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 […]
Month: December 2016
Burkinabe MPs to return gifts after public outcry
Touchscreen tablets given to Members of Parliament (MPs) of Burkina Faso by a Chinese company will be returned after it generated controversy relating to corruption, […]
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 […]
Cameroon: Anglophone teachers, lawyers embark on indefinite strike
Anglophone teachers and lawyers in Cameroon have embarked on an indefinite nationwide strike on Monday, accusing the government of trying to marginalise them by imposing […]
Ghana election D-1: Opposition NPP promises to revamp struggling economy
Presidential campaign in Ghana came to an end on Monday, as Ghanaians prepare to head to the polls on Wednesday. According to the Electoral commission, […]
UN: Spain sidelines Western Sahara issue as it chairs UN Security Council December meeting
Spain has dealt a blow to Algiers-backed Front Polisario as it crossed the Western Sahara issue off its agenda as chair of the UN Security […]
Tunisia: 45 per cent of youth poised for “illegal migration”
A research conducted to identify motives behind option for migration has revealed that 45 per cent of youth in the North African country are eager […]
Moroccan-Nigerian Cooperation Getting off to a Flying Start
Cooperation relations between Morocco and Nigeria which have been hibernating for many years are getting off to a flying start with the historic visit King […]
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 […]