday that heads of external intelligence agencies across the West African sub-region including Cameroon have…
West Africa mobilises against Ebola virus
West African countries have mobilised against an epidemic of haemorrhagic fevers including Ebola, which has claimed more than 80 lives…
ECOWAS approves single customs bloc
Leaders of the 15-nation Economic Community of West African States (ECOWAS) agreed on Friday to implement a single customs tariff…
BA appoints Nigerian commercial manager for W/Africa
British Airways (BA) has appointed Mr Kola Olayinka as its Commercial Manager for the West African English speaking countries. The…
Report: West Africa now world’s piracy capital
West Africa has overtaken Somalia as the world’s piracy hot-spot with 966 sailors attacked last year, a report by the…
Mali crisis disrupts education of 700,000 kids
The education of some 700,000 children in Mali has been disrupted by the crisis rocking the Sahelian country, the UN…
3rd generation of Al Qaeda causing havoc in Nigeria
Retired CIA veteran Bruce Riedel, a counterterrorism expert at the Brookings Institution think tank who has advised four US presidents,…
West African defence chiefs talk Mali force
West African defence chiefs met in Abidjan on Saturday to discuss “boosting” an African force in Mali aimed at supporting…
Glo Academy: Ghana’s Mensah, Danquah Evicted
Two Ghanaian youth footballers, Samuel Opoku Mensah, a native of Offinso Mpehi and Charles Addai Danquah, from Kyekyewere near Obuasi…
West African leaders to meet over Mali
An emergency summit of leaders from West African bloc ECOWAS has been set for Wednesday in Abidjan as countries in…
Malian rebels derail peace talks
One of the armed Islamist groups occupying northern Mali, Ansar Dine, said Thursday it was revoking a pledge to end…
Alobo Evicted At Glo Academy
Gabriel Alobo, one of the youth footballers in the Glo Soccer Academy has been evicted from the TV Reality Show.…