Africa

Ghana has strengthened airport screening, disease surveillance, and emergency preparedness following reports of Ebola cases in Nigeria and Kenya linked to an outbreak in the Democratic Republic of the Congo (DRC). The measures are intended to help authorities detect and respond to suspected infections early. Ghana’s Ministry of Health has said the country has not recorded

Burkina Faso has reinstated the death penalty for several offences, including terrorism, high treason, espionage, parricide and the importation of expired or prohibited products, marking a major reversal in the country’s criminal justice policy. The country’s legislature unanimously adopted a new penal code on Tuesday, October 20, with all 71 members voting in favour, according

Ghanaian President John Dramani Mahama has said countries committed to fighting terrorism should be welcome to support security efforts in West Africa, including Russia, as governments across the region continue to confront militant violence. Speaking at the Financial Times Africa Summit in London on Wednesday, October 21, Mahama said he was not concerned about Russian

The Gambian authorities have received approximately $2.5 million recovered from the sale of a mansion in the United States linked to former president Yahya Jammeh, with the funds designated to compensate victims of abuses committed during his 22-year rule. The Gambia Reparations Commission announced on October 20 that it had received the proceeds from the

Mali’s armed forces and their Russian allies are facing renewed allegations of serious violations of international humanitarian law after a Human Rights Watch investigation documented attacks on civilians during counterinsurgency operations. The report, published on Monday, 19 October 2026, described apparent indiscriminate drone strikes on a cattle market and a health facility, alongside other alleged