In Mauritania, some 50 former senators of the defunct Upper House of the bi-cameral parliament abolished on 15 August 2017 following a constitutional referendum are calling for the restoration of this chamber of parliament. They described the dissolution of the…

The Nigerian Army has kicked off a manhunt for the fourth batch of wanted Boko Haram terrorists. It has also co-opted more Civilian Joint Task Force (CJTF) members into its operation. A banner showing photographs of the wanted terrorists was…

Former Ghanaian President Jerry John Rawlings has passed away in the capital Accra. A military ruler, who later joined politics, Rawlings ruled Ghana from 1981 to 2001. He led a military junta until the early nineties, and then served two…

A dozen jihadists linked to Al Qaeda in northern Mali have been "neutralised" by the French force Barkhane.  Two of the jihadists were taken prisoner, according to a statement from the army over the weekend, a few days after announcing…

Authorities in Nigeria’s Enugu State say a strange ailment, now known to be yellow fever, had claimed over 50 lives in parts of the state since early September. The Nigerian Centre for Disease Control (NCDC) over the weekend confirmed that…