
Togo has tightened COVID-19 controls for pilgrims returning from the annual Muslim hajj pilgrimage, following Senegal’s lead. Togo is now the second West...
ByJoy ChukwuJune 29, 2024In a controversial move, Togo’s President, Faure Gnassingbe, has signed a new constitution that abolishes presidential elections, paving the way for Parliament, dominated...
ByEmmanuel EjioforMay 7, 2024In a bid to increase its domestic power supply, the Nigerian government has enacted measures aimed at reducing cross-border electricity sales to neighbouring...
ByOluwasegun SanusiMay 7, 2024The lecturers at Lot A/1 Finagnon, Zone des Ambassades, Akpakpa, Cotonou, released a statement urging the public to refrain from spreading false information...
ByIkenna ChurchillJanuary 6, 2024Following an exposé by undercover journalist Umar Audu, revealing his acquisition of a degree from a university in Cotonou, Benin Republic, and subsequent...
ByIkenna ChurchillJanuary 5, 2024The Federal Government has halted the evaluation and accreditation of degree certificates from Benin and Togo Republics following fake degree acquisition reports. This...
ByJoy ChukwuJanuary 2, 2024A video from election day in Nigeria showed polling stations opening hours late. Another clip from Zimbabwe showed ballot papers running out while...
ByWest Africa WeeklyJune 8, 2026The death of a 21-year-old university student at the hands of campus security volunteers has exposed a deeply troubling pattern in Nigeria: a...
ByWest Africa WeeklyJune 1, 2026The surrender, demobilisation and reintegration of former combatants is at the heart of a major regional forum taking place in Niamey from May...
ByWest Africa WeeklyMay 21, 2026The death toll from the latest Ebola outbreak in eastern Democratic Republic of Congo has risen to 131 suspected deaths, the Congolese health...
ByWest Africa WeeklyMay 19, 2026More than one hundred Ghanaian trucks carrying vegetables from the Republic of Niger have been blocked and detained in Samia, a small town...
ByWest Africa WeeklyApril 5, 2026Burkina Faso has released eleven Nigerian military personnel who were detained after a Nigerian Air Force transport aircraft landed in the country without...
ByWest Africa WeeklyDecember 12, 2025