Côte d’Ivoire: Court to Review ‘Iron Lady’ Simone Gbagbo
A criminal court in Côte d’Ivoire will review, on March 17, the case of the country’s former first lady, Simone Gbagbo who is charged with […]
Articles by Steven Addamah
US lifts sanctions on Sudanese cement company after 14 years
The U.S. Department of the Treasury’s Office of Foreign Assets Control (OFAC) on Wednesday removed a Sudanese private cement factory from a blacklist of firms […]
Switzerland to Return Looted $300m to Nigeria
Nigeria and Switzerland have signed an agreement for the return of more than $300 million confiscated from the family of Nigeria’s Sani Abacha. The Swiss […]
Somalia: Six Injured in Laptop Bomb Explosion at Airport
At least six people including two African Union soldiers were injured Monday in an explosion at the airport in Beledweyne, Somali authorities said. According to […]
Gbagbo and Co. Trial Resumes at ICC
The International Criminal Court on Tuesday resumes trial in the case of former Ivorian President Laurent Gbagbo and former Ivorian political leader Charles Blé Goudé. […]
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 […]
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 […]