A new research shows Ghana recorded 200,000 abortions in 2017, out of which 71 per cent were illegal. It says the country also records an estimated 767,200 unintended pregnancies each year. The figure represents 53 per cent of total pregnancies.…

The Nigerian authorities’ must end their attempts to cover up the Lekki Toll Gate massacre, Amnesty International said, as it released a new timeline investigating the atrocity one week later. The timeline collates photographs and video footage to confirm that…

A Mauritanian suspected jihadist pleaded guilty on Wednesday to shooting dead five people in an attack in the Malian capital Bamako in 2015.  Fawaz Ould Ahmed also admitted to planning two other attacks in the country that year that targeted…

It’s been five years since the Gambia like several other African countries placed a ban on single use plastics. The ban became necessary after complaints of widespread pollution.  But as Veronic Njie reports from Banjul, the enforcement of the ban…

The Nigeria Labour Congress, NLC, on Thursday called for increased funding for the healthcare sector and an end to all forms of medical tourism especially by elected and appointed government officials. The umbrella body for all workers in Nigeria also…