Goddy Ikeh

Pointe-Noire, Republic of the Congo, hosted a regional training session from October 21–23, 2024, with the goal of enhancing the Monitoring, Control, and Surveillance MCS capabilities of environmental officials from member states of the Regional Fisheries Commission of the Gulf of Guinea (COREP).

The United Nations Resident and Humanitarian Coordinator in Sudan, Ms. Clementine Nkweta-Salami, is deeply troubled by reports of escalating armed violence in Aj Jazirah State, which has reportedly claimed the lives
of scores of civilians.

Moody’s Ratings affirmed ICIEC’s Aa3 Insurance Financial Strength Rating (IFSR) with a stable outlook for the 17th consecutive year, underscoring its strong standalone credit profile and ongoing support from key shareholders, including the Islamic Development Bank (IsDB) and sovereign members of the Organization of Islamic Cooperation (OIC).

The Disciplinary Committee of the Confederation of African Football (CAF) has awarded the Super Eagles of Nigeria three points and three goals in their abandoned match day 4, 2025 Africa Cup of Nations qualifier against Libya, which was scheduled to be held in Benina on 15 October.

The Committee to Protect Journalists (CPJ) calls on the Cameroonian authorities to immediately release journalist Thierry Patrick Ondoua, publishing director of the privately-owned Le Point Hebdo bimonthly newspaper, after he was arrested on Tuesday in connection with a report on the minister of housing’s alleged mismanagement, and to drop all charges against him.

The Committee to Protect Journalists (CPJ) is alarmed by the forced conscription of journalists Serge Atiana Oulon, Adama Bayala, and Kalifara Séré, who went missing in June, and calls for them to be immediately returned home.

The President of the ECOWAS Commission, H.E. Dr Omar Alieu Touray, on 24 October 2024, received the Ambassador of the Republic of Cuba, H.E. Miriam Morales Palmero, at the headquarters of the Commission in Abuja, Nigeria.

The President of ECOWAS Commission, Dr. Omar Alieu Touray, received the Ambassador of the Arab Republic of Egypt to Nigeria and ECOWAS, H.E Mohamed Fouad, at the Commission’s Headquarters, Abuja, Nigeria, on October 24, 2024.

Leading music stars and celebrity actors from across West and Central Africa have come together to release a new song titled No More Zero Dose to help bring childhood immunization back on track.

Senegal was officially removed from the Financial Action Task Force (FATF) grey list following a plenary meeting held on Friday in Paris, the Senegalese Ministry of Finance and Budget announced.