A campaign to vaccinate 5.7 million people across southern Mali will begin tomorrow thanks to the first-ever 'South-South' dose supply from South America's only manufacturer of yellow fever vaccine, the United Nations health agency said today.
The dice was finally cast last Wednesday when the NDC announced John Dramani Mahama as the running mate for Prof. Evans Atta Mills in this year's elections. Mrs. Betty Mould-Iddrisu, the favourite of Mrs. Rawlings for the NDC running mate
The Chairman of the Board of Directors of Narcotic Control Board (NACOB) has expressed concern over Ghana gaining notoriety as a transit in the drug business.
The top United Nations human rights official has welcomed changes to Senegal's constitution to make it possible for national courts to try crimes against humanity, paving the way for former Chadian leader Hissène Habré to be tried for alleged crimes
A fire swept through part of the remote Goz Amer refugee camp in eastern Chad on Friday, leaving some 3,000 Darfurian refugees homeless. UNHCR staff reported that 10 people were slightly injured, and many refugees lost all their food rations
Secretary-General Ban Ki-moon will embark later this month on a four-nation tour of West Africa that will take him to Ghana, Liberia, Burkina Faso and Côte d'Ivoire, a spokesperson for the United Nations announced today.
In a parliamentary sitting on Thursday, April 10, 2008, the Cameroon's National Assembly adopted a bill to amend the 1996 constitution of Cameroon.Following the new constitution, Paul Biya is legible to serve Cameroonians for another seven years unlimited term of
Pupils of the Kono Model academy hosting over three hundred students in Kokwema, Tankoro chiefdom, Kono district last Tuesday go on a day strike against illegal squatters on the school land.
Director of a local nongovernmental organization has revealed plans by German organization GTZ to fund the rice cultivation of 1,000 acres of land in the country covering every district.
The demolition of homes at Mabela allegedly by the Freetown City Council earlier this week for the construction of a clinic has left 500 people homeless, youth leader Mohamed Sesay said Thursday.
As the rainy season approaches, fears of a cholera outbreak have spurred the chief of Rokupa-Portee Warf to ask for help from government for his community.