The International Committee of the Red Cross (ICRC) is alarmed that acts of armed violence in Burkina Faso continue to target civilians, the sick, health-care workers and medical vehicles and facilities. The statement by the organization comes a week after…

A government spokesman said on Monday that the leader of Benin's largest opposition party and first female presidential candidate has been arrested and is accused of "planning to assassinate several political figures". Reckya Madougou's candidacy for the presidential election on…

Let’s now speak to student Leader Moussa Diop of the Cheikh Anta Diop University here in Dakar about his thoughts on the demonstrations.

Opposition leader Ousmane Sonko who has been granted provisional release on Monday has called for the protests to continue until key demands he listed are met by the government.

Senegalese President Macky Sall has called for calm after days of protests across the country against the detention of the main opposition leader Ousmane Sonko. Sonko was arrested last week Wednesday and detained on charges relating to “disturbing public order…

Togo and Benin are collaborating in order to protect their cross-border coastal space from coastal erosion. Together, both countries will carry out various reinforcement works on the common coastal strip.  It should be noted that this initiative is part of the…

Members of the Parliamentary Workers Association of Nigeria on Tuesday protested at the gate of the National Assembly in Abuja. The workers among other things, allege that the Nigeria Governors’ Forum (NGF) is impeding every effort to implement President Muhammadu…

One of three witnesses testifying before the Finnish Court in the ongoing war crimes trial of Gibril Massaquoi stumbled in identifying the former Revolutionary United Front commander during cross examination earlier this week. The witness, admitted that he told Finnish…

Cameroonian officials say hundreds of Nigerians who fled Boko Haram terrorism to Cameroon have voluntarily returned to the country this week after close to a decade of being displaced. Nigerian authorities say they have prepared to resettle 5,000 Nigerians who…

Ghana’s President Akufo-Addo says his government will come back to engage Parliament on the steps it intends to take on the future of the controversial Agyapa royalty deal. Recall that last year, 15 Civil Society Organizations in Ghana demanded the immediate…

Nigeria’s Senate President, Ahmad Lawan says drug barons are funding terrorism and banditry across Nigeria.  According to Senator Lawan, the proceeds of the illegal drug trade are used to purchase arms and ammunition for terror groups like Boko Haram as…