Finally, President Vladimir Putin has visited part of Ukraine that Russia has illegally occupied. The context here is important as this is a visit by a Russian leader who also has an arrest warrant against him for war crimes that focus on the unlawful deportation of children from Ukraine to Russia since Moscow’s invasion commenced in […]
Amnesty International collected testimonies alleging excessive use of force by Sierra Leonean security forces to crack down on protests which turned violent in Freetown, Makeni and Kamakwie in August 2022, in which six police officers and more than 20 protesters and bystanders were killed, including at least two women.
An artist’s impression of Ghana’s envisioned National Cathedral. Image courtesy www.nationalcathedralghana.org Frederick Dayour, SD Dombo University of Business and Integrated Development Studies and Francis Kofi Essel, SD Dombo University of Business and Integrated Development Studies The building of Ghana’s spectacular $400 million national cathedral designed by famed architect David Adjaye has stalled amid an economic […]
Accra, Ghana// – The sale and consumption of cocaine has been growing in Ghana’s capital city, Accra for the past two years and more.
The Senegalese authorities are intensifying repression ahead of the 2024 presidential election by cracking down on human rights, restricting civic space, banning protests and detaining a journalist and opposition figures, Amnesty International said today.
Brussels, Belgium//-Burkina Faso’s transitional parliament passed a bill to beef up the role of provost marshals, who are responsible for discipline in the armed forces and the protection of detainees’ rights during military operations and at military posts.
US President Joe Biden has welcomed the International Criminal Court’s (ICC’s) issuing of an arrest warrant against his Russian counterpart, Vladimir Putin.
Accra, Ghana// – Newmont Africa has announced that its Ghana operations (Ahafo South and Akyem mines) paid a total of GHS 2.76 billion in taxes, royalties, levies, and carried interest to the Government of Ghana in 2022, through the Ghana Revenue Authority, Forestry Commission, and Ministry of Finance.
Routed through new hubs and expanded criminal networks, cocaine trafficking has made a dramatic comeback following an initial slowdown caused by the emergence of COVID-19, the UN Office on Drugs and Crime said on Thursday in a hard-hitting new report.
Nairobi, Kenya – The African Airlines Association (AFRAA) signed a memorandum of understanding (MoU) with the Kenya Association of Air Operators (KAAO) to provide mutual support to the sustainable development of the airline industry in Kenya as the country is represented by the two Associations.
