Lagos state, which includes Nigeria’s commercial hub and biggest city, approved clinical trial of the drug Ivermectin to assess its effectiveness against Covid-19. Ivermectin is an FDA-approved broad spectrum anti-parasitic agent that has been shown to have anti-viral activity against…

A host of scholars and imams in Mauritania issued a fatwa prohibiting normalization with Israel. “The relationship with the usurping entity of the occupied Palestinian territory and Jerusalem is prohibited,” said the fatwa, signed by 200 scholars and imams. The…

The Gambia is set to approve and domesticate the convention against torture for the first time. The tiny country is also set to launch the first judicial strategic plan as part of efforts to overhaul its judicial system.  The announcement…