Striking lecturers of the state-run University of Liberia have accepted to return to classes following intervention from the government. The University lecturers recently announced a go-slow, citing salary disparities, poor working environment, and lack of insurance among others as reasons…

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 The lawyer for the complainant has withdrawn, according to the Ivorian League for Women's Rights, which has taken up the case.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…