At least 17 people have been killed after a group of armed men attacked two villages in Niger State, North Central Nigeria. The Secretary to the State Government, Ahmed Matane, confirmed the incident on Monday. Usman Umar reports:

The Speaker of Parliament has announced that the Committee on Constitutional, Legal and Parliamentary Affairs’ debate on the Promotion of Proper Human Sexual Rights and Ghanaian Family Values Bill, popularly known as the Anti-LGBTQ+ Bill, will be made public. Alban…

Sierra Leone’s Human Rights Commission has urged government to scrutinize the recommendations of the Universal Periodic Review provided by the UN at the assembly held in Geneva before its adoption into the country’s laws. According to the Vice Chairperson of…

The Intersex community in Ghana has petitioned Parliament against the anti-LGBTQI bill which they say will strip away the rights and dignity of their members in Ghana. According to Intersex Ghana and Key Watch Ghana, groups advancing the rights of…

A former army private admitted at a trial on Tuesday that he had helped transport a hit squad to assassinate Burkina Faso's revolutionary leader, Thomas Sankara, 34 years ago. The trial unfolding at a military court in Ouagadougou is being…

Former Liberian warlord-turned-president Charles Taylor has filed a lawsuit against his country's government over its "refusal" to pay his pension and retirement benefits. Mr. Taylor was jailed for 50-years for war crimes he committed in neighboring Sierra Leone. More details…

Guinea's military leader Colonel Mamady Doumbouya has appointed a prominent campaigner against female genital mutilation (FGM) as foreign minister, in his latest change since taking power last month. The West African state's new diplomatic chief is Morissanda Kouyate, who last…