Hundreds of people suspected of witchcraft in Ghana, especially older women, face rampant human rights abuses including murder, Amnesty International said Monday, asking the government to criminalise accusations and ritual attacks. In 2023, the Ghanaian parliament passed a bill making it a criminal offence to declare, accuse, name, or label someone as a witch but […]
The UN condemned on Friday the widespread rape of children in conflict-torn eastern Democratic Republic of Congo, where thousands were reportedly subjected to sexual violence in the first two months of 2025. Eastern DR Congo has been wracked by decades of conflict, but tensions have been heightened in recent months by the advance of the […]
Niger military government has officially made Hausa the country’s new national language, moving away from its colonial past where French played a central role. The change was announced in a new charter released on March 31, published in a special edition of the government’s official journal. According to the document, “The national language is Hausa,” […]
The Economic Community of West Africa States (ECOWAS) has revealed that the African continent loses a staggering $88.6 billion annually to corruption and Illicit Financial Flows (IFFs). The commission’s commissioner for Political Affairs, Peace, and Security, Ambassador Abdel-Fatau Musah who disclosed this on Monday in Niger state at a regional certification training on financial investigation […]
Niger’s military leaders have released over 50 detainees, including former ministers in the government they toppled in 2023. Among them are the former ministers of defence, oil and finance, as well as several senior army officers, convicted or accused of plotting previous coups. But ousted President Mohamed Bazoum, who has been under house arrest since […]
The African Development Bank (AfDB) on Tuesday disclosed commitments of over $8 billion to water and sanitation projects across 40 African countries over the past decade. This, according to the bank, aims to significantly improve access to clean water and sanitation for over 92 million people. Meanwhile, Nigeria’s Minister of Water Resources and Sanitation, Prof. […]
The Government of Rwanda has announced that it has severed diplomatic ties with Belgium. The country’s Ministry of Foreign Affairs and International Cooperation announced this on Monday. It has also ordered all of Belgium’s diplomats to leave its territory within 48 hours. The European country was accused of undermining Kigali during the Democratic Republic of […]
The Secretary-General of the Organization of the Petroleum Exporting Countries, Mr Haitham Al-Ghais has tasked Africa to unlock its proven oil y of over 120 billion barrels. Al-Ghais, made this known while delivering a keynote address titled “Driving Cross-Continental Investments: Scaling Africa’s Energy Frontier”, at the ongoing Nigeria International Energy Summit 2025 in Abuja, Nigeria […]
Top diplomats from the Group of 20 major economies will convene in South Africa on Thursday for a meeting dominated by a packed global agenda but overshadowed by a snub by the top US envoy. As a curtain-raiser to the G20 summit in November, the foreign ministers will gather for talks over two days, held […]
The Republic of Niger has begun enforcing restrictions on Nigerians traveling with the ECOWAS passport, barring entry for those without a valid international passport. This move follows the country’s recent withdrawal from the Economic Community of West African States alongside Mali and Burkina Faso. Despite maintaining an open border with Nigeria, new immigration measures are […]
