Goddy Ikeh
The Ghanaian Government Statistician, Dr. Alhassan Iddrisu, has announced that the country’s annual inflation rate for July dropped to 12.1 per cent from 13.7 per cent recorded in June this year.
The Transitional President of Burkina Faso, Captain Ibrahim Traoré, received in audience on Wednesday, August 6, 2025, in Ouagadougou, a
Nigerien delegation led by the Minister of Energy, Professor Haoua Amadou.
French President Emmanuel Macron has officially suspended a 2013 bilateral agreement that allowed holders of Algerian diplomatic and service passports to enter France without a visa, citing a growing climate of mistrust between Paris and Algiers amid escalating tensions over migration, diplomacy and judicial matters.
Chadian President Mahamat Idriss Déby Itno arrived in Niamey on Wednesday, August 6, for a two-day official visit, where he was welcomed by Niger’s transitional leader, General Abdourahamane Tiani.
The Nigerian Communications Commission (NCC) has unveiled a new set of corporate governance guidelines tailored for the telecommunications industry in line with its regulatory evolution.
Despite President Abdelmadjid Tebboune’s high-profile announcements, Algeria’s food security strategy remains plagued by structural imbalances, centralised governance and headline-driven initiatives with limited long-term impact.
The opposition party, Ensemble pour le Gabon (EPG), has filed a petition with the Constitutional Court, contesting the legal framework governing the candidacy deadline for the upcoming legislative and local elections
The ECOWAS Commission, through its Early Warning Directorate (EWD) and the ECOWAS Peace Fund (EPF), is carrying out a joint technical mission to Ghana and Benin from July 31 to August 05, 2025, to assess the equipment procured for their National Early Warning and Response Centers.
A protest march organised by Côte d’Ivoire’s opposition coalition, comprising the PPA-CI and the PDCI, has been officially authorised and it is now scheduled to take place on August 9, 2025, with a new route.
The World Bank Group has signed on as co-chair of the Mobilizing Access to the Digital Economy (MADE) Alliance: Africa, joining current co-chairs the African Development Bank Group (www.AfDB.org) and Mastercard in an initiative to provide digital access to critical services for 100 million individuals and businesses across Africa by 2034.