Libya Deports 172 Nigerians over Immigration Related Offenses
Libya on Friday deported 172 Nigerians, comprising 166 males and 6 females, for violating immigration laws of the country. According to local sources, the deportees […]
Month: March 2016
Côte d’Ivoire: Court to Review ‘Iron Lady’ Simone Gbagbo
A criminal court in Côte d’Ivoire will review, on March 17, the case of the country’s former first lady, Simone Gbagbo who is charged with […]
US Accuses Uganda of Rights Violations
The United States on Friday said Uganda has persistently violated the rights of its citizens and media in the aftermath of last month’s presidential election. […]
Zimbabwe: $10bn Compensation for Evicted White Farmers Considered
Zimbabwe’s Finance Minister on Friday said the government plans to compensate white farmers for land seized and has begun evaluating the properties. Farmers may be […]
US lifts sanctions on Sudanese cement company after 14 years
The U.S. Department of the Treasury’s Office of Foreign Assets Control (OFAC) on Wednesday removed a Sudanese private cement factory from a blacklist of firms […]
Senegal seizes properties of ex-president’s son
The Senegalese government has confiscated property worth $30 million belonging to the son of former President Abdoulaye Wade. Karim Wade, former Minister of State for […]
Nigeria oil workers call off strike after talks
A strike at Nigerian National Petroleum Corp (NNPC) has been suspended after talks between the Minister of State for Petroleum, Ibeh Kachikwu, and the workers’ […]
Guinea, Rwanda reinforce ties
Guinea and Rwanda are set to reinforce their bilateral relations as Rwandan President Paul Kagame visits the west-African nation. According to a statement from the […]
Palestine: France rules out automatic state recognition if talks fail
France’s Foreign minister Jean-Marc Ayrault backtracked from his predecessor’s statement of recognizing Palestine as a state if the peace talks that Paris is initiating between […]
Algeria: Not bankrupt by low oil prices but ready for production freeze
Prime Minister Abdelmalek Sellal during his visit to Annaba, 600km east of Algiers, said the country is not “in bankruptcy” despite the low global oil […]