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The ECOWAS Commission has re-affirmed its commitment to sustaining and strengthening its resolve to addressing the ever-changing youth related challenges in the West African region.
None of the complaints against opposition Economic Freedom Fighters leaders Julius Malema and Godrich Gardee referred to the South African Human Rights Commission (SAHRC) for a ruling legally constituted hate speech, the SAHRC has said.
One of Sierra Leone’s leading rap artistes has been summoned to appear before a judge at the ongoing commission of enquiry, APA learnt on Tuesday.
Literary circles in Nigeria are mourning Gabriel Okara, one of the country’s best known novelists who has died at the age of 97.
In its efforts to ramp up the fight against racism, xenophobia and discrimination in South Africa, the government has launched a tool to assist it in combating these social ills, a senior official has said.
A taskforce headed by Deputy Prime Minister Themba Masuku will facilitate relief measures for victims of Cyclone Idai in Beira, Mozambique.
The cabinet contracted by the Chadian government to investigate diplomas has released its mid-term report, which unmasked nearly 2,000 civil servants in possession of fake degrees, APA learned on Monday from sources at the payment unit of the Finance ministry.
Ghanaian leader Nana Akufo-Addo has bemoaned the gory accidents that claimed nearly 80 lives in the Bono East and Central regions on Friday calling for a speedy implementation of the recommendations of the inter-ministerial committee tasked with looking into such incidents.
Kenya’s Court of Appeal on Friday in Nairobi handed a major win to the Lesbian, Gay, Bisexual and Transgender (LGBT) community after it upheld the registration of the National Gay and Lesbian Human Rights Commission (NGLHRC) as a Non-Governmental Organization.
Botswana has been ranked among the least happy countries of the world, APA learned from a report seen on Wednesday.