Category: WEST AFRICA
Nigeria: Gunmen Storm Prison, Free Inmates
[Premium Times] The armed men used guns and dynamite and also attacked a police facility in the area. [...]
Nigeria: Abia Imposes Curfew in Two Cities After Hoodlums Attacked Prison, Police in Imo
[Premium Times] IPOB has denied its involvement in the Imo attack. [...]
Nigeria: Police Confirm Attack On Its Imo Headquarters, Prison, Blame Ipob
[Premium Times] The attack on the police headquarters was carried out by the same armed group who also attacked a correctional facility in Owerri and [...]
Nigeria: How Gunmen Attacked Prison to Free Nearly 2,000 Inmates
[Premium Times] An official said the Owerri prison was attacked by 'unknown gunmen.' [...]
Mali: ‘The Victims Speak, the Truth Commission Should Act’
[JusticeInfo.net] Bamako -- Mali's Truth, Justice and Reconciliation Commission held its third public hearing on Saturday April 3 in Bamako, on the th [...]
Niger: Mohamed Bazoum Sworn in As President After Failed Coup
[Leadership] Niger's newly elected President Mohamed Bazoum has been sworn in, a democratic watershed overshadowed by armed groups' violence and alleg [...]
West Africa: Probe Exposes Damage Caused by Palm Oil Production
[Chatham House] Chloe King applauds an exposé of damage caused by palm oil production. [...]
Nigeria: Thousands of Fleeing Inmates Abandoned Lugages On Owerri Streets
[Vanguard] Thousands of inmates who were freed by hoodlums from the Owerri correctional facility, on Monday, littered the streets of Owerri with their [...]
Liberia: ‘Grant Us (Sapo Tribe) Our Place’ – Kaiyeh Roosevelt Quiah Demands
[FrontPageAfrica] Monrovia -- Liberian author and businessman Kaiyeh Roosevelt Quiah, in paying tribute to his deceased father, the veteran statesman [...]
Liberia: Rivergee Lawmaker Poure Joins CDC
[FrontPageAfrica] Monrovia -- Rivergee County District #1 Representative, Alexander Poure has confirmed his departure from the opposition All Liberian [...]