Access to information campaigners and other stakeholders in the sub-region say a restrained access to information is a serious challenge. They say despite many countries in the region signing up to conventions on access to information, it is particularly difficult…

President George Weah has unveiled a DNA machine to boost the fight against sexual and gender based violence in Liberia. Weah said the DNA machine would be used to provide scientific proof for sexual abuses. The lack of functional DNA…

More than 150,000 doses of Covid-19 vaccine arrived in Togo on Sunday.  The country received its first batch of the global Covax vaccine against a backdrop of rising Covid 19 cases. Health authorities in the country announce that the mass…

Nigeria’s Economic and Financial Crimes Commission (EFCC), on Monday, arraigned a former Minister of State for Power, Muhammed Wakil, on two counts of corruption at the  High Court of the Federal Capital Territory of Abuja. The prosecution alleged that the…

The International Committee of the Red Cross (ICRC) is alarmed that acts of armed violence in Burkina Faso continue to target civilians, the sick, health-care workers and medical vehicles and facilities. The statement by the organization comes a week after…

A government spokesman said on Monday that the leader of Benin's largest opposition party and first female presidential candidate has been arrested and is accused of "planning to assassinate several political figures". Reckya Madougou's candidacy for the presidential election on…