Ghana elections: polls open for 17 million voters

Ghana elections are underway as seventeen million people are called to choose a president and 275 new members of parliament. Our correspondent Thomas Naadi tells us how COVID-19 is affecting the vote and reports on the state of security of what Ghana Electoral Commission has pledged to be free, fair and transparent elections.

More #EndSARS protests planned for today in Nigeria's capital Abuja and in Lagos have failed to materialise. A young protester says why.

African American Hollywood star Forest Whitaker, famous for his role in the film 'The Last King of Scotland', tells how his Whitaker Peace & Development Initiative Foundation has helped to keep young disadvantaged Africans off the streets by offering them training and education.