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President Muhammadu Buhari on Tuesday held a security meeting with some state governors and security chiefs.

Sierra Leone’s President Julius Maada Bio has departed Freetown Tuesday morning heading for the Gambian capital, Banjul on his first official visit to the country.

Edmundo Mendes, a Doctor of Law, has been appointed Guinea-Bissau’s Interior minister, a position that has been vacant since November.

Liberia’s President Dr. George Manneh Weah has described payroll padding or the placement of ‘ghost names’ on payrolls, and other corrupt practices as long existing phenomena in the West African country’s public service.

Mozambique’s main opposition Renamo party has been hit by a major purge after its new leader, Ossufo Momade sacked Manuel Bissopo as Secretary General and dismissed five officials from its military hierarchy, APA has learnt Tuesday.

Tuesday’s edition of Sierra Leonean dailies carry a host of dominant stories, notably an emerging power struggle within the ruling Sierra Leone People’s Party (SLPP) and protests by the opposition and pro-democracy campaigners against a presidential declaration on rape.

Nigeria’s Federation Account Allocation Committee disbursed N649.19 billion (about $2.127 billion) to the Federal Government, States and Local Governments in January 2019, the National Bureau of Statistics has said.

The Independent National Electoral Commission (INEC) has said that political parties in the country are free to resume political campaigns.

The Ghanaian press on Tuesday focuses on the death of one person at a meeting of the opposition National Democratic Congress (NDC) party meeting in Kumasi.

Globally Communicable diseases are decreasing while Non-communicable diseases are increasing, a leading global health expert has said, calling for a rethink in the way the world approaches global health issues.