West Africa

Amnesty International warned in a new report published today that survivors of traumatic experiences and others in need of support in Sierra Leone are being failed by the severe lack of available mental health services years after the country’s brutal…

Rights groups have condemned the arrest of 21 people by Ghanaian police for “unlawful assembly” and promoting an LGBTQ+ agenda, in the latest move against sexual minorities in the country. Police have held 21 people since Friday for “advocating LGBTQ…

Hundreds of Nigerian protesters converged on the nation’s capital of Abuja on Monday after unknown gunmen conducted several kidnappings over the past week. The demonstrators disrupted traffic on the expressway that connects the capital, Abuja, with the northern town of…

Human Rights Watch said on Monday that testimony before a Gambian truth commission linking former president Yahya Jammeh to numerous grave crimes during his 22 years in office should be followed by criminal accountability. The statement comes two days ahead of…

Gambia President Adama Barrow has ordered the National Guard Unit of the Armed Forces to be on standby for deployment and assume police duties amid the surge in crime rate in the country. The Gambian leader called on development partners…

Military officers in Mali arrested the president, prime minister and defence minister of the country's interim government after a cabinet reshuffle on Monday, multiple diplomatic and government sources told Reuters.  The sources said President Bah Ndaw, Prime Minister Moctar Ouane…

Liberia National Police have arrested a female South African and a Nigerian man with a huge quantity of narcotics substances valued at over one Hundred and Fifty Thousand United States dollars. According to Deputy Inspector General of Police, Marvin Sackor…

Dozens of Gambians took to the streets of Banjul on Sunday calling for the freedom of Palestine. The organizers of the peaceful march called on the Gambia government to take a similar approach as the case against Myanmar for the…

Ghana has been selected as the manufacturing hub for COVID-19 vaccines for Africa. The decision was one of the outcomes of a meeting between President Nana Akufo-Addo and Vice-President of the European Commission, Mr Valdis Dombrovskis in Brussels, Belgium, during…

Benin’s President Patrice Talon was sworn-in on Sunday for a second five-year term following his re-election on April 11. In his inaugural speech, President Talon promised to continue to develop the nation as he listed education, tourism, finance, energy and…

The outgoing chief prosecutor of the International Criminal Court in The Hague, Fatou Bensouda, admits that prosecuting sitting presidents accused of war crimes and crimes against humanity is difficult. She says they use organs of the state to undermine the…

Myths about Covid-19 vaccine have hindered the national vaccination program of the Gambia. Consequently, fewer Gambians are showing up to be vaccinated. Sankulleh Janko has more from Banjul…