Civil society organizations in Togo are mobilising against the detention of Brigitte Adjamagbo Johnson and Gérard Djossou. The two leaders of the Dynamique Monseigneur Kpodzro were arrested at the end of November and imprisoned a few days later for attempting…

Italian oil giant, Eni S.P.A, has been granted approval to subpoena asset recovery and litigation finance companies that it accused of being involved in a shady deal to fund litigation relating to Nigeria’s OPL 245 scandal in Italy. Eni in…

Fathers of 3 Senegalese emigrants convicted for paying smugglers  A Senegalese court has sentenced three fathers to a month in prison for paying smugglers to take their sons to Europe. Unfortunately, one of the boys died at sea in October.…

The Academic Staff of the University of Sierra Leone have suspended their industrial strike action which started on Monday 23rd November over conditions of service. The Lecturers until last Friday were protesting their 100% salary adjustment to reflect in their…

30 Senegalese people have been arrested by the Mauritanian Gendarmerie in Mauritania, in Northwest Africa, who were planning to come to the Canary Islands. The arrests, including “a large number” of women with their babies, were made on Monday, December…

The Nigerian government has ordered mobile telecommunication operators in the country to stop the sale and registration of new SIM cards. Our Abuja Correspondent Usman Umar finds out in this report.