Nigeria joins the rest of the world to commemorate the 2022 International Day of the Girl Child with a reminder to address the needs and challenges faced by the girl child in different parts of the country. Aligning her views…

A group of Civil Society Organisations, The Concerned Citizens 66, says President Barrow’s comment on the death of 69 children linked to contaminated drugs was inadequate, misleading and intended to undermine justice. The group also called for the immediate resignation…

Death toll in a boat accident in southeastern Nigeria has risen to 76, officials say. A vessel with 85 people capsized due to heavy flooding in Ogbaru, an area in the state of Anambra, on Friday. Usman Umar has more: 

Stakeholders in Liberia are challenging the media to play a critical role in the maintenance of peace and stability ahead of Liberia’s 2023 general and presidential elections. The calls come following a series of fake news on social media by…

The trial of a former Liberian rebel commander charged with committing crimes against humanity has started in a Paris court, AFP news agency reports. Kunti Kamara is the first Liberian to be tried in France under the principle of universal…

A judge in Guinea has rejected a request from a former military ruler, Moussa Dadis Camara, that he be placed under house arrest rather than remain in prison during his trial for mass murder. Captain Camara returned to the country…

Calls have been made for Ghana’s government to decentralize challenges bedeviling the development of the girl child.  The call follows startling revelations that over two hundred thousand girls do not attend school.  Correspondent Eric Mawuena Egbeta reports…