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Ghana's lawmakers are pushing for tougher laws to deal with LGBT+ persons and those who promote their activities with a new draft bill.The bill...

Lawmakers in Sierra Leone have voted to abolish the death penalty and now awaits an approval from the country's president. Moving forward, offenders sentenced to...

The government of Madagascar has said that it has foiled an attempt to assassinate President Andry Rajoelina. According to a statement from the attorney general...

The President of Ivory Coast Alassane Ouattara is to hold a face to face meeting with his rival and predecessor Laurent Gbagbo on July...

Helped by his military instinct, the interim Mali President Assimi Goita escaped an attempt on his life this week in the capital Bamako. On Tuesday...

Tanzania's main opposition party Chadema has said its leader, Freeman Mbowe and other members have been arrested.The arrest on Wednesday, according to the party...

Nigeria’s Yoruba separatist leader Sunday Adeyemo has been arrested in Benin, after he was declared wanted for allegedly stockpiling arms.Mr Igboho was arrested by security...

At least 13 people have been killed in Kenya a when a petrol tanker overturned and exploded.The truck collided with another vehicle on a...

Ghana's Ministry of Food and Agriculture has announced an outbreak of Bird Flu in parts of the country.In a statement, the Ministry said cases of...

The Nigerian army said on Friday that gunmen shot dead one of its army general who was travelling by car on a major road. The...