Cape Verde’s trade balance deficit worsens in January
The Cape Verdean trade balance was negative by 71 million euros in January, a worsening of more than 50% compared to the same month in […]
Articles by Steven Addamah
Extradition treaty between Rwanda and Mozambique worries diaspora
Rwandan refugees and asylum seekers in Mozambique voiced concern Wednesday over the upcoming ratification of an extradition treaty between the two African countries, fearing it […]
Somalia: recently released journalist jailed again
A Somali freelance journalist who was released in February after being sentenced to two months in prison for threatening national security has been jailed again, […]
Nigeria: Bola Tinubu declared elect-President by the Electoral Commission
Bola Tinubu, the candidate of Nigeria’s ruling APC party, will succeed Muhammadu Buhari as president. After four days of counting, Tinubu received the highest number […]
Russia wants to strengthen relations with Cape Verde
The new Russian ambassador to Cabo Verde, Yury Materiy, conveyed Russia’s willingness to strengthen relations with the archipelago, in training staff or supplying grain, despite […]
Money laundering: South Africa wants to see its downgrading as an “opportunity”
South Africa, placed last week on the grey list of countries subject to enhanced monitoring of money laundering, chose to see this downgrading as “an […]
Nigeria’s Peter Obi wins Lagos State in presidential election
Nigerian presidential outsider Peter Obi won the most votes in the key state of Lagos, narrowly ahead of the ruling party candidate in his stronghold, […]
Uganda: Constitutional Court to review controversial law
The government defended the law, saying it was intended to support rights groups and aid agencies. It said it had made improvements in human rights […]
Former president of the San Tomean parliament denies having benefited from justice
The former president of the parliament of São Tomé, Delfim Neves, exonerated in the case of the assault on the military barracks, last Saturday repudiated […]
South Africa: one death from cholera, a first in 15 years
A 24-year-old man has died of cholera in South Africa despite the fact that the country has not had a death linked to the infectious […]