ECOWAS updates practice direction, enables virtual court sessions
The ECOWAS Court of Justice says it has updated its Practice Direction to enable the virtual conduct of Court sessions. The court also said that it has updated the electronic…
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The ECOWAS Court of Justice says it has updated its Practice Direction to enable the virtual conduct of Court sessions. The court also said that it has updated the electronic…
Tanzania summoned a US envoy in the country to clarify a recent warning about the risk of “exponential growth” of Covid-19 cases in the country. A fortnight ago, the US embassy…
Nigeria’s President Muhammadu Buhari has lamented the impact of the coronavirus pandemic on Africa’s biggest economy following stringent measures imposed to contain coronavirus outbreak. In the capital Abuja, and the…
The Socio-Economic Rights and Accountability Project (SERAP) has sent an open letter to the President of Nigeria, Muhammadu Buhari, urging him to follow the ‘Namibia example’ by issuing an executive…
The president of Eritrea has flown to neighbouring Ethiopia for what officials say are talks about coronavirus and the locust infestation that has been destroying crops in the region. c’s…
Military vehicles and soldiers were deployed onto the streets of Maseru after embattled prime minister Thomas Thabane moved to deal with security threats. The PM who is accused of murdering…
The Nigerian government has apologised for “mistakes” made during the burial of President Muhammadu Buhari’s chief of staff, Abba Kyari, who died from coronavirus. Tendering the apology was the chairman…
Amnesty International has condemned a demolition exercise in one of the biggest slums in Ghana’s capital in which thousands of people have been left homeless during lockdown. The demolition was…
Uganda has banned exercising in public as an extra measure towards controlling the spread of coronavirus. President Yoweri Museveni said that Ugandans should exercise at home and added that he…
The Democratic Republic of Congo’s justice ministry has freed 1,200 prisoners in new measures to decongest prisons and prevent the spread of coronavirus. Those released from prisons were minor offenders,…