ECOWAS health ministers gathered in Accra over the weekend, to deliberate on ways to combat diseases in the sub region.  The meeting brought together sector ministers from 15 countries in the sub region and presented an opportunity for the ministers…

An audio has emerged in which about 21 Gambian girls in the Middle East have spoken about the degrading conditions they are currently going through. The victims and their families are therefore calling on the Gambia government to urgently intervene…

In Liberia, advocates for war and economic crimes in Liberia have petitioned The Tom Lantos Human Rights Commission to add more names of Liberians involved in acts of corruption to the Magnisky Sanction list.  The Tom Lantos Human Rights Commission (formerly known…

The Sokoto State Government in Northwestern Nigeria has declared a state of emergency to quell tensions arising from the gruesome murder of Deborah Samuel, a student of the Shehu Shagari College of Education. Last week, a video showing the lynching…

The military junta ruling Guinea has banned political protests after announcing a three-year transition period before civilian rule is restored. Opposition political and civil-society groups in the world’s top exporter of bauxite rejected the timeline, saying that it was adopted…

In Ghana, the Ministry of National Security is urging all religious groups in the country to institute security measures in their places of worship. The Ministry explained that this is in view of the growing threat of terrorism in the…

Mali said Sunday it was withdrawing from a West African force fighting extremists. According to a statement, the withdrawal is to protest its being rejected as head of the G5 regional group, which also includes Mauritania, Chad, Burkina and Niger.…