The National Benefit Sharing Trust Board (NBSTB), responsible for the distribution and management of community share of land rental fee, says the Government of Liberia, owes forest affected communities more than US$3 million in land rental fees accrued through commercial…

The Speaker of Ghana’s Parliament Alban Bagbin is on a collision course with President Nana Akufo-Addo over his decision to slash budget estimates for the Judiciary and the Legislature. This comes after President Akufo-Addo through his Executive Secretary, announced to…

The United Nations office for Humanitarian affairs says the ongoing conflict in Nigeria’s northeast remains the key driver of increased humanitarian needs in the region. On Tuesday, the humanitarian community and the Government of Nigeria, officially launched the north-east Nigeria…

Prison authorities in Sierra Leone have imposed a ban on a local watchdog group over a report on a deadly prison riot that occurred last year. The riot at the main maximum security prison, the Freetown Correctional Centre, better known…

The National Child Protection Group (GNPE), which brings together UN agencies and non-governmental organizations, partners of the Government and civil society in Senegal in the field of child protection, welcomes the calls for appeasement made by all parties, following the…

Suspected gunmen have launched another attack at Damaga town in Maradun local government area of Zamafara State killing 13 persons. Eyewitnesses said the bandits on motorbikes, attacked students of the Junior Day Secondary School in the community and the panicking…

Traditional rulers in Nigeria have demanded inclusion in the membership of Council of State as they seek to assume constitutional responsibilities with the ongoing review of the 1999 Constitution (as amended). The royal fathers also urged the National Assembly to…