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.
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.
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.
Hundreds of people suspected of links to Boko Haram stood trial in a detention centre in central Nigeria on Monday in a resumption of the country’s biggest legal investigation of the militant Islamist insurgency, authorities said.
The 2017 Ibrahim Prize for Achievement in African Leadership has been awarded to Ellen Johnson Sirleaf, former President of Liberia, the Mo Ibrahim Foundation announced today following a meeting of its independent Prize Committee.Â
Finding jobs for many youth is a major challenge especially in Africa and governments across the continent continue to struggle to create jobs for their unemployed populations.
