Ghana has amended its criminal offences act to incorporate the plea bargain during criminal proceedings.  The Criminal and Other Offences Amended Act has been described as an answer to the many calls by advocates of reform of the criminal justice…

The leader of Guinea's ruling junta, Colonel Mamady Doumbouya, visited neighboring Sierra Leone over the weekend.  Doumbouya was met by Sierra Leone's president, Julius Maada Bio, and promised to strengthen the ties between the two countries. "It is an honour…

The Secretary General of Amnesty International, Agnès Callamard, says she is concerned about a "narrowing of the space for individual freedoms" in West Africa.Speaking in Dakar after visits to SenegalandMali, the Secretary General deplored the excessive use of force by…

In Liberia, some members of the ruling Coalition for Democratic Change, are calling for a boycott of an upcoming rally intended to raise money to support President Weah’s second term presidential bid. Called the ‘dollar rally’ where, each party supporter…

President Nana Akufo-Addo has announced that Ghana’s economy is in crisis. He attributed the situation to so many malevolent forces which he said have come together at the same time to cause the current economic turmoil bedeviling the country. President…

Mali has been defending its commitment to the fight against terrorism. At the forum for Peace and Security in Africa in Dakar, the head of Mali’s diplomacy replied curtly to the representative of the French government who accused the current…