The military government in Burkina Faso has signed a charter setting a three-year transition period before the country holds elections. This decision was reached Tuesday after a consultative meeting with stakeholders and civil society groups in Ouagadougou that lasted several…

The UN Refugee Agency (UNHCR) says close to 680,000 people have fled Ukraine since the Russian military invasion on February 24, with the number rising rapidly. Head of the agency Filippo Grandi, said the situation could become Europe’s largest refugee…

As countries continue to condemn Russia’s actions and impose sanctions, Turkey says it has no intention of joining in international sanctions against Russia over its war with Ukraine. Atiewin Mbillah-Lawson tells us more

Ghana’s foreign affairs minister, Shirley Ayorkor Botchwey says some students trapped in Ukraine are refusing being airlifted back to Ghana. It follows intensified efforts by the Ghanaian government to have students and citizens’ alike return to the country as the…

Togo’s education ministry has banned the illicit and forced sale of documents and textbooks in schools. This is part of the country’s planned cleanup of the ecosystem of primary and secondary education towards the achievement of a "universal, equitable and…

A bill to grant life pension to presiding officers of the National Assembly has failed at the National Assembly. The bill was rejected during the voting process at both chambers on Tuesday when less than the required number were available…

In Nigeria, the Government and leadership of the Academic Staff Union of Universities, ASUU resumed negotiations on Tuesday, in a bid to reach an agreement to end the ongoing strike by the academic union. Minister of Labour and Employment, Dr.…

Ghana's largest opposition party in Ghana the National Democratic Congress has petitioned the Commonwealth Secretariat in the United Kingdom (UK) against what they believe is bad governance and criminal persecutions in the country. The government has however rejected the claims.…

Authorities in Nigeria say 17 point 9 million persons, representing 16% of the eligible population target have been vaccinated so far against Covid-19.  The Director-General of the National Primary Healthcare Development Agency, Faisal Shuaib, disclosed this at a news conference…