In Burkina Faso, the trial of Thomas Sankara and his 12 companions will commence this morning. 14 defendants are called to the stand to answer for, among other things, murder, attacks on state security and concealment of corpses. Among the…

At least 32 persons were reported killed in two attacks on Wednesday and Friday in Gwadabawa and Sabon Birni Local Government Areas of Sokoto State. Residents of the areas gave the number of the people killed in the attacks while…

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…