[The Conversation Africa] Ghana generates over 80% of its export revenues from three primary commodities - gold, crude oil and cocoa exports. It is classified by UNCTAD as commodity dependent, making it vulnerable to sharp drops in commodity prices.

[Vanguard] Over 1,000 persons have been rendered homeless as rainstorm destroyed 200 houses in Erimope Ekiti, Moba local government area of Ekiti state.

[Premium Times] Since 2003, the Global Fund has disbursed over $2 billion in Nigeria.

[Premium Times] Bandits attempted to kidnap students at Government Science Secondary Schol, Ikara but were repelled by the army and police

[Premium Times] Burna Boy and Wizkid have become Nigeria's second and third Grammy winners after Sikiru Adepoju.

[New Republic] Liberia's efforts to transform the lives of poor people have received a huge boost with financing approved on Friday, March 12, by the World Bank. Two new operations will increase access to sustainable, reliable and affordable energy, ...

[Vanguard] President Muhammadu Buhari made it a remarkable week for Vice-President Yemi Osinbajo when he acknowledged the humility of the number two citizen, who turned 64 on March 8.

[The Conversation Africa] The toll of the coronavirus pandemic on physical health and lives worldwide is enormous. But the disease and the lockdown measures have had an impact on mental health too.

[This Day] The Chief of Army Staff (COAS), Lt. Gen. Ibrahim Attahiru, on Sunday assured Nigerians that Boko Haram will soon be history.

[Premium Times] Eighteen ministers also bagged degrees from foreign institutions.

[Vanguard] Abakaliki -- THE Alaigbo Development Foundation, ADF, weekend declared its support for the boycott of Fulani cattle beef in the South East, and indeed all over Igboland.

[HRW] Bamako -- Mali's justice officials should scrupulously respect due process rights in the case of five men detained since December 2020 for allegedly plotting a coup against the Malian transitional government, Human Rights Watch said today.

[Vanguard] The Police Command in Benue has arrested one suspect in connection with the gruesome killing of Mrs Eunice Aganya, wife of former retired Deputy Inspector General of Police (DIG), Ibezimako Aganya.

[FrontPageAfrica] Monrovia -- To mark one year of Liberian journalists rally in Monrovia to detest the brutalization of media practitioners, the Press Union of Liberia (PUL) says litigation is the best reprimand for security forces' heavy-handedness.

[This Day] Bauchi State Governor, Senator Bala Mohammed yesterday noted that the allocation of 150 thousand doses of the vaccine to the state by the federal government was not adequate and sufficient.

[This Day] The House of Representatives has called on the federal government to as a matter of urgency enforce the installation of fire alerting systems in all buildings across Nigeria to save lives and properties during fire outbreaks.

[This Day] Again, a subsidiary of Dangote Group, Dangote Sugar Refinery Tunga in Awe Local Government Area, Nasarawa State, has reportedly invaded Ugber with bulldozers, thereby demolishing over 300 houses.

[Vanguard] Elements of Boko Haram Terrorists and their Islamic State West Africa Province (ISWAP) counterparts operating along the fringes of the Lake Chad and the Tumbus met their waterloo when they encountered dogged troops of Sector 3 Operation La...

[FrontPageAfrica] Monrovia -- One of Liberia's youngest humanitarians, Aminata Sheriff and her team continue to make headways over their meaningful interventions in the community.

[FrontPageAfrica] Monrovia -- The Board of Governors of the Central Bank of Liberia (CBL), during its 25 February 2021 sitting, unanimously agreed to support policies toward the development of the agricultural subsector with a goal of stabilizing foo...

[FrontPageAfrica] Monrovia -- The Liberia Anti-Corruption Commission (LACC) has agreed to partner with a local non-governmental Organization "The Integrity Watch Liberia" in the fight against corruption and will do so through the use of Information t...

[FrontPageAfrica] Monrovia -- A two-day intensive workshop to improve freshwater Key Biodiversity Areas (KBA) in Liberia was concluded on March 10, 2021 in Monrovia with a call to conserve and protect freshwater KBA species.

[FrontPageAfrica] Monrovia -- As part of its many contributions to aid Liberia in its fight against the COVID-19 pandemic, the United States Government, through the USAID Infectious Disease Detection and Surveillance (IDD) Project has donated a huge ...

[FrontPageAfrica] Monrovia -- Liberians in the diaspora, represented by The All-Liberian Conference on Dual Citizenship (ALCOD), is extending heartfelt gratitude and grateful appreciation for the indispensable role President George Weah played in adv...

[Premium Times] Residents say they heard gunshots, then everyone scampered for safety. Some moments later, Usman was found lying unconscious in the market, blood oozing out of his skull. He had been hit.

[Premium Times] The 120 new cases on Sunday is the lowest since October 22, 2020, when there were just 37 new infections.

[Foroyaa] Kanifing Municipal Council (KMC) is bracing up for the rejuvenation of the Tallinding Buffer Zone, officials of the council have indicated.

[Foroyaa] The 2021 Presidential Election is just around the corner. According to Section 46 of the constitution:

[Foroyaa] Over 17 containers of rosewoods- banned timber species under the protection of International Trade in Endangered Spices of Wild Flora and Fauna CITES, packed at Buffer Zone and confiscated by the State, has been handed back to the State by ...

[Foroyaa] The situation in Senegal has gone beyond what is expected under a stable democracy. A civil conflict is breaking out whose cost in lives and properties are incalculable.