565 suspected drug dealers arrested in Kano, Nigeria
Kano State Command of the National Drug Law Enforcement Agency (NDLEA), on Thursday, said it has arrested no fewer than 565 suspected illicit drug dealers in the state. The State…
African Development Bank ranks 4th on global index of transparency
Publish What You Fund has ranked the African Development Bank fourth out of 47 global development institutions on its Aid Transparency Index. The Index is the only independent measure of aid…
Widows must not be left out of efforts to build back better after COVID-19
In the Democratic Republic of the Congo, Jeanette BuseLasi, a widowed mother of four, sits with her children inside a communal shelter in an IDP camp in Bunia. When countries…
The Need for the Passage of Ghana’s Affirmative Action Bill into Law
An Affirmative Action is the act of supporting or recommending a cause of action to remedy an imbalance. An Affirmative Action is a temporary measure that is often instituted to…
Gabon MPs vote to decriminalise homosexuality
Members of Gabon's lower house of parliament have voted to decriminalise homosexuality, becoming one of the few countries in sub-Saharan Africa to reverse a law that punishes sexual relations between…
Coronavirus: Court allows telcos to share subscriber data to govt
An Accra High court has ruled to allow the Ghanaian units of Vodafone and MTN to share subscriber data with government to help it track down the contacts of coronavirus…
‘End impunity for rapists in Sierra Leone’
The human rights campaign group Amnesty International has called for the end of impunity for rapists in Sierra Leone after the death of a five-year-old girl.The girl, known just as…
Niger ‘lost $50m’ in army corruption scandal
Niger's state prosecutor says there is evidence that the country lost almost $50m (£40m) through a military procurement scandal. Referring to an audit by the defence ministry, Maman Sayabou Issa…
Ivory Coast nabs terrorist leader after deadly border post raid
Ivorian authorities on Monday announced the capture of a terrorist leader who led a deadly attack on a military post at Kafolo, on the northeastern border with Burkina Faso on…
Ministry of Foreign Affairs rescues over 200 ‘enslaved’ Ghanaians in Lebanon
It is not uncommon to see many Ghanaians traveling outside the country to seek greener pastures. Most often, these individuals, especially women are lied to and taken advantage of by…
