The Attorney General and Commissioner for Justice in Nigeria's Lagos State, the country’s commercial capital, Moyosore Onigbanjo, has condemned the brutalization of the #OccupyLekkiTollGate protesters over the weekend. On Saturday the protesters hit the streets, demonstrating against the resumption of operations…

Sierra Leone has activated a Health Emergency Response System to level II following Confirmed Cases of Ebola in Guinea.  The response involves enhanced surveillance, active case finding and robust community engagement.  A statement issued on Sunday by the ministry of…

Guinea has officially declared that it is dealing with an Ebola epidemic after the deaths of at least three people from the virus.  The deceased and four others, fell ill with diarrhoea, vomiting and bleeding after attending the burial of…

The World Health Organization on Monday listed two versions of the AstraZeneca/Oxford COVID-19 vaccine for emergency use, giving the green light for these vaccines to be rolled out globally through COVAX.  The vaccines are produced by AstraZeneca-SKBio (Republic of Korea)…

The National Coalition for Proper Human Sexual Rights and Family Values has expressed disapproval over an alleged opening of an office by the Lesbian, Gay, Bisexual Transgender and queer Intersex Rights (LGBTQI) movement in Ghana. The group said that the…

Health minister Osagie Ehanire said on Monday that Nigeria has been allocated an additional 1.4 million doses of the approved Oxford- AstraZeneca COVID-19 vaccines. Nigeria is expected to receive an initial 16 million doses of the AstraZeneca COVID-19 vaccines through…

A formal request for the lifting of the parliamentary immunity of the Senegalese opposition leader accused of rape has been filed before the National Assembly. Last week, a woman working at a massage parlor in Dakar accused Ousmane Sonko, an…