27-Jan-2021 to 09:34

APA-Accra (Ghana) — A funeral ceremony for the late Ghanaian president, Jerry John Rawlings has been underway at Accra's Black Star Square before his burial later on Thursday.

26-Jan-2021 to 18:18

APA-Dakar (Senegal) — The adoption of the Eco, the West African single currency, has been postponed to 2022 because of the exceptional expenses incurred by states in the fight against the coronavirus pandemic.

26-Jan-2021 to 17:21

APA-Freetown-(Sierra Leone) — The Economic Community of West African States (ECOWAS) has recorded 2,653 new cases and 26 new deaths of COVID-19 in past 24 hours, official figures show on Tuesday.

26-Jan-2021 to 16:15

APA-Banjul (The Gambia) — An ongoing peacekeeping mission by the regional ECOMIG forces in The Gambia has been extended by a year, local reports suggest, quoting the Economic Community of West African States (ECOWAS) on Tuesday.

26-Jan-2021 to 15:55

APA-Abuja (Nigeria) — President Muhammadu Buhari has sacked four of his security service chiefs, as the country deals with a spate of kidnappings and activities by Boko Haram insurgents, APA learnt on Tuesday.

26-Jan-2021 to 15:39

APA-Freetown (Sierra Leone) — Gibril Ealoghima Massaquoi, a well known warlord of the Sierra Leone civil war has been charged by Finnish prosecutors with war crimes and crimes against humanity thought to have been perpetrated in Liberia in the 1990s.

25-Jan-2021 to 19:36

APA-Freetown-(Sierra Leone) — The Economic Community of West African States (ECOWAS) has recorded 3,143 new cases and 20 new deaths of COVID-19 in past 24 hours, official figures show on Monday.