The shortcomings and scarcity of data on migration have limited the capacity of the African Union (AU) Member States to conceive coherent migration policies.  Furthermore, the informal character of migratory movements, the porosity of borders and the complexity of the…

Nigerian President Muhammadu Buhari has welcomed release of kidnapped students of Government Science Secondary School, Kankara, Katsina State, describing their safe return as a big relief to their families, the entire country and international community. In a remark shortly after…

Sierra Leonean President Julius Maada Bio came to power in 2018, promising to tackle corruption in the public sector. He has since appointed commissions to probe the financial dealings of his predecessor, Ernest Bai Koroma and his government. But a…

The Bissau-Guinean authorities have issued an international arrest warrant against former Prime Minister – Domingos Simoes Pereira. The press release gives no details on the nature of the charges.  Domingos Simoes Pereira currently lives in exile in Portugal. He un-successfully…

The armed intervention of a self-defense group allowed the release of the 80 high school students kidnapped on Saturday evening in north-west Nigeria. According to the authorities, over 80 school-children returning to their village of Mahuta, Katsina state, were kidnapped…

The Gambia’s biggest political party, United Democratic Party (UDP), has re-elected former Vice President Lawyer Ousianou Darboe as Secretary General and party leader at the party's National Congress over the weekend. The party delegates endorsed Darboe’s bid to run for…