By Joke Kujenya FoOR A child under five in West Africa, the chance of testing positive for malaria depends heavily on where they sleep at night. New evidence from laboratory-confirmed surveys shows that malaria risk is sharply uneven across borders, regions and even neighbouring communities, leaving some children far more exposed than others ...
By Joke Kujenya GOVERNMENT FORCES in Benin regained control of the military and key institutions after soldiers attempted to seize power, officials said on Sunday. Information from sources close to President Patrice Talon as they told the AFP revealed that the president was safe and described the coup plotters as “a small group of people [&he...
By Joke Kujenya UNREST SEIZED national attention after soldiers announced the dissolution of Benin’s government during a state television broadcast, declaring they had assumed control of federal authority. The supposed intervention came as the group stated that political officeholders had been removed and state institutions dissolved, presenti...
By Jemimah Wellington, JKNewsMedia Correspondent NIGERIA’s FEDERAL Government on Thursday confirmed that former President Goodluck Ebele Jonathan had finally left Guinea-Bissau safely after being trapped in the country when military officers launched a coup, closed its borders, and plunged the nation into uncertainty, raising global concern f...
By Jemimah Wellington, JKNewsMedia Correspondent FRESH DETAILS have emerged on a bilateral understanding that allows Ghana to act as a receivership hub for West African nationals deported from the United States of America (USA). President John Dramani Mahama has confirmed that his government signed a Memorandum of Understanding (MoU) with the...
By JKNewsMedia THE CENTRE for Journalism Innovation and Development (CJID) has announced the opening of entries for the 2025 edition of its Excellence in Journalism Awards, calling on journalists, fact-checkers, editors, and media organisations across West Africa to submit their work. Now in its second year, CJID said the award celebrates out...
By Ajibola Olaide, JKNewsMedia Correspondent A CALL to establish a regional oil pricing benchmark for West Africa has been issued by the Nigerian Midstream and Downstream Petroleum Regulatory Authority (NMDPRA) to address regional market disparities and reduce dependence on foreign pricing systems. The Authority Chief Executive, Farouk Ahmed,...
By Omoniyi Joshua AT THE heart of the West Africa Economic Summit (WAES) 2025, held at the International Conference Centre in Abuja, lies a bold ambition: to significantly increase intra-regional trade within the Economic Community of West African States (ECOWAS), which currently averages just $208bn annually. More than a gathering of politic...
By O’tega Ogra FOR ALL the ambition that has long swirled around regional integration in West Africa, the reality has remained underwhelming. Trade among ECOWAS member states still lags just below 10%. In an era where continents compete not just on GDP but on supply chains, self-reliance, and economic coherence, that figure is a quiet [&hellip...
By JKNewsMedia FIERCE LOOKING gunmen suspected to be pirates struck a cargo vessel deep in the Gulf of Guinea, targeting the MV ORAGE FROST while it navigated international waters roughly 75 nautical miles northwest of Santo Antonio Port, São Tomé and PrÃncipe. Sailing under the Curaçao flag, the general cargo ship was en-route from Douala, [...
