APA
Ghana’s Electoral Commission (EC) Chairperson, Ms Jean Mensah has described suggestions linking violence to the successful conduct of the Ayawaso West Wuogon by-election last Thursday as frivolous.
Cameroonian authorities should immediately investigate an attack on Paul Chouta, a reporter for the privately owned news website Cameroon Web, and ensure that those who assaulted him are swiftly brought to justice, the Committee to Protect Journalists said on Friday.
An estimated 35,000 Nigerians have fled the north-eastern border into Cameroon in the last two weeks of January.
Washington has slapped a visa sanction on Ghana for what it describes as Accra’s failure to accept its nationals who are awaiting deportation from the United States.
The Financial Services Industry led the activity chart on the floor of the Nigerian Stock Exchange (NSE) this week with 1.204 billion shares valued at N10.500 billion traded in 12,671 deals.
The African Union has finalized preparations to unveil a commemorative statue of late emperor Haile Selassie in Addis Ababa, a spokesman of the Ethiopian government said on Friday.
Rwandan President Paul Kagame on Friday called for efforts in emulating the sacrifice and dedication demonstrated by all the country’s past heroes.
eSwatini has grown its first genetically modified (GM) cotton on a 100-hectare farm to be harvested in April.
Medical doctors in Sierra Leone have accused the government of failing to respect an agreement they reached to put an end to last December’s devastating industrial strike action.
Rwandan president Paul Kagame arrived in Arusha, northern Tanzania on Friday to attend the 20th Ordinary Summit of the East African Community (EAC) Heads of State.