Human Rights Watch, an international pressure group, says dozens of asylum seekers deported by the United States are subjected to human rights violations. The group made the disclosure in its report which assessed the situation between 2019 and 2021. Sankulleh…

The European Commission President Ursula von der Leyen announced, on Thursday, a more than 171-billion-dollar investment plan for Africa as she met with president Macky Sall. The EU chief was in Dakar to meet President Macky Sall who's also the…

Nigeria's Vice President, Yemi Osinbajo has urged for a holistic collaboration by government at all levels to address the challenges faced by the vulnerable in society, especially children and young people. Osinbajo conveyed this message on Thursday during the Stakeholders…

The U.N. Security Council has yet to condemn the military takeover in Burkina Faso last month or call it a coup, rather it’s adopting a weak statement expressing “serious concern about the unconstitutional change of government” in the West African…

Liberian President George Weah is calling for international intervention to address the constant wave of coups by military personnel in the sub-region.  While delivering a keynote Address at the Joint UN Development Programme – UN Department of Political and Peacebuilding…

In Benin Republic, authorities have given details of the attacks which killed a dozen people in the far north of the country between Wednesday and Thursday.  During an extraordinary council of ministers on Thursday, the government took stock of the…

Two policemen have been shot dead as armed robbers attacked a bullion van at the Iwo Road area of Ibadan, Oyo State, South West of Nigeria. The attack which happened on Thursday, left people scampering for safety as the exchange…

International Criminal Court judges on Thursday rejected a senior Ivory Coast politician’s claim for compensation after he was acquitted of involvement in deadly violence following elections in 2010. Former Youth Minister Charles Ble Goude was cleared in 2019, along with…