Orange to buy four African businesses from Airtel
Orange SA is in talks to buy four of Bharti Airtel Ltd.’s African businesses. The French telecoms group said on Monday it had entered an […]
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Chad’s Hissene Habre to face trial in Senegal for crimes against humanity
Hissene Habre, the former leader of Chad is facing trial in Senegal as of this Monday over the alleged political killings of thousands of people […]
IFC and Ecobank to supports SMEs in Africa
IFC, a member of the World Bank Group, and Ecobank Transnational Incorporated, parent company of the Ecobank Group and a leading pan-African full-service banking group, […]
E.U. allocates € 34 million food aid to six African countries
The European Union has announced providing assistance worth €34 million for immediate food aid for the most vulnerable people in Mauritania, Senegal, Gambia, Mali, Niger […]
Nigeria: Under-estimated Boko Haram to loose within a month
President Goodluck Jonathan has acknowledged that Boko Haram was “under-estimated” by his government when they started armed operations but also added that the military lacked […]
Nigeria: Military says it is winning as Boko Haram joins IS
Boko Haram’s allegiance to the Islamic State has been seen as a sign of weakness after international forces took over some of the territories it […]
Cameroon: Central African countries budget $86million to fight Boko Haram
Members of the Economic Community of Central African States (ECCAS) met in Cameroon on Monday and decided to spend $86 million in military operations against […]
The UN and its partners are seeking nearly $ 2 billion to help Africa’s Sahel region
The humanitarian emergency in drought-ravaged West Africa will worsen in coming months as the food crisis, which has already claimed young lives, enters its most […]
Nigeria: Chadian soldiers forced Boko Haram out of town
Military sources stationed in neighboring Niger have said that the Chadian soldiers have forced Boko Haram fighters to flee from the Nigerian border of Malam […]
Cameroon frees Boko Haram hostages
Armed men launched an operation in Cameroun targeting civilians living in the village of Mabass and its surroundings along the border. They took around 80 […]