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 […]
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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 […]
Benin: Police seized 54 kg of cocaine from Brazil
Police in Benin on Monday confirmed the seizure of 54 kilogrammes of cocaine from Brazil. The consignment was hidden in a container in the port […]
Cambodia-based Nigerian footballer sets new world record
Nigerian footballer Harrison Chinedu cycled 64 miles with a football on his head, hoping to enter the Guinness Book of Records, local media reported. In […]
Nigeria’s GDP shrinks by 2.24 % in Q3 of 2016
Nigeria’s gross domestic product (GDP) contracted by 2.24 percent in the third quarter, the National Bureau of Statistics (NBS) said on Monday. According to the […]