•Ebola outbreak An Ebola outbreak in the Democratic Republic of Congo (DRC) has killed 2,011 people out of 4,381 confirmed cases of the virus, Congolese officials said today. The latest toll puts it close behind the DRC’s deadliest Ebola outbreak in 2018 to 2020, when nearly 2,300 people died out of 3,500 recorded cases, reports […]
•Nigeria and South Africa flags The deputy spokesman of the House of Representatives, Philip Agbese, says Nigeria’s diplomatic efforts with South Africa over xenophobic attacks are “making good impacts”. Agbese said this last night on Channels Television. When asked if Nigeria should have taken stricter measures over the attacks on the country...
•The convicts, Kingsley Ndifon and Emmanuel Akong Two Nigerians have been sentenced to 20 years’ imprisonment each by a Ghanaian court for trafficking fellow Nigerians into Ghana under the guise of offering them jobs before allegedly forcing them into cybercrime. The suspects, Kingsley Ndifon, 29, and Emmanuel Akong, 25, were found guilty of h...
•Prof Patrick Lumumba Renowned Kenyan scholar and Pan-Africanist, Prof. Patrick Lumumba, today, urged the federal government to dismantle visa barriers hindering the movement of Africans across the continent, saying such restrictions undermine regional integration, investment and the objectives of the African Continental Free Trade Area, AfCFT...
•World Trade Organisation (WTO) Director-General, Dr Ngozi Okonjo-Iweala Africa must move urgently to position itself at the centre of the next global economic transformation or risk being left behind once again. That was the stark message from Director-General of the World Trade Organisation (WTO), Dr. Ngozi Okonjo-Iweala, who challenged Afr...
•Cardoso and Okonjo-Iweala The seventh meeting of the African Emerging Markets Forum is ongoing at the Central Bank headquarters in Abuja. The meeting is attended by the Central Bank Governor, Oluyemi Cardoso; the National Security Adviser, Nuhu Ribadu; the Chairman of the Nigeria Revenue Service, Zacch Adedeji; business experts and participan...
•Anti-immigrants protesters in South Africa Zimbabwean farmworker Aaron Majatamhe was heading home at sunset after a shift in one of South Africa’s top fruit-producing regions, where bushes laden with bright unpicked citrus stood in rows. “I see a lot of farm owners who are crying now… people have to harvest those naartjies but there is [&hell...
•South African protesters hold sticks and flags while chanting slogans as they march during a demonstration by the “March and March” and Operation Dudula movements The federal government is talking tough over the spate of xenophobic attacks against Nigerians, calling on the South African authorities to take “concrete” action over the developm...
Chad announced today it planned to withdraw from the International Criminal Court (ICC), saying its effectiveness was “limited and uneven” with a focus on Africa. It follows Burkina Faso, Mali and Niger, who in September jointly announced they were pulling out of the ICC, which prosecutes individuals for war crimes and crimes against humanity,...
•UK visa The United Kingdom on Monday updated its financial requirements for applicants seeking Student and Child Student visas, retaining stricter evidence rules while exempting nationals of only three African countries from submitting proof of funds at the point of application. The updated guidance, published by the UK government on its webs...
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