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Ivory Coast: Journalists targeted ahead of tense election

The Association of Foreign Press in Côte d'Ivoire has voiced concern over the incessant physical and verbal attacks and threats against correspondents of the international press. The association points accusing fingers at some supporters of political parties and law enforcement…

Nigeria: The women of Nigeria’s #EndSars movement

one of the women participating in Nigeria's EndSars protest, Marlin Oluchi, has been speaking to WADR about the role of women in the protest movement. MARLIN Oluchi, a writer and development specialist described what it feels like going on the…

Nigeria: #EndSARS – Major cities institute curfews

Major cities across Nigeria have begun the enforcement of curfew and the ban on protest as ENDSARS campaign turns violent leading to attack on police stations and public properties. The government of the South-south Edo state has already announced a…

Nigeria: #EndSARS protests update

Nigeria’s Commercial City, Lagos, remains tense days after the army shot at peaceful protesters demonstrating against police brutality. On Wednesday, some suspected protesters looted businesses and set others alight. Journalist Ozi Okoli with Arise TV Lagos Bureau, tells us more…

Ghana rounds up Polio vaccination campaign

The World Health Organization (WHO) says, health officials in Ghana success-fully completed a third round of planned Polio Supplementary Immunization Activities (SIA) in eight regions despite a disruption caused by the coronavirus pandemic. WHO Africa says house-to-house campaigns were conducted…

DRC: Aid workers accused of sexual abuse

Britain’s charity watchdog said it has received reports of at least eight cases of sexual assault and abuse by aid workers in Democratic Republic of Congo, vowing to ensure “robust action”. It said the incidents were reported both before and…