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Liberia’s top court halts run-off poll indefinitely

Liberia’s presidential run-off scheduled to take place on Tuesday has been suspended indefinitely by the country’s Supreme Court.

Outrage in Ghana over wearing of wigs in court

There has been an out-pour of anger from some Ghanaian lawyers and ordinary citizens following a notice from Ghana’s Chief Justice warning judges and lawyers to wear wigs in courtrooms.

Ghana hit by shortages in Condoms and TB drugs

Ghana is reported to be experiencing shortage in condoms and sex lubricants raising fears of possible outbreak of Sexually Transmitted Infections (STIs).

Liberia’s presidential run-off halted by top court

Liberia’s presidential run-off scheduled to take place next Tuesday has been halted by the country’s Supreme Court over allegations of fraud.

26 Togolese arrested in Ghana for protesting released

The 26 Togolese nationals who were arrested in Ghana’s capital Accra by the police for staging an unlawful protest to demand for the resignation of their President, Faure Gnassingbe have now been released.

Gambia’s Jammeh “deeply isolated” in exile

The once powerful leader of the West African nation of The Gambia, Yahya Jammeh is reported to be very isolated in Equatorial Guinea where he is currently living in exile.

16 killed by Boko Haram in Cameroon and Nigeria

At least 16 people were killed in a raid and suicide attack in Cameroon and Nigeria on Monday, in the latest violence blamed on Boko Haram Islamists.

26 anti-Gnassingbe protesters to be charged in Ghana

26 Togolese nationals are to appear in court on Monday in Ghana’s capital Accra after police officers arrested them for staging an unlawful protest over the weekend to demand for the resignation of their President, Faure Gnassingbe.

Over 500 Togolese flee to Ghana seeking asylum

The United Nations refugee agency, UNHCR has said that hundreds of Togolese have fled the country into neighboring Ghana.

French court jails Equatorial Guinea Vice President

Millions of euros of assets belonging to the son of Equatorial Guinea’s president were ordered to be seized by a French court that found him guilty in absentia on Friday of using money plundered from his country to buy property and luxury cars.

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