The ministry of Technical secondary education and vocational Training in Benin presented a report on pregnancies in schools before the parliament. Presenting the data captured between 2016 to 2020, the Beninese minister of education, Mahougnon Kakpo said the number of pregnancies…

In Senegal, after the curfew was reinstated in response to the spread of covid-19, the government has just ordered the limitation of the number of passengers on public transport. The decision takes effect today according to the Senegalese Minister of…

The President Nana Akufo-Addo has been sworn-in as the President of Ghana to begin his second term in office. The swearing-in ceremony took place yesterday at the forecourt of the Parliament House. Several heads of state were in attendance. Here’s President…

There has been widespread condemnation for the chaos that characterized the voting into office of a speaker of parliament in Ghana. The sitting which took about 7 hours was characterized by an exchange of blows between the members of parliament…

Togo is a member of the COVAX initiative, the global mechanism to facilitate countries' access to the covid-19 pandemic vaccine. This is an announcement by Togolese President Faure Gnassingbé, who says he is mobilizing the resources needed to protect Togolese…

Authorities in Nigeria in December last year issued an ultimatum to mobile telecom operators to block all SIM cards not integrated with owner's National Identity Number.  Consequently, offices of the National Identity Management Commission, the agency responsible for enrolling citizens…

A top political ally of Laurent Gbagbo said on Thursday that that return of the former Ivoirian President to his native Cote d'Ivoire, "is now a matter of weeks". Gbagbo is on parole in Belgium. Assoa Adou, the secretary general…