Sierra Leone: Thousand Pregnant Schoolgirls Re-admitted
Thousands of pregnant girls, excluded from mainstream schools and barred from sitting for exams in Sierra Leone last year, have now been placed into both […]
Articles by Steven Addamah
Côte d’Ivoire: Opposition against Granting Ivorian citizenship to Compaore
Ivorian opposition on Wednesday said giving ousted Burkina Faso leader Blaise Compaore Ivorian citizenship paints a ‘grim picture’ of the political scene in the west-African […]
Turkish Power Ship to Supply Electricity to Zambia
Zambian officials welcomed a Turkish power ship which is expected to generate some 100 megawatts of electricity to meet the country’s energy needs. The ship, […]
Nigeria Removes 24,000 Ghost Workers from State Payroll
Nigeria’s anti-corruption audit ordered by President Muhammadu Buhari has revealed that nearly 24,000 civil servants on the government payroll do not exist. Local media reported […]
Pirates Attack French Vessel off Nigerian Coast
Two sailors, a Russian and a Nigerian, have been kidnapped from a ship belonging to French oil-industry-services company Bourbon off Nigeria’s coast, the Nigerian navy […]
Terrorists in the Sahel Beef up their Finances with Drug Trafficking
As the Sahel has become the route of Latin American cocaine destined to Europe, the terrorist groups roaming in the area got involved in this […]
MTN Cameroon Reinvests 53% of Annual Turnover
According to an official statement issued at the end of its latest board meeting, the local subsidiary of the South African operator, Mobile Telecommunications Network […]
WHO Needs $56 Million to Combat Zika Virus
The World Health Organization (WHO) on Wednesday said it needs $56 million to combat the Zika virus through June, including fast-tracking vaccines and diagnosis. In […]
DRC: Opposition Leader Arrested ahead of Planned General Strike
The police on Sunday arrested a prominent opposition leader ahead of a general strike against President Joseph Kabila of the Democratic Republic of Congo planned […]
Nigeria: Gov’t to chase 23,000 ghosts on payroll
Nigerian Minister of Finance, Kemi Adeosun on Thursday said 23,000 ghost workers unraveled in the Federal Civil Service in the West-African nation would be handed […]