The U.N. Security Council has yet to condemn the military takeover in Burkina Faso last month or call it a coup, rather it’s adopting a weak statement expressing “serious concern about the unconstitutional change of government” in the West African…

Liberian President George Weah is calling for international intervention to address the constant wave of coups by military personnel in the sub-region.  While delivering a keynote Address at the Joint UN Development Programme – UN Department of Political and Peacebuilding…

In Benin Republic, authorities have given details of the attacks which killed a dozen people in the far north of the country between Wednesday and Thursday.  During an extraordinary council of ministers on Thursday, the government took stock of the…

Two policemen have been shot dead as armed robbers attacked a bullion van at the Iwo Road area of Ibadan, Oyo State, South West of Nigeria. The attack which happened on Thursday, left people scampering for safety as the exchange…

International Criminal Court judges on Thursday rejected a senior Ivory Coast politician’s claim for compensation after he was acquitted of involvement in deadly violence following elections in 2010. Former Youth Minister Charles Ble Goude was cleared in 2019, along with…

Ghana's opposition party, the national democratic congress says it will abolish the controversial electronic transfer levy should it regain power if the current government succeeds in its passage. Ghanaians took to the streets to protest the passage of the bill…

Some Ghanaians are today leading a charge to have citizens abandon the making of phone calls to express their displeasure with an ongoing exercise to re-register sim cards.  The ongoing process which is expected to end in March of this…

The Nigeria Government will extend its vaccination drive to deprived communities, in a bid to address the issues of health inequities in those regions. Executive Director, National Primary Health Care Development Agency, Faisal Shuaib made the disclosure at the formal…