13-Sep-2018 to 11:49

APA-Dakar (Senegal) By Abdourahmane Diallo — Senegal’s ministry of Environment and Sustainable Development (MEDD) launched on Wednesday in Dakar the project called Typha Combustible Construction West Africa (TyCCAO) aimed at turning the Typha, an invasive water plant, into fuel and construction materials.

12-Sep-2018 to 17:34

APA-Dakar (Senegal) — Gambian President Adama Barrow announced upon arriving from the China-Africa cooperation summit in Beijing that The Gambia will benefit from a grant of more than D2 billion (approximately $48 million).

12-Sep-2018 to 16:51

APA-Freetown (Sierra Leone) — Discussion on the budget for the 2019 Financial Year for Sierra Leone is set to commence this Wednesday morning in Freetown, APA can report.

12-Sep-2018 to 10:46

APA-Dakar (Senegal) by Massamba Sall — The business sentiment indicator in the West African Economic and Monetary Union (UEMOA) countries remained favourable in July 2018, standing at 100.1, slightly above its long-term trend, APA learned on Wednesday from the Central Bank of West African States (BCEAO).

12-Sep-2018 to 10:38

APA-Nairobi (Kenya) — The average quality of policies and institutions in Sub-Saharan Africa was broadly unchanged in 2017, according to the latest review released on Wednesday by the World Bank.

12-Sep-2018 to 10:34

APA-Freetown (Sierra Leone) — The Sierra Leone Police say it is investigating the death of a 29-year old youth following a raid in the north of the country.

12-Sep-2018 to 09:28

APA-Freetown (Sierra Leone) — Wednesday’s edition of Sierra Leonean papers is dominated by reports on Chinese support to the Sierra Leone government and a threat issued by parliament against the country’s biggest media outlet – AYV.