Category: Africa
Nigerian Minister want perpetrators of incest and rape castrated
Mrs Dame Pauline K. Tallen, the Nigerian Minister of Women Affairs and Social Development, has suggested to Nigeria and other African States to ad [...]
Mali’s PM among some 150 hit by fresh ECOWAS sanctions: document
West African bloc ECOWAS issued sanctions against members of Mali's transitional government, including its prime minister, but not the colonel who [...]
COVID-19 switches macroeconomic settings in Africa
The 12th African Private Sector Forum has acknowledged that COVID-19 has dramatically changed the macroeconomic settings in which the private sect [...]
ECOWAS hardens stance on Mali, Guinea
The West African regional grouping ECOWAS on Sunday hardened its stance against military-ruled Mali and Guinea, imposing new individual sanctions [...]
Akufo-Addo expresses ECOWAS’s solidarity to victims of Niger, Sierra Leone tragedies
Chairman of the Economic Community of West African States (ECOWAS), President Nana Akufo-Addo has expressed deep regrets on the recent tragic even [...]
ECOWAS reaffirms demand for unconditional release of Alpha Condé
The Economic Community of West African States (ECOWAS) has reaffirmed its demand for the unconditional release of the deposed President of Guinea, [...]
Ghana dragged to ECOWAS court over alleged human rights violations of boys featured in JoyNews documentary
Five Ghanaian nationals have sued the country at the ECOWAS Court of Justice alleging human rights violations.
Stella Kubagee, Joseph Anny, Sam [...]
Dozens still missing after 22-storey building collapsed in Lagos
Rescuers are working through the night in search of survivors in the Nigerian city of Lagos after a 22-storey high-rise block collapsed during con [...]
Ecowas claims in the process of recalling Mali rep before expulsion
The Economic Community of West African States (Ecowas) Commission has expressed regret over the recent expulsion of its Representative in Mali.
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UN envoy urges lifting of sanctions on Zimbabwe
A United Nations human rights expert has called for the removal of 20-year-old western sanctions against Zimbabwe, saying they’ve harmed jobs, [...]