Fifteen renowned legal, academic and civil society professionals have filled a memorandum challenging the anti-gay legislation submitted to Parliament. In the memorandum, they contend that the Promotion of Proper Human Sexual Rights and Ghanaian Family Values Bill 2021, which seeks…

The case of Minister Kouadio Konan Bertin, accused of rape, has taken a new turn. The lawyer for the complainant has withdrawn, according to the Ivorian League for Women's Rights, which has taken up the case. The league also deplored…

Two soldiers in Burkina Faso were killed over the weekend in an explosion in the southwestern Cascades region near the Cote d’Ivoire border.  Security sources say the explosion is the latest in a series of attacks generally attributed to jihadists.…

The UN Secretary-General has condemned an attack against peacekeepers in Mali on Saturday which left one Egyptian ‘blue helmet’ dead, and four others seriously injured. António Guterres expressed his deep condolences to the family of the victim, as well as…

Media reports say former Gambian Interior Minister Ousman Sonko, suspected of crimes against humanity, is to stay in a Swiss jail until at least the end of October, after his appeal was rejected by the Federal Criminal Court. The court…

Two soldiers have been killed while several others were injured in an attack on Kagara Local Government Area of Niger State, North central Nigeria. The state Governor, Abubakar Bello, confirmed this on Saturday when he visited 12 of the injured…

In Ghana, President Nana Akufo-Addo, says third term mandates in every ECOWAS member state must be outlawed and replaced with a two-term limit.  According to the head of state who doubles as the ECOWAS Chair, a two-term limit will ensure that…