50 years after the Biafra war, Nigeria agrees to pay victims
50 years after the Biafra civil war, Nigeria’s government has accepted to pay $245million compensation to the victims, local media reported. According to papers of […]
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Nigeria: Buhari sacks top officials over missing funds
Nigerian President Muhammadu Buhari on Monday dismissed two top civil servants over graft allegations in Africa’s most populous nation. President Buhari had ordered the sacking […]
The G5-sahel initiative gets $60 million boost from the US
The United States on Monday promised up to $60 million to support the G5-Sahel Joint Force’s counter-terrorism efforts, the State Department said in a statement. […]
CEMAC borders finally opened to nationals of the six-State community
The free movement of persons and goods throughout the Central African Economic and Monetary Community (CEMAC) is finally effective. After Cameroon, Chad, Congo, CAR and […]
Equatorial Guinea’s VP Obiang gets 3-year prison term for corruption
A French court has found Teodorin Obiang Nguema, the son of Equatorial Guinea President guilty of corruption in a case known as the ‘ill-gotten assets’ […]
Ghana football icon Asamoah Gyan to operate Baby Jet Airlines
Ghana Black Stars’s Captain, Asamoah Gyan has obtained a license to operate an airline called Baby Jet airlines in the country, local media reports. Ghana […]
Togo: US, France, ECOWAS express concern over political situation
The United States, France and West Africa regional bloc ECOWAS’ heads of states on Wednesday, called on Togo to begin an immediate dialogue on constitutional […]
Morocco: King applies accountability principle, fires ministers, senior officials
King Mohammed VI who has repeatedly insisted on the constitutional principle linking public office with accountability on Tuesday dismissed four ministers of the current cabinet […]
Uganda eyes up to $20 bln oil sector investment by 2020
Uganda’s petroleum authority on Tuesday said it expect investments of $15 billion to $20 billion in its oil industry in the next three to four […]
No single currency in West Africa before 2020
Leaders of the Economic Community of West African States (ECOWAS) in a joint-statement on Tuesday reaffirmed their commitment to accelerate the creation of a shared […]