Abdullahi Mire A former child refugee from Somalia has been named as this year's winner of the prestigious UNHCR Nansen Refugee Award. Abdullahi Mire, 36, was recognized for bringing 100,000 books to his compatriots languishing in sprawling camps in Kenya. "Last year, 2022, ... Read More

A delegation from the ECOWAS Commission and the Government of the Federal Republic of Nigeria, was Monday (Nov. 27), by Sierra Leone's president. The head of the Ecowas Commission Omar Alieu Touray, conveyed to President Julius Maada Bio the message of ... Read More

soldiers walk through streets to prevent panic as fears of the deadly  -  Copyright © africanewsAbbas Dulleh /AP Attacks on Sierra Leone's main military barracks and prisons were a failed coup attempt and have resulted in the arrest of 13 military officers, the ... Read More

Mr Tom Nørring, the Danish Ambassador to Ghana, has rallied stakeholders in the maritime security sector to remain vigilant and alert to pirate attacks in the Gulf of Guinea (GoG) in spite of the recent decline in cases in the ... Read More

António Guterres – UN Secretary-General United Nations Secretary-General Antonio Guterres pushed on Monday for a full humanitarian cease-fire between Israel and Palestinian militants Hamas instead of a temporary truce, as the "humanitarian catastrophe in Gaza is getting worse by the day." Egyptian, ... Read More

Niger's junta said Monday that it had revoked an anti-migration law that helped reduce the flow of West Africans to Europe, but that was reviled by desert dwellers whose economies had long relied on the traffic. The law, which made it ... Read More

Morocco’s Noor Ouarzazate concentrated solar farm. (Photo Credit: MASEN) The United Arab Emirates (UAE) has indicated its intention to prioritize climate finance at the upcoming United Nations Climate Conference (COP 28) in Dubai. The goal of UAE is to announce a ... Read More

The ECOWAS’ Mediation and Security Council (MSC) at the Ambassadorial level held its 39th Ordinary meeting on the 23rd of November, 2023 in Abuja, Nigeria. The MSC deliberated on the engendering of a safer, more stable, democratic and prosperous West African ... Read More

The Economic Community of West African states (ECOWAS) has condemned the ongoing unrest in Sierra Leone, a member of the political bloc. ECOWAS in a statement dated Sunday, November 26, 2023, said it "has learnt with utter disgust a plot by certain ... Read More

A soldier with the Sierra Leonean military police greets and man along an empty road in Freetown, Nov. 26, 2023. Sierra Leone's president declared a nationwide curfew Sunday after gunmen attacked the military's main and largest barracks in the West African ... Read More