West Africa

Chad's President Idriss Deby Itno has died on the battlefield after three decades in power, the army announced on state television on Tuesday.                  Deby, 68, “has just breathed his last defending the…

Sierra Leone’s Human Right Commission has asked the National Football Association President Isha Johansen and Secretary General Christopher Kamara to pay damages and render public apologies to Rodney Michael and two other local football stakeholders whose human rights are said…

The plan by the Judiciary Staff Union of Nigeria to embark on a nationwide peaceful protest today is gaining momentum as more State Chapters of the Nigerian Bar Association are pledging to support the action. The judiciary workers are demanding…

Ghana’s government has announced the establishment of a stakeholder committee to address the issue of unethical broadcast content in the country. The committee will comprise of representatives of the National Media Commission (NMC), the National Communications Authority (NCA), the National…

Lawyers for Beninese academic Joel Aivo say it is still unclear what their client is accused of since his hearing at the end of last week.  The collective set up to defend Aivo maintains that it has no concrete idea…

At least nineteen people were killed over the weekend in Niger, during an attack on the village of Gaïgorou, in the Tillabéri region near Mali. An official of the municipality of Dessa which administers the village of Gaïgorou told AFP…

A section of Ghanaians is seeking to petition President Nana Akufo Addo for the release of Actress Rosemond Brown who was imprisoned on Friday for taking nude pictures with her son and posting them on her Instagram page. Ms. Brown,…

Artisanal mining in West Africa seems to be increasingly expanding.  The mines attract desperate young men and women from countries across the region who come to dig for fortune. My colleague Adolphus Mawolo is currently visiting one of the mining…

The International Maritime Bureau (BMI) has called for greater vigilance on ships transiting the Gulf of Guinea which accounted for 43% of all piracy incidents reported in the first quarter of 2021. According to the BMI's Piracy Reporting Center, it…

The International Federation for Human Rights (FIDH) and the Chadian League for Human Rights (LTDH) condemn the violent repression of the sit-in of the Collective of Professional Laureates in Education pending integration. The incident occurred on Wednesday April 14, before…

The African continental free trade policy network Ghana and diaspora has expressed concern that the decision of twitter to establish an Africa office, may pose a challenge to upcoming indigenous Africa Tech companies. On Monday, Twitter CEO Jack Dorsey, announced…