Guineans are heading to the polls this Sunday in a long-awaited referendum that could reshape the country’s political future. The proposed constitution extends the presidential term from five to seven years, renewable once, and creates a Senate with one-third of…

Mali’s Supreme Court has convicted 17 people in connection with a high-profile procurement scandal worth $60 million under the regime of late former president Ibrahim Boubacar Keita. Those charged include former ministers and senior military officers, following Thursday’s review by…

Burkina Faso’s transitional president, Captain Ibrahim Traoré, has received the preliminary draft for establishing a parliamentary body within the Alliance of Sahel States (AES). The document was presented on Friday by the heads of the transitional parliaments of Mali, Burkina…

Niger’s transitional government has ordered the dissolution of 400 private security companies as part of a sweeping reform of the sector. The directive, issued by Interior Minister Major General Mohamed Toumba, seeks to reassert state control over security operations, which…

Guinea heads to the polls this Sunday, September 21, for a constitutional referendum seen as a decisive step in the country’s political transition. Security forces have been deployed across Conakry and other hotspots to prevent violence. Key opposition parties, including…

The Imo State Police Command says it has arrested 789 suspects and rescued several victims of kidnapping and child trafficking over the past two months. Commissioner of Police Aboki Danjuma, speaking at a press briefing in Owerri, said the arrests…

The Nigeria Centre for Disease Control and Prevention (NCDC) has dismissed fears of an Ebola outbreak in the Federal Capital Territory, confirming that recent suspected cases tested negative for both Ebola and Marburg viruses. The clarification follows reports that passengers…

President John Mahama has reaffirmed Ghana’s commitment to dialogue between ECOWAS and the three Sahelian countries that recently quit the bloc to form the Alliance of Sahel States (AES). Speaking at the Jubilee House after receiving Germany’s new ambassador, Mahama…

The Africa Centres for Disease Control and Prevention (Africa CDC) says more countries on the continent are recording a decline in Mpox cases. In its latest weekly update, the health body reported a total of 191,559 cases and nearly 2,000…