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…

The Liberian Chief Justice—Sie-A-Nyene Yuoh is calling for a hundred percent female dominant Supreme Court bench. She noted that for too long, males have dominated the high court, and it’s time for more women to ascend to the bench of…

In Cote d’Ivoire, the Independent Electoral Commission (CEI), on Tuesday announced that the revision of the electoral list will take place from November 26 to December 10, 2022. Abdulahi Hassan has the details

The World Health Organization (WHO) on Thursday launched a campaign to raise awareness and encourage suicide prevention in Africa, which has the highest rate of deaths by suicide in the world. According to its statistics, about 11 people out of…

The Nigerien government says nearly 200 lives have been lost and more than a quarter of a million affected, following flooding caused by heavy rains in the country. The Country’s Civil Protection Service revealed this on Thursday, describing the toll…

Ghana’s Agriculture Minister, Dr Owusu Akoto Afriyie says only two percent of the country’s cocoa farms are affected by illegal mining activities. He indicated that there is a lot of goodwill among stakeholders including traditional authorities in the fight against…