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Nigeria: Merger widens to oust Goodluck in 2015

May 14, 2013 President Goodluck Jonathan

Another political party in Nigeria has merged with the Action for Progressive Change, the APC.

'Gunmen kidnap wife, daughter of Nigeria’s Supreme Court Justice'

May 12, 2013 Justice Bode Rhodes-Vivour and his wife

Gunmen have kidnapped the wife, daughter and driver of a supreme court judge on a road in southern Nigeria apparently hoping for a ransom payment, police said Sunday.

Immigrant in Italy kills 1 in pickaxe rampage

May 12, 2013 Police say a man went on a rampage with a pickaxe in Milan

An illegal immigrant has gone on the rampage with a pickaxe in the Italian city of Milan, killing a passer-by and wounding four others, police say.

Nasarawa: 28 cops found alive, dead toll hits 43

May 10, 2013 Camp for the internally displaced from Yelwa, in Lafia, Nasaraw

Commissioner of Police in the state, Mr Abayomi Akeremale, confirmed that 28 policemen have been found alive. Akeremale said the 28 policemen were held hostage, but released today.

Sierra Leone: Police arrest petroleum dealers in Kenema

May 9, 2013

Police in the eastern district of Kenema have arrested petroleum dealers for hiking price on petroleum products. Products were sold at Le 8,000 approximately 2 United States dollars far above the official price of Le 4,500 per liter approximately one united stated dollars

WACSI equips CSO to Raise Funds

May 9, 2013 Participants at the training

Resource mobilization stands as a major challenge that prevents civil society organizations (CSOs) and other voluntary institutions working to enhance development in West Africa from achieving their goals

Ghana: May 9 stadium disaster victims Remembered

May 9, 2013 The May 9 statute at the Accra Sports Stadium

Ghana is today remembering the 126 football fans who perished in the Accra Sports Stadium disaster 12 years ago.  The May 9 stadium disaster is Africa’s worst soccer tragedy. The lives were lost as a result of a stampede which occurred during a league match between Accra Hearts of Oak and arch rivals Asante Kotoko in 2001.

Nigerian Gays Angry With Govt

May 8, 2013

They said they have been harassed and humiliated in recent times across Nigeria. The group said instead of wasting time and energy on homosexuals, the Nigerian government should rather provide the dividends of democracy and accountability to its citizens.

" With homosexuality,what do we do about procreation? "

April 27, 2013

France is the 14th country in the world to authorize the marriage for all. In its former colonies they have a different opinion. What do the citizens of Benin think about the minorities’ rights, it is also the rights of Lesbians, Gays, Bisexuals and Transsexuals to live openly?

Liberia accused of corruption by the US

April 25, 2013 U.S. Ambassador Deborah Malac and President Ellen Johnson Sirleaf

The U.S. State Department has issued its latest human rights report covering 2012. Several African governments receive stern criticism, amongst them: LIBERIA’s.