Five police officers in Sierra Leone have been sacked for their involvement in the killing of a civilian.  Alpha Kargbo was shot dead two months ago during a clash with the police over a piece of land.   Patrick Sallia…

The Electricity Company of Ghana (ECG), has announced that parts of Accra will experience scheduled power outages for 22-days starting from Monday, June 28, 2021. The outages, according to the power distributor, would allow the Ghana Grid Company (GRIDCo) to…

In Nigeria, at least seven Ministries, Departments and Agencies (MDAs) have refused to appear before the Senate Public Accounts Committee to account for public funds at their disposal. They include Ministries of Information, Police, Health and the Federal Fire Service.…

The Liberian Senate has advised President George Weah to set up a Transitional Justice Commission to analyze and investigate the findings of the final report of the Truth and Reconciliation Commission (TRC).  This comes amid diverse public opinion on whether…

The government of Ghana has been ordered to pay a debt award of US$134 million to The Ghana Power Generation Company (GCGP) by the Commercial Court in London. This comes after the Company’s contract with the government was terminated on…

Ahead of the forthcoming December General elections in The Gambia, one of the main opposition parties in the country, The Gambia Democratic Congress (GDC) has expelled two of its sitting members of parliament on allegations that, the duo is completely…

Lawyers for former Ivorian Prime Minister Guillaume Soro who has been sentenced to life imprison say they will appeal the ruling. On Wednesday, an Abidjan-Plateau criminal court found Soro guilty and sentenced him in absentia for conspiring against the authority…

The United Nations Office on Drugs and Crimes (UNODC) says around 275 million people used drugs worldwide in the last year of unprecedented upheaval caused by the COVID-19 pandemic, up by 22 per cent from 2010. The latest annual report…