South Africa's President, Cyril Ramaphosa on Tuesday embarked on a health walk to keep his body in shape, days after his swearing in ceremony as the new leader of the Southern African nation.
A donor pre-engagement on Gambia’s new National Development Plan (NDP), is scheduled to take place in Dakar, Senegal from 20 to 22 February 2018.
Following the election of President Adama Barrow in December 2016, the country has a new window of opportunity to lay the foundations for a modern democratic state and key reforms for sustainable growth.
The Nigerian government has said that more than 200 people have been convicted on various charges related to their involvement with militant Islamist group Boko Haram.
The two political activists in Kenya prevented from travelling abroad after the government said it has not been formally alerted by the court to reinstate their passports have now been allowed to travel.
Ghana's President Akufo-Addo is to host a dialogue between Togo's government and all opposition parties on Monday as ECOWAS leaders look for solutions to the current political crisis in that country.
Protests and publications that could spark violence have been banned in Ethiopia during a state of emergency imposed since last Friday which would last for six months.
475 Boko Haram suspects who have been facing trial have been ordered to be released by a court in Nigeria to enable these suspects access rehabilitation services.
The President of the Gambia Adama Barrow has announced a moratorium on death penalty as the country begins rebuilding its human rights records after the exit of longtime leader Yahya Jammeh.
