West Africa

A new Amnesty International report has revealed that more than half of the almost 6,000 death-row inmates in sub-Saharan Africa are in Nigeria Usman Umar has the rest of the report

72 hours after Ghana’s government launched an anti-terrorism campaign, many are unaware of the help lines to call in case of any suspicious activities. On Tuesday, the government launched the “See Something, Say Something” campaign to help raise citizen awareness…

Armed assailants have killed about 50 people in a part of eastern Burkina Faso ravaged by Islamist violence, the region's governor said on Thursday. The statement added that the victims were traveling to a town in the nearby commune of…

Two people have been confirmed dead in Houndé, western Burkina Faso following clashes between police and angry gold miners. According to government’s spokesperson, the gold miners were demanding the release of their colleagues who were arrested a day before for…

Liberia’s deputy minister for Codification at the Ministry of Justice says his country’s government is committed to establishing a war crimes court in Liberia. This was made known during a regional conference held by the International Criminal Court and hosted…

Senegalese President Macky Sall has appointed Marie Khémesse Ngom Ndiaye, as the new minister of health, replacing Abdoulaye Diouf Sarr. The change which was announced on the state media on Thursday, is coming barely 24 hours after a fire outbreak…

Senegalese President Macky Sall has ordered an investigation into the Wednesday fire incident in which eleven babies died, at the Mame-Abdoul-Aziz-Sy hospital in Tivaouane, West of the country. Oge Obierika has the details.

The Nigerien defence ministry in a statement Wednesday said, the country’s army killed around 40 Boko Haram jihadists in an overnight fight on the islands of Lake Chad. According to the ministry, in the fight that started Tuesday evening and…

Former leader of The Gambia, Yahya Jammeh will be prosecuted for suspected atrocities committed during his time in office following the government's acceptance of recommendations by a truth and reconciliation commission, TRRC. The country’s Attorney General Dawda Jallow said a…

The lack of proper enforcement of domestic laws is said to be fueling the increasing spate of insecurity and other forms of crisis in Nigeria.  Abubakar Monguno, a University teacher with the University of Maiduguri, North Eastern Nigeria, who is…

A report from the Conflict Armament Research group has revealed that significant proportions of weapons and arms seized from Islamist insurgents in Niger came from West African state stockpiles.  The report therefore suggests that authorities are struggling to secure arms…

Nigeria’s Association of Women Entrepreneurs has decried the neglect of contraceptives among Nigerian women living in internally displaced camps and in conflict situations. Currently, the Northern part of the country is experiencing an upsurge of insurgency attacks with thousands fleeing…