The World Health Organization on Wednesday endorsed the world’s first malaria vaccine and said it should be given to children across Africa in the hope that it will spur stalled efforts to curb the spread of the parasitic disease. WHO…

Aggrieved candidates of the 2021 Ghana School of Law entrance examination have petitioned the independent Examination Committee of the General Legal Council to demand the admission of all students who obtained the overall 50 percent pass mark during the recently…

The University Teachers Association of Ghana (UTAG) has directed its members to resume the suspended strike action from Friday, October 8, 2021. The decision follows the failure of government to meet demands made by the lecturers concerning their conditions of…

The Nigerian Communications Commission, NCC, has disqualified people under the age of 18 from registering and owning a SIM card in Nigeria. The new regulation was announced during the public inquiry on three regulatory instruments on the rulemaking process in Abuja.…

Police in Nigeria say they have arrested 20 suspected armed kidnappers in the country's northwest, where kidnappings for ransom are common. Authorities said the kidnappers belonged to two separate gangs that mainly operated on the region's main highways. In a…

Liberian warlord, Joshua Milton Blahyi, commonly known as "General Butt Naked" testified in court on Wednesday, in the ongoing war crimes trial of Gibril Massaquoi.  51-year-old Sierra Leonean Massaquoi is standing trial for war crimes committed in Liberia including a…

President Roch March Christian Kabore of Burkina Faso's has reshuffled the country's military leadership amid rising terrorist attacks. In a statement read on state TV on Wednesday, the president named Col-Maj Ouédraogo Gilbert as the new head of army. Col-Maj…

Security and health officials say sixteen soldiers have been killed and 10 wounded in an attack in central Mali on Wednesday.  Mali’s army had earlier said five soldiers had been killed and eight wounded. However, a health official working in…

Guinea's transition president Colonel Mamady Doumbouya, has appointed Mohamed Béavogui as Prime Minister.  The former civil servant and expert in agricultural finance will preside over the transition back to democratic rule following a coup in September. The 68-year-old is also the…

Nigeria's Justice Minister and Attorney General, Abubakar Malami, has said the federal government is ready to take all necessary actions including a declaration of State of Emergency in the South Eastern State of Anambra.  This, he said is to ensure…

Former Malian Prime Minister, currently in prison, will stand trial in late December. Soumeylou Boubèye Maïga is accused of economic crimes and financial delinquency in connection with the purchase of a presidential plane for 20 billion CFA francs (about 30.5…