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The number of cases and deaths from COVID-19 is rising sharply in Africa as new variants of the more contagious virus spread to other countries. According to the World Health Organisation Africa Bureau, more than 175,000 new cases of COVID-19…
Human rights group, Amnesty International accused the Nigerian government on Thursday of attempting to cover up the killing of a dozen citizens during peaceful protests in Lagos last October. Demonstrations in Nigeria began against police abuse, quickly spiraling into broader…
A new report by Transparency International says most countries have made “little to no progress” in tackling corruption in nearly a decade. The Berlin-based nonprofit group ranks countries on a scale of zero to 100, with 100 being the least…
The International Federation of Journalists and Federation of African Journalists will join the leaders of the African Union, UNESCO, editors from across the continent and media freedom campaigners to launch a new digital platform to protect and promote the safety…
The Ghana Police Service will today commence random stop and search operations on mask-wearing by passengers in private and commercial vehicles. This forms part of measures to curtail the spread of Covid-19. The latest figures show a steep rise in…
The Rockefeller Foundation has announced a new grant of $12 million to the Africa Public Health Foundation to help expand the geographic coverage of testing and to strengthen contact tracing for COVID-19 in Africa. Rajiv J. Shah, President of The…
Star witness for the petitioner in Ghana’s ongoing election petition will today give testimony at the Supreme Court. 2020 flag bearer of the largest opposition political party, the National Democratic Congress is challenging the outcome of last Decembers polls declared…
A new report has revealed that West African political elites may be channeling an estimated 30 million euros of unexplained wealth into the UK education sector each year. It warned that UK boarding schools and universities are popular study destinations…
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A Dutch appeals court has ruled that the Nigerian branch of oil giant Shell is responsible for damage caused by leaks in the Niger Delta. The court ordered Shell Nigeria to pay compensation to Nigerian farmers, while the subsidiary and…
Mauritania’s environment ministry says about 245 pelican chicks and two dozen adult pelicans have died from H5N1 bird flu in a Mauritanian national park bordering an area in northern Senegal that was hit by the virus. The birds’ bodies were…
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