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Sierra Leone defers mid-term census to April 2021

Sierra Leone's mid-term census which had been set initially to start on 4th December this year, is now rescheduled to begin on 19th April 2021. In an interview with Patrick Sallia in Freetown, Director of Communications at the country's Statistics…

Nigeria: #EndSARS protests update

Nigeria’s Commercial City, Lagos, remains tense days after the army shot at peaceful protesters demonstrating against police brutality. On Wednesday, some suspected protesters looted businesses and set others alight. Journalist Ozi Okoli with Arise TV Lagos Bureau, tells us more…

Ghana rounds up Polio vaccination campaign

The World Health Organization (WHO) says, health officials in Ghana success-fully completed a third round of planned Polio Supplementary Immunization Activities (SIA) in eight regions despite a disruption caused by the coronavirus pandemic. WHO Africa says house-to-house campaigns were conducted…

DRC: Aid workers accused of sexual abuse

Britain’s charity watchdog said it has received reports of at least eight cases of sexual assault and abuse by aid workers in Democratic Republic of Congo, vowing to ensure “robust action”. It said the incidents were reported both before and…