Mozambique seizes illegal timber logs worth $800,000
Mozambique authorities have confiscated 1,300 containers of illegal logs estimated at $800,000 in the northern port of Nacala. Their eventual destination was believed to be […]
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Five West African countries ban ‘dirty fuels’ imports
Five West African costal nations, Nigeria, Benin, Togo, Ghana, and Ivory Coast have introduced strict standards for fuel imports to cut vehicle emissions for cleaner […]
Donald Trump names Nigerian to strategic policy board
U.S president-elect Donald Trump named a Nigerian-born, Adebayo Ogunlesi, to serve as a strategist on his economic policy team. The 16-member group will be led […]
Wole Soyinka throws away green card, quits US
Nigerian Nobel-literature laureate Wole Soyinka has confirmed that he has relocated to his native Nigeria. Soyinka vowed a month ago while giving a speech to […]
Kenya: Two Iranian Diplomats suspected of spying for terror group arrested
Two Iranians and their Kenyan driver, who worked for the Iranian embassy in Nairobi, have been arrested and charged on Thursday with collecting information for […]
Senegalese sculptor Ousmane Sow dies at 81
Senegalese sculptor Ousmane Sow, who earned an international reputation for his expressive sculptures of the Nuba, Masai and other African peoples, died on Thursday in […]
Polls open in Gambia with Jammeh in bid for fifth term
Polls open in The Gambia with Jammeh in bid for fifth term. 886, 578 voters are expected at 1,422 polling stations in 53 constituencies in […]
Zimbabwe introduces new “bond notes” currency
Zimbabwe central bank on Monday launched a “bond notes” currency in a last-ditch bid to inject desperately needed cash into its failing economy. The southern […]
Somalia: Presidential elections postponed for the third time
Presidential elections scheduled for Wednesday November 30 in Somalia, have been postponed to a later unspecified date, local media reports on Monday. This is the […]
Uganda closes schools backed by Bill Gates and Facebook CEO
Authorities in Ugandan have ordered the closure of a chain of for-profit international schools backed by Microsoft founder Bill Gates and Facebook’s founder Mark Zuckerberg […]