Today is World AIDS Day and the World Health Organization, WHO, is calling on global leaders and citizens to rally to confront the inequalities that drive AIDS and to reach people who are currently not receiving essential HIV services. Head…

The Ghana Health Service (GHS) says at least three more persons have succumbed to yellow fever in the Savannah Region. This brings the death toll to 32, since the outbreak of the disease in the region last month. Atiewin Mbillah-Lawson…

Sierra Leone’s Anti-Corruption Commission has confirmed the indictment of Dr. Samura Kamara, presidential candidate of the All People’s Congress in the 2018 election. Five other people have been accused of corruption.  Dr. Kamara is believe to be the frontrunner to…

Osai Ojigho, Director of Amnesty International Nigeria has welcomed the release of the 600 men, including husbands of Knifar Women, from unlawful detention at Giwa Barracks and Maiduguri Maximum Prison. While it applauds the release of this batch of detainees…

Gambian President Adama Barrow has assured victims of former President Yahya Jammeh’s regime that “justice will be done.” The Gambian leader made the commitment after the Truth, Reconciliation and Reparations Commission TRRC presented its report on Thursday. Barrow says the…

The West Africa Autocratization Tracker has been launched in Dakar. The tracker is an initiative of the Open Society Initiative for West Africa and aims to monitor and report the trends of governance in this sub-region. Project Manager for V-Dem…