01-Feb-2019 to 18:10

APA-Freetown (Sierra Leone) — The spate of unprofessionalism in the construction sector in Sierra Leone poses a danger to lives and property, the bodies representing professional engineers have warned.

01-Feb-2019 to 17:53

APA-Abuja (Nigeria) — The Special Representative of the Secretary – General and Head of the United Nations Office for West Africa and the Sahel (UNOWAS), Mohamed Ibn Chambas, concluded on Thursday 31 January a two-week pre-electoral mission to Nigeria.

01-Feb-2019 to 17:04

APA-Monrovia (Liberia) — Liberia's Youth and Sports Minister D. Zeogar Wilson has disclosed that the European Union (EU) is providing a grant of €20 million ($22.9 million) to be used for the improvement of Technical Vocation Education Training (TVET) comprising both formal and informal sectors.

01-Feb-2019 to 16:11

APA-Dakar (Senegal) By Oumar Dembele — The contract of Senegal’s national football coach Aliou Cisse, has been extended by 30 months, the country’s FA confirmed.

01-Feb-2019 to 12:49

APA-N’Djamena (Chad) by Adam Hassane Deye — Chad pledged under a memorandum of understanding signed Friday in N'Djamena to pay the arrears of CFA10.2b francs in payments for students being trained in health care in Cuba.

01-Feb-2019 to 12:16

APA-Nouakchott (Mauritania) by Mohamed Moctar — A day of investment between Mauritanian and Chinese businesspeople was announced Thursday in Nouakchott, after a meeting between the president of the Mauritanian Association of Employers, Mohamed Zein El Abidine Ould Sheikh Ahmed, and the ambassador of China to Mauritania, Zhang Jiango.

01-Feb-2019 to 12:05

APA-Dakar (Senegal) by Massamba Sall — Fish catches in Senegal during eleven months of 2018 recorded a slight increase of 9,536 tonnes in absolute terms compared to the same period of 2017, according to data compiled by the Directorate of Maritime Fisheries (DPM).