President Buhari postpones medical trip to London

Nigeria’s President Muhammadu Buhari has had to put off a medical trip to London planned to begin on Friday, his office has said. On Thursday, a statement from one of his aides said he was leaving for the UK capital “for a scheduled medical follow-up”. It would have been the 78-year-old’s second trip to see doctors in […]
Car bomb targets UN peacekeepers in Mali

Fifteen UN peacekeepers, including several from Germany, have been wounded during an attack in northern Mali. The target was a temporary base set up by the peacekeepers near the village of Ichagara in northern Gao, the UN mission said in a tweet. Ce matin, une base opérationnelle temporaire de la Force de la MINUSMA près […]
We’re working on a law to halt LGBTQI activities in Ghana – Bagbin

The Speaker of Parliament, Alban Bagbin, has stated that crucial steps are being taken to make clear laws against LGBTQI activities in Ghana. As stated by the Speaker, there are constant stakeholder discussions to feed into a bill for that resolution. Alban Bagbin revealed this while answering a letter from a political activist who had […]
Ivorian ex-PM rejects life sentence

Former Ivorian prime minister Guillaume Soro has rejected a verdict that sent him to prison for life. “I totally reject these unfair verdicts, which have been handed down in violation of all the rules of law, and which are solely based on political reasons,” he said, in a statement published on Twitter. He also said the […]