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…

The UN Refugee Agency has recommended that States hosting Ivorian refugees end their refugee status. It calls on the states to facilitate their voluntary repatriation, reintegration, or acquisition of permanent residency or naturalization for those wishing to remain. The agency…

The World Health Organization on Thursday launched the Strategy to Achieve Global Covid-19 Vaccination by mid-2022. It is hoped that the Strategy will help bring an end to what has become a two-track pandemic with  people in poorer countries continuing…