•Nigeria and Kenya flags A member of the House of Representatives, Abdullahi El-Rasheed has said that Nigeria and Kenya stand to gain from each other in critical sectors including technology, renewable energy and tourism in the years ahead. El-Rasheed who chairs the Nigeria-Kenya Parliamentary Friendship Group stated this today at a meeting wi...
France has handed over its only military base in Ivory Coast to local authorities, marking an end to decades of French presence at the site. The French and Ivorian defence ministers signed a document to confirm the return today, shortly after the Ivorian flag was raised in the base’s parade ground, reports AFP. Ivorian Defence […]
•Nana Akufo-Addo Immediate past President of Ghana, Nana Akufo-Addo, today called for cooperation among African nations to tackle their challenges. Akufo-Addo made this call at a book launch in Abuja in honour of a former military president, General Ibrahim Babangida, reports Channels TV. He said African nations should not rely on foreign aid ...
•Health workers Eight patients treated for Ebola in Uganda have recovered, the country’s health minister said today, declaring the country’s latest outbreak of the deadly disease “contained”, reports AFP. The eight “have been under treatment and have fully recovered,” Jane Ruth Aceng told our correspondent. “This is a major breakthrough,” the ...
The Republic of Niger has begun enforcing restrictions on Nigerians traveling with the ECOWAS passport, barring entry for those without a valid international passport. This move follows the country’s recent withdrawal from the Economic Community of West African States alongside Mali and Burkina Faso, reports The PUNCH. Despite maintaining an o...
•The newly elected chairperson for the Africa Union Commission Mahmoud Ali Youssouf (C) smiles after election results during the 38th African Union (AU) Summit, yesterday Few heads of diplomacy can boast the longevity of Mahmoud Ali Youssouf, Djibouti’s foreign minister since 2005, who was elected Saturday to head the African Union’s executiv...
•Kenya Flag A Kenyan court today sentenced a former county governor to 12 years in prison for corruption, alongside his wife and three others. Ferdinand Waititu, former governor of the major county of Kiambu, is one of the most high-profile officials to be convicted under the government’s anti-corruption drive, reports AFP. The court in Nairob...
•Kenneth Ofori-Atta Ghana’s former finance minister Ken Ofori-Atta was today declared a wanted fugitive and accused of corruption by the country’s special prosecutor. “You have two choices: either return to the jurisdiction voluntarily or the OSP (Office of the Special Prosecutor) will enforce your return,” Special Prosecutor Kissi Agyebeng sa...
•Cameroon’s President Paul Biya Cameroon President Paul Biya, the world’s oldest head of state, turns 92 years old tomorrow after more than four decades in power but remains tight-lipped on whether he will run for another term in elections this year. Many people, including the deeply divided opposition, are in little doubt that the leader, [&h...
•Members of the Rwanda-backed M23 armed group Rwandan President Paul Kagame and his Congolese counterpart Felix Tshisekedi joined a summit in Tanzania today where regional leaders called for an “immediate ceasefire” in the Democratic Republic of Congo. The Rwanda-backed M23 armed group has rapidly seized swathes of territory in the mineral-ric...
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