Six Beninese soldiers were tried on Wednesday for conspiracy against state security and failure to report a crime. According to media reports, the defendants are all soldiers, in preventive detention since August 2020. Sankulleh Janko has the rest of the…

The High Court of the Gambia has sentenced former security chief Yankuba Badjie 8 other intelligent officers to death for the murder of political activist Ebrima Solo Sandeng. Badjie who served as the Director of National Intelligence Agency NIA under…

The regional body ECOWAS, says the sub-region is affected by the ongoing Ukraine crisis that has threatened food security among the most vulnerable population. In a report tagged: Assessment of the Risks and Impact of the Russian-Ukrainian Agricultural Production on…

The World health organization WHO warns of a growing risk of outbreaks caused by zoonotic pathogens, such as the monkeypox virus which originated in animals on the continent. The UN health agency says there is a 63-per cent increase in…

The Togolese army in a statement Thursday said a group of teenagers killed in the northern region were hit by an airstrike after they were mistaken for jihadists. Earlier reports by a local radio near Margba, the area of the…

Two neighbouring countries and members of the G5, have called on Mali to rejoin the joint task force. Chad and Niger made the call in N’Djamena, the Chadian capital during President Mohammed Bazoum’s state visit to the country. Atiewin Mbillah-Lawson…

The Ivorian President Alassane Ouattara on Thursday met with his predecessors, a move geared towards national reconciliation ahead of the country’s 2025 elections. Former Presidents Laurent Gbagbo and Henri Konan Bedie and the serving head of state, Ouattara have therefore…