The Republic of Togo has stated interest in boosting its electricity purchases from Nigeria’s Niger Delta Power Holding Company (NDPHC). A statement by the company noted that the interest was made known during a strategic meeting between the management of the Niger Delta Power Holding Company and a delegation from Compagnie Energie Electrique ...
•Floods Flooding caused by heavy rains in the Gamo area of southern Ethiopia has left at least 48 people dead, police said today. “The number of bodies recovered from the natural disaster that struck three districts of Gamo Zone has reached 48,” the South Ethiopia Regional State Police Commission said in a statement on X. […]
The Ghana Immigration Service has arrested 93 Nigerian nationals over alleged involvement in internet fraud and violations of the country’s immigration laws, in what appears to be the latest in a series of crackdowns on cybercrime networks operating in the West African nation. In a statement issued by GIS spokesperson Maud Anima Quainoo, the s...
•An airplane Africa recorded the highest aviation accident rate globally in 2025, according to the 2025 Annual Safety Report released yesterday by the International Air Transport Association (IATA). The continent recorded seven accidents in 2025, with an all-accident rate of 7.86 per million sectors, down from 12.13 per million sectors in 2024...
•People salvage damaged vehicles from receding flood waters in downtown Nairobi, yesterday At least 23 people have been killed in flash flooding in Nairobi, police said yesterday, as search and rescue operations continued amid widespread devastation. Torrential rains lashed the Kenyan capital late Friday, turning major streets into rivers an...
•Boat mishap Twelve Nigerians have been rescued after a Nigerian tugboat, LEO, carrying 18 persons sank in South African waters late Saturday night, with one person confirmed dead and search and rescue operations still ongoing for five others who remain missing following the maritime incident. In a press statement signed by Special Assistant o...
Kenya began administering the first dose of a groundbreaking HIV prevention drug in a Nairobi slum today. Lenacapavir, taken twice a year, has been shown to reduce the risk of HIV transmission by more than 99.9 percent, though it is technically a chemical drug rather than a vaccine because it does not train the immune […]
•Kenyan police Kenyan police have arrested a key figure in a network that sent more than 1,000 Kenyans to Russia, where many were forcibly conscripted into the army and sent to Ukraine. Festus Omwamba, 33, was caught Moyale, a border town with Ethiopia, the Directorate of Criminal Investigations (DCI) said on X late yesterday. He […]
•ECOWAS Parliament seminar in Abuja The ECOWAS Commission has disclosed the doggedness of West African women dominating the informal trade sector, accounting for 74 percent in operations, even as youths form a critical part in the subregion. The Director at the ECOWAS Commission Trade Directorate, Christopher Mensah-Yawson, revealed at the ECO...
•Chadian President Idriss Deby Itno Chad’s government said today it was closing the border with Sudan until further notice, following several clashes between Chadian soldiers and armed groups involved in the civil war across the frontier. “This decision follows repeated incursions and violations committed by the forces involved in the conflict...
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