Five opposition leaders were charged and jailed in Chad for disturbing public order during a Saturday demonstration. The demonstration was against France, accused of supporting the military junta. Veronic Njie reports

 There have been new arrest in Mali for financial embezzlement surrounding the purchase of some military equipment. While the case dates back to 2014 under the presidency of the late Ibrahim Boubacar Keita, the former Chief of the General Staff…

Relatives of the abducted victims from the Abuja-Kaduna attack have threatened to disrupt the resumption of rail services if the government fails to secure the release of their loved ones before its planned resumption of train services. The aggrieved relatives…

The EU says it will leave its military training mission in Mali suspended, but will not terminate it for the time being. Abdulahi Hassan reports that the Blocs foreign policy chief made this stament after a meeting with EU defence…

The latest United Nations global economy forecast released on Wednesday, says economic recovery from the COVID-19 pandemic has been disrupted by the war in Ukraine.  The UN, against the backdrop of rising inflationary pressures, revised downward the global growth estimates…

The government of the Czech Republic has allocated 10.5 million us dollars to Nigeria as research funding to foster growth and expansion of infrastructure, manufacturing and innovation. Executive Vice Chairman of the National Agency for Science and Engineering Infrastructure, NASENI,…

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…