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George Afriyie, former vice-president of the Ghana Football Association, has called on the Black Stars to bring together their best players to revive their 2027 Africa Cup of Nations qualifying campaign. Ghana lost its first two matches and will face Somalia in November, according to MyJoyOnline.
Source: MyJoyOnline
The Grade 4 and 5 examinations and the National Certificate of Education are postponed, while those for the School Certificate and Higher School Certificate will go ahead. The Ministry of Education will announce the new dates and the resumption of classes after reviewing the situation, according to its statement of 14 October 2026.
Source: Defimedia
Sierra Leone has begun the 50-day countdown to its first fully digital population and housing census. Data collection will start on 2 December 2026, after census night on 1 December, as authorities complete preparations and staff training, according to Thecalabashnewspaper.
Source: Thecalabashnewspaper
A mission from the National Coordination of Users of Natural Resources in the Niger Basin launched an information workshop in Gao, Mali, on management of the resource. Scheduled to last a week, the mission is also to monitor the achievements of a climate change adaptation programme, according to Studio Tamani.
Source: Studio Tamani
Sierra Leone’s Supreme Court ended contempt proceedings against Joseph Fitzgerald Kamara, former Attorney General and lawyer, after Chief Justice Komba Kamanda accepted his apology and retraction. Kamara represents Osman Timbo in a case concerning constitutional reform, The Calabash Newspaper reports.
Source: Thecalabashnewspaper
The Indian Business Council in Sierra Leone has pledged to improve employer-employee relations during a meeting with Employment Minister Umaru Napoleon Koroma. Discussions covered compliance with labour law and the payment of end-of-service benefits, Thecalabashnewspaper reports.
Source: Thecalabashnewspaper
Nearly three weeks after the Goumeri W-8 oil well erupted, Niger’s ministers for petroleum and the environment visited the Agadem block in the Diffa region on 14 October 2026. The government aims to strengthen its presence at the site, the Journal du Niger reports.
Source: Journalduniger
Benin has signed three financing agreements totalling 249.5 billion CFA francs with the Islamic Development Bank and the Arab Bank for Economic Development in Africa. The funds will notably finance a road on the Abidjan-Lagos corridor, agriculture and electricity, according to Alwihda Info.
Source: Alwihda Info
Naha mint Mouknass has held political positions under several Mauritanian presidents since the early 2000s. The daughter of former Foreign Affairs Minister Hamdi Ould Mouknass, she led the Union for Democracy and Progress from 1999 and became the country’s first woman foreign minister, according to Initiativesnews.
Source: Initiativesnews
Ghana’s Finance Minister, Cassiel Ato Forson, is asking public officials to account for every cedi entrusted by the state and recover misappropriated funds. He is particularly calling for stronger control systems so that recovering funds does not become an annual practice, reports 3news.
Source: 3news
Ghanaian football administrator Fitzgerald Barkers Woode advises the Ghana Football Association not to rush its choice of the next Black Stars coach. A five-member committee is reviewing applications ahead of the two matches against Somalia scheduled for November, reports MyJoyOnline.
Source: MyJoyOnline
Ghana’s New Patriotic Party rejects Emilia Agbenyo’s appointment as Deputy Chairperson of the Electoral Commission, citing her alleged links to the National Democratic Congress. The party is asking President John Dramani Mahama to withdraw the appointment before the 2028 general elections, reports The Ghana Report.
Source: Theghanareport
The Public Procurement Regulatory Authority handed its 2025 annual activity report to Burkina Faso’s Prime Minister Rimtalba Jean Emmanuel Ouédraogo in Ouagadougou. The document presents the institution’s results, difficulties and recommendations, according to Lefaso.
Source: Lefaso
Contract teachers in Conakry are boycotting classes to demand the implementation of the agreement signed on 3 January 2026, which provides for their integration into the civil service through a practical classroom examination. Their coordinator, Lathis Ibrahim Salim, accuses the education inter-union of abandoning their case, while that of 4,535 unsuccessful municipal contract teachers is being resolved, reports Mosaiqueguinee.
Source: Mosaiqueguinee
Sierra Leonean club SLIFA FC has referred its exclusion from the national championship to the Court of Arbitration for Sport, seeking immediate reinstatement. It is also calling for the ongoing competition to be suspended until the court’s decision, according to a statement signed by its director general Benjamin Gordon.
Source: Sierraloaded
Isaac Tandoh, head of Ghana’s Minerals Commission, has called for partnerships to process more minerals in the country rather than exporting them raw. He notably requested technology and skills transfers during the Russia-Africa Dialogue on raw materials, Starrfm reports.
Source: Starrfm
Ghanaian President John Dramani Mahama has announced an additional 400 million cedis in the 2027 budget to recruit guards tasked with protecting waterways from illegal mining. The funding is intended to strengthen monitoring of rivers and forest reserves, the head of state said during a meeting with traditional leaders in Accra.
Source: Starrfm
The border commissions of Senegal and The Gambia are meeting to identify markers set during the previous demarcation, rather than redraw the border. Gambian farmers have been reassured about their land, Foroyaa reports, and calls for more public information on the bilateral work.
Source: Foroyaa
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