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 […]
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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 […]
Samuel Eto’o faces 10 years imprisonment for tax fraud
Spanish prosecutors are seeking a prison term of more than 10 years for former Chelsea striker Samuel Eto’o for alleged tax crimes committed when he […]
Amnesty International: Military killed 150 pro-Biafra activists in Nigeria
Nigerian security forces led by the army have carried out the executions of at least 150 peaceful pro-Biafra protesters in the Southeast of Nigeria, Amnesty […]
Rwanda raises $18.57 million Treasury bond
Rwandan government borrowed about $18.57 million from the market through a three-year Treasury bond, the central bank said late on Wednesday. The bond, which has […]