Nigeria to raise $700 mln from international sources
The Debt Management Office (DMO) of Nigeria on Tuesday said it expects to raise $700 million from international sources as part of a $3.5 billion […]
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Guinea’s Alpha Condé recalls ambassador to Algiers
President Alpha Condé of Guinea and Chairperson of the African Union has recalled his ambassador to Algeria because of the inhumane and condescending treatments faced […]
CAR: French prosecutor drops sex abuse cases against French troops
French investigating magistrates on Monday, closed a probe into allegations that French peacekeepers of Operation Sangaris, raped children in the Central African Republic (CAR), while […]
Ghana: Three suspects arrested, ammunitions seized
Following the arrest of three men and the seizure of various kinds of explosives in the Ghanaian capital, Accra, on Monday, the police have called […]
Donald Trump’s “shitholes” comment sparks diplomatic fury in Africa
The African Union has issued a statement last weekend calling on US President Donald Trump to apologize after he reportedly called nations on the continent […]
Nigeria’s Shiite leader, El-Zakzaky made first public appearance since 2015
The leader of Nigeria’s Shi‘ite Muslim sect, rumored to have died in custody, made his first public appearance in two years on Saturday. Sheikh Ibrahim […]
Cameroon: 15,000 Anglophones flee to Nigeria – UNHCR
About 15,000 Anglophones have fled Cameroon’s violence-hit West and North regions into neighboring Nigeria in recent months, the United Nations refugee agency and Nigerian government […]
Zambia-Cholera: church services & street vending banned, protests erupt
Residents in a slum in Lusaka, Zambia’s capital, are violently protesting over a regulation imposed to control the spread of a cholera epidemic in the […]
Angola: Jose dos Santos Jr dismissed from sovereign wealth fund
Angola’s president, João Lourenço, has sacked his predecessor’s son, José Filomeno Dos Santos, as the head of the country’s sovereign wealth fund. The dismissal of […]
South Sudan to open new terminal at Juba International Airport
South Sudan will open later this month a new terminal at its main international airport, the Juba International Airport, local media reported. The facility is […]