FGM: Campaigners Say Ritual Remains Deeply Entrenched in Many Places
World leaders have pledged to eradicate female genital mutilation (FGM) by 2030, but campaigners say the ancient ritual remains deeply entrenched in many places. International Day of Zero Tolerance for…
Girl, 10, Dies From Circumcision in Sierra Leone
A 10-year-old girl has died after undergoing female genital mutilation (FGM) during an initiation into a secret women’s society in Sierra Leone, local police have said, sparking renewed…
COP24: AfDB, Out Again to Defend Africa’s interests… Says Climate Change Reduces Africa’s GDP By 1.4 points yearly
As the 24th annual conference of the United Nations Convention on Climate Change, known as COP24, opens on Monday, 3 December 2018, in Katowice, Poland, once again, the AfDB…
Africa Scrabble Championship: Nigeria’s Moses Peter is 2018 Winner, 10 Other Nigerians Make Top 40 List
Moses Peter, the captain of Nigeria’s senior scrabble team, on Sunday emerged the 2018 African scrabble champion at the 13th African Scrabble Championship in Kiriyangi, Kenya. The team’s coach, Anthony Ikolo,…
INEC Chairman seeks efficient election funding model for ECOWAS
INEC Chair, Mahmoud Yakubu The President of the ECOWAS Network of Electoral Commissions (ECONEC) Prof. Mahmoud Yakubu, said it was imperative for Electoral Commissions in the ECOWAS region to…
AMC launches new film production hub for Africa
With a focus on African storytelling, the African Movie Channel has launched a production hub to develop and produce movies and TV series. Its new production division will be…
FIFA ban knocks out Sierra Leone from CAF qualifiers against Ghana
Sierra Leone may have gifted Ghana Black Stars six points in two African Nations Cup qualifiers scheduled for Kumasi on Thursday and Freetown next Monday. Sierra Leone is barred from…
AfDB approves $15million equity investment in Nigeria, others
The African Development Bank (AfDB) says it has approved 15 million dollars for equity investment in Verod Capital Growth Fund III, a private equity fund for investments in high growth…
Opposition Julius Madaa Bio wins Sierra Leone presidential poll
The opposition party’s candidate, Rtd Brig Julius Madaa Bio of the Sierra Leone Peoples Party (SLPP) has been declared the winner of the March 31 Sierra Leone Presidential run-off election….
ECOWAS Commission calls for peaceful run-off poll in Sierra Leone
March 24, 2018 The President of ECOWAS Commission, Jean-Claude Brou, has called for the peaceful and successful completion of the Sierra Leone presidential run-off election scheduled for March 27. Mr…