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Ghana to adopt ECOWAS single currency ECO

Ghana's government has given the strongest indication ever that it would in 2020 adopt the new single currency to be used by ECOWAS member...

Guinea-Bissau holds presidential run-off election

Guinea-Bissau is holding second round of voting in a presidential run-off election that has two former prime ministers contesting. In the first round of voting,...

Ex-Ivorian rebel leader Soro accused of plotting a coup

Ivorian officials have accused former rebel leader and presidential candidate, Guillaume Soro of plotting a coup. Soro who intends contesting the 2020 presidential election if...

Militants in Burkina Faso kill 31 women, 4 others in attack

Militants in Burkina Faso on Tuesday launched a deadly attack on a town killing 35 civilians. Local officials say 31 of those killed were women...

Ivory Coast: Ex-rebel leader’s flight is diverted to Ghana

Ivorian prosecutors have issued an arrest warrant for presidential candidate Guillaume Soro who aborted a planned return by diverting his flight to Ghana. The former...

Benin jails investigative journalist over Facebook post

Benin sentenced an investigative journalist to 18 months in prison on Tuesday for comments he posted on social media. Ignace Sossou quoted on his Facebook...

Nigerian journalist Omoyele Sowore released from custody

Nigeria's department of State Services on Tuesday complied with court orders to release journalist Omoyele Sowore, from custody. Omoyele was released a few hours after...

ECOWAS endorses Adesina for second term as AfDB President

The Economic Community of West African States (ECOWAS) has endorsed the candidacy of African Development Bank President Akinwumi Adesina for a second term at...

Ecowas renames CFA franc, cuts financial ties with France

The CFA franc will now be renamed the Eco, which is the new currency to be used by member states of ECOWAS. Under the new...

Ghana: Hemp growers to export $56 mln worth of produce

The Hemp Association of Ghana (HAG) has signed a deal with a Ghanaian-owned Cannabis business operator based in Portugal. The deal will gross a staggering...

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Nigerian High Commission apartments in Ghana demolished

Some new apartments built at the residence of the Nigerian High Commissioner in Ghana’s capital city Accra, have been demolished by bulldozers. The apartments have been constructed to...

Covid-19: Ghana records significant recovery numbers

Ghanaian health officials on Saturday said over 10,000 persons infected with the coronavirus have now recovered. The significant number of recoveries means the country now...

DR Congo: President’s ex-chief of staff jailed 20 years for corruption

The ex-chief of staff of the president of the Democratic Republic of Congo has been jailed 20 years by a high court. Vital Kamerhe was...

Covid-19: Zimbabwe’s health minister arrested, charged for graft

Zimbabwe's Health Minister Obadiah Moyo has been arrested over corruption allegations related to procurement of medical equipment worth $60 million. Moyo is accused of illegally...

Ghana’s new law that jails citizens not wearing facemask 10 years

Ghanaians who fail to wear the face masks in compliance with a presidential directive risk going to jail for ten years. They also face a...
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