ECOWAS Court Orders Prison Decongestion, an end to Prolonged Detention without Trial in Nigeria
By Ajayi Osahon
The ECOWAS Community Court of Justice has ordered the de-congestion of Nigerian prisons and a periodic review to end the prolonged detention of...
UK scientists developing Ebola vaccine that could be ready for trials in months
Scientists at Oxford University are developing a new vaccine that could be ready for clinical trials within two to three months to help tackle...
Ebola risk raised to ‘very high’ in DR Congo
The public health risk from the current Ebola outbreak in the Democratic Republic of Congo has been raised from "high" to "very high" by...
US sanctions Tanzanian police official over ‘torture’ of rights activists
The US has sanctioned a senior Tanzanian police official over allegations linked to the "torture and sexual assault" of East African rights activists Boniface...
Angry crowd sets Ebola hospital tents on fire in DR Congo
An angry crowd set alight a section of a hospital at the epicentre of the Ebola outbreak in the eastern Democratic Republic of Congo...
