Professor Mohamed Janabi of Tanzania has officially taken office as the new Regional Director for Africa at the World Health Organisation (WHO), following his election in May 2025. Janabi assumed the role on June 30, bringing over 30 years of experience in clinical medicine, health policy, public health, and health systems development across Africa and […]

More than 50 people detained during anti-government protests in Togo last week have been released, while others remain in custody, the public prosecutor said. Dozens of protesters were dispersed with tear gas overnight from June 5 to 6 in several parts of the capital, Lome, including near the presidential palace. They had gathered in response […]

The United Nations General Assembly on Tuesday elected five new non-permanent members to the UN Security Council. Bahrain, Colombia, the Democratic Republic of the Congo (DRC), Latvia, and Liberia secured two-year terms starting in January 2026. Their tenure will run through the end of 2027 on the Council, which bears primary responsibility for maintaining international […]

Burkina Faso’s military-led government has announced that it successfully thwarted what it described as a “major coup plot” targeting junta leader, Captain Ibrahim Traoré, according to a report by the BBC on Tuesday. Burkina Faso’s Security Minister, Mahamadou Sana, disclosed in a televised address on Monday that both active and retired soldiers, allegedly working in […]

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 […]