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West Africa has been defined as including the 18 countries Benin, Burkina Faso, the island of Cape Verde, Gambia, Ghana, Guinea, Guinea-Bissau, Ivory Coast, Liberia, Mali, Mauritania, Niger, Nigeria, the island of Saint Helena, Senegal, Sierra Leone, Sao Tome and Principe and Togo.

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Africa Week of Action for Child Online Protection launched

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– – The African Telecommunication Union (ATU) and Child Online Africa (COA) will host the first ever Africa Week of Action for Child Online Protection (AWA4COP) that will focus on rallying African countries to keep the momentum and continue creating awareness on Child Online Protection in order to safeguard the well-being, integrity, and safety of African children online. This week… Read More
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Malians hold rally in support of coup leader Assimi Goita

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– – Mali’s coup leader, Colonel Assimi Goita is gradually attracting significant support from citizens despite international pressure to a switch to civilian rule. On Friday, several hundred supporters of Mali’s M5 opposition movement gathered at a central square in the capital Bamako to rally behind the military leader. It was also the commemoration of the launch of the mass… Read More
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Freedom of Religion or Belief and Non-Religious Persecution in Nigeria

Leo Igwe,
All-Party Parliamentary Humanist Group Chair, Baroness Bakewell, Other distinguished parliamentarians, Fellow Humanists, Ladies and Gentlemen. When our forebears enshrined in article 18 of the Universal Declaration of Human Rights the right to freedom of religion or belief, they acknowledged the inalienability of the right to think and believe freely. They recognized that for societies to prosper and flourish, and for human beings… Read More
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African Union suspends Mali over political crisis

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– – The African Union is the latest organization to announce that it has suspened Mali following last week’s military coup. That was the second time in nine months soldiers had taken up arms to control the government. Last year the soldiers toppled the government led by ex-President Keita. A transitional process was in place after an interim President and… Read More
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Mali coup leaders appoint new prime minister

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– – Mali’s coup leaders have named Choguel Kokalla Maïga as new prime minister after last week’s military takeover. Transitional president Colonel Assimi Goïta who is leader of the coup named the new prime minister after ECOWAS suspended Mali. The African Union also followed suit also suspending Mali from the group until civilian rule is restored to the country. Mali’s… Read More
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ECOWAS suspends Mali over latest coup

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– – The Economic Community of West African States (ECOWAS) has suspended Mali from the regional body over latest coup by the military. ECOWAS leaders have also ordered the military leaders who are currently in charge of the nation to restore the transitional arrangement put in place in August 2020. The hope is that this move will ensure that the… Read More
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Ecowas leaders meet over political crisis in Mali

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– – Ecowas leaders are meeting on Sunday in Ghana’s capital, Accra for an emergency summit to discuss the political crisis in Mali. The military in Mali led by Colonel Assimi Goïta has seized power and declared himself president. This follows the detention and subsequent resignation of the civilian interim president Bah Ndaw and Prime Minister Moctar Ouane last week.… Read More
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[Video]: Ghanaian caregiver suffocates baby to death

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– – Police in Ghana’s capital Accra have arrested a caregiver for allegedly killing an 11-month old baby. The caregiver, Clara Ayani-Ampah, 54, was arrested after a closed circuit television (CCTV) video exposed her for maltreating and suffocating the baby during feeding. The baby was pronounced dead at the North Legon Hospital, near Accra where she was rushed to by… Read More
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Mali coup leaders release president and prime minister

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– – Coup leaders in Mali have released the country’s interim President Bah Ndaw and Prime Minister Moctar Ouane. According to reports they were freed at around 01:00 local time on Thursday after being detained since Monday. The two men had been held at a military camp in the capital, Bamako after soldiers express unhappiness about a governmental reshuffle. The… Read More
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Nigeria: Four police officers killed in an attack by gunmen

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– – Gunmen have killed at least four police officers after an attack on police stations in Nigeria’s south-east in Enugu State. In neighboring Ebonyi state, another police officer died after a hand grenade strapped on his belt accidentally detonated. So far around 20 police officers have been killed in the latest wave of violence sweeping across the south-eastern region… Read More
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