The Rwandan education ministry has said it will start carrying out inspections in schools to make sure pregnancy tests are no longer carried out on girls. It described as discriminatory and

Voters in The Seychelles are casting their ballots in the presidential and parliamentary elections spanning three days with Saturday the main day of voting. The exercise had opened on Thursday for

Sudan and Israel have agreed to normalize relations, making it the third Arab state to do so as part of US brokered deals in the run-up to Election Day. The

Libya’s warring factions signed a permanent ceasefire agreement on Friday, after five days of talks in Geneva. The UN, which brokered the deal said the ceasefire would start immediately and all

Instagram has apologized for wrongly labelling posts in support of Nigeria’s #EndSARS protests as false. On Wednesday, Facebook and Instagram flagged posts about the protests and Tuesday night’s shootings of

Preliminary results released in Guinea have shown President Alpha Condé as the winner of a controversial election that keeps him in office as president for a third term. The election commission released fresh results

The International Monetary Fund (IMF) on Thursday expressed concern about the civil unrest in Lagos and some other parts of Nigeria, following the shooting of some #EndSARS protesters at the

Top US officials met with Nigeria’s Vice President Yemi Osinbajo Thursday, following concerning civil unrest in the country precipitated by shooting of peaceful protesters in Lekki, Lagos on Tuesday. According

Ethiopians face a two year jail term if they deliberately violate restrictions aimed at curbing the spread of COVID-19, amid concern that citizens are becoming lax after a state of

Ibrahim Boubacar, the ousted president of Mali has returned to the country late Wednesday after almost seven weeks in the United Arab Emirates receiving medical treatment. “I confirm that he

There are calls for Nigeria’s President Muhammadu Buhari to take urgent steps to address the widening trust deficit between the government and the president on the one hand and the

Rescues at sea and arrivals of flimsy boats from Africa on Spain’s Canary Islands, where local authorities are already struggling to cope with the pandemic, have strained emergency services and

Numerous global political figures have joined the many international celebrities who have expressed concern over the #EndSARS protests in Nigeria, especially the recent shooting of protesters at the Lekki tollgate

Thirty five members of the National Assembly have called on President Muhammadu Buhari to as a matter of urgency identify all the soldiers who attacked peaceful #EndSARS protesters at the

A United Nations judge on Wednesday ordered that Rwandan genocide suspect Felicien Kabuga, who has been in a French jail since May, be sent to a detention unit in The

Human Rights Lawyer and Senior Advocate of Nigeria Femi Falana has said compelling evidence does not support claims of the Nigerian Army that they were not involved in the shooting

President Muhammadu Buhari has reaffirmed his commitment to supporting the State governments to ensure that justice is achieved for all victims of police brutality in Nigeria. He said at the