Popular Sierra Leonean Rapper, Alhaji Amadu Bah, fondly known as LAJ, has a new look but kept away from the public.  The forceful shaving of his dreadlocks by the state Police has sparked public outrage with people saying that the…

A Liberian advocacy group, Girls Alliance for Future Leadership, has expressed its concern over the practice of Female Genital Mutilation, or FGM, in rural communities, despite a ban by the government. Early this year, Liberian traditional leaders signed a Memorandum…

The speaker of Ghana’s parliament has threatened to refer the country’s transport minister, Kweku Ofori Asiamah to the privileges committee after he failed to appear before the legislature on Tuesday to answer questions regarding his ministry.  The transport minister was…

The National Anti-Corruption Network in Burkina Faso has criticized the transitional government headed by Paul Henry Damiba.  Five months after the coup d'état against Roch Kaboré, the network notes that there has not been any change in the management of…

Lawmakers in Nigeria have stepped down a motion seeking to override President Muhammadu Buhari’s veto of the amended Electoral Act. Speaker of the legislative Assembly, Femi Gbajabiamila, had last week Wednesday given a timeline to members willing to move a…

Two former heads of state were at the Kosyam Presidential Palace for a discussion with the President of the Transition, Paul Henry Damiba.  On the agenda were the security situation in the country since 2015, the management of the transition…

A senior United Nations (U.N) official has warned of catastrophic consequences for millions of people in northeast Nigeria facing a food and nutrition crisis if the U.N. does not receive the funds needed to assist them. U.N. resident and humanitarian…