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Mandatory drug test proposed for political aspirants in Nigeria

Nigeria's Anti-narcotics Agency, National Drug Law Enforcement Agency, NDLEA, is urging political parties to make drug tests part of the screening requirements for aspirants seeking to contest political offices in the forthcoming general elections. Chairman of the agency, Retired Brig.-Gen.…

Coups: OSIWA tasks ECOWAS on collaboration with CSOs

The Economic Community of West African States, ECOWAS has been tasked to intensify its collaboration with Civil Society Organizations and relevant partners in the restoration of constitutional order in Burkina Faso, Guinea and Mali. This was the submission by the…

Sankara trial resumes to discuss compensation

The trial hearing on the interests of the civil parties in the case of Thomas Sankara and his twelve companions opened on Monday, at the Ouagadougou military court.  While the Sankara family is asking for a symbolic franc, other victims’ families…

Bush fire engulfs Sierra Leone’s forest reserve

Bush fire has engulfed some parts of a forest reserve at Sierra Leone's biggest water supply reservoir. Authorities say the incident may be connected to attempts to grab land along the Western Area Peninsula.  As Patrick Sallia reports, experts fear…

Nigeria delists 10 Health Management Organizations

The National Health Insurance Scheme, NHIS has delisted ten Health Management Organizations, otherwise called HMOs, for failing to meet the minimum operational criteria. Executive Secretary of NHIS, Professor Mohammed Sambo revealed this to newsmen in Abuja, Nigeria’s capital. Sambo further…

Two tons of cocaine seized in Côte d’Ivoire

The Ivorian ministry of Interior during the weekend announced the seizure of more than two tonnes of cocaine. The ministry in a statement estimated the value of the drug seized at around forty-one billion CFA Francs or an equivalent of…