Month: July 2019

French football giants, Paris St-Germain, PSG; on Tuesday announced the signing of Senegalese international Idrissa Gueye who joins from Premier League side Everton. The deal which will see the midfielder playing for the Parisian side for the next four years is reportedly in the region of $36m. Gueye, 29, was a key member of the Senegal national team that came… Read More

Mohamed Cheikh Ould Mohamed Mkhaitir, a blogger sentenced to death in 2014 has been freed by authorities in Mauritania, press rights group Reporters Without Borders, RSF, have disclosed in a July 30, 2019 statement. He was released at dawn of Monday (July 29), the statement added stressing that confessional posts on Facebook and TV had been key conditions for his… Read More

Today, we meet a Ghanaian musician who has developed an application to help drive change. Kwame A Plus says his TPP app ( The People’s Project) seeks to empower locals to hold politicians more accountable through the power of technology. Ignatius Annor has more. Once you download the app, it will ask for your region and by default adds you… Read More

Benin and India strengthened their bilateral ties during President Ram Nath Kovind’s official visit to this West African country on Monday. After a meeting with his Beninese counterpart, Patrice Talon, several agreements were signed, including a visa waiver agreement and deals on telemedicine and teleeducation.  “I want to retain as an essential announcement, the elements of the agreement we signed,… Read More

“Very often, when they go to sea, they do not catch anything,” Mercy Allotey, a fish seller,“Our fishing is spoiled.” Overfishing has devastated the seabed in Ghana’s sea territory. The United Nations estimates that 2 million people, or 10% of the total population of this small country in West Africa, depend on this crucial sector. Mercy Allotey, a fish business… Read More

The United States will send a delegation to the investiture of new Mauritanian president, Mohamed Ould Cheikh El Ghazouani, which event takes place on August 1, 2019. The White House in a statement late last week said President Trump had designated John Deaver Alexander III, Senior Advisor for Energy, Overseas Private Investment Corporation, to lead the delegation. Mauritania is experiencing… Read More