Sasol Suspends Drilling as Cyclone Dineo Hits Mozambique
South African petrochemical group Sasol Ltd workers temporarily put down tools in Mozambique due to tropical storm Dineo, the company’s spokesman said on Wednesday. Dineo […]
Month: February 2017
Less than 1% of Naira Notes are Fake – Nigeria’s Reserve Bank
The Central Bank of Nigeria (CBN) on Tuesday said less than one percent of the west-African nation’s local currency in circulation is fake. The reserve […]
Gambia to rejoin the Commonwealth – UK diplomat
Gambia is going to rejoin the Commonwealth, British Foreign Secretary Boris Johnson announced on Tuesday as he visited the West African nation. In 2013, Former […]
Radio, the information leader in Africa – UNESCO
The United Nations Education Scientific and Cultural Organization, UNESCO on Monday said Radio is Africa’s most influential information outlet. The Survey released by the UN […]
First black man to win an Olympic medal in football dies at 71
Celebrated coach and the first black man to win an Olympic medal in football when he led Ghana’s U23 team to pick bronze at the […]
CAR: U.N. air strikes repulse rebels, kill scores
The United Nations’ troops have repulsed armed militiamen over the weekend from entering the town of Bambari, in the eastern part of the Central African […]
Kenya: Court sentences doctors’ union officials to jail
A court in Kenya on Monday ruled that officials from the national doctors’ union in the Central African nation be jailed for one month amid […]
Nigeria recovers $25.4 million thanks to whistle-blower policy
The Nigerian government this weekend announced that its whistle-blower policy initiated last December enabled to recover $25.4 million looted funds so far. According to a […]
Côte d’Ivoire: Six journalists arrested over ‘false news’
Six journalists have been arrested in Côte d’Ivoire over the weekend for “spreading false information” about a mutiny by security forces in the West African […]
South Africa: Violent brawl erupts as ‘scoundrel’ Zuma addresses MPs
South African Police and security forces on Thursday, fired teargas to drag opposition lawmakers out of the parliament after the group denounced President Jacob Zuma […]