Shipwreck kills 10 people in Nigeria
Ten bodies were fished out of the Niger River in Nigeria’s northern Kebbi State on Wednesday after an overloaded boat with about 100 passengers broke […]
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Nigeria: Car bomb targeting former governor kills 4 security officials in southeast
A car bomb killed Tuesday in southeast Nigeria four security officials with former governor Ikedi Ohakim of Imo State being the target, the Nigerian police […]
Nigeria: 17 herders killed by Boko Haram in Borno State
Boko Haram jihadists killed 17 herders and stole their cattle in Nigeria’s northeastern Borno state on last Saturday, two officials of self-defense militias set up […]
Guinea-Bissau calls for quick activation of military force against coups in ECOWAS
The Guinean Foreign Minister, Suzi Barbosa, on Monday called on the military leaders of the Economic Community of West African States (ECOWAS) for the rapid […]
Germany returned to Nigeria 22 bronzes stolen from the kingdom of Benin
Germany returned 22 bronzes from the ancient kingdom of Benin, looted during the colonial era, to Nigeria on Tuesday in an official ceremony in Abuja. […]
Mozambique announces first exports of liquefied natural gas
Mozambican President Filipe Nyusi announced in a video the start of exports of liquefied natural gas (LNG), produced off the northern province of Cabo Delgado, […]
Equatorial Guinea allows supertanker to be handed over to Nigeria
Equatorial Guinea has authorized the return to Nigeria of a supertanker and its 25 crew members, arrested in August off its coast and held since […]
Green March: Socio-economic achievements in Sahara provinces at the focus of Royal speech
King Mohammed VI of Morocco delivered, on Sunday, a speech to the Nation on the occasion of the 47th anniversary of the glorious Green March. […]
China’s Addax Petroleum Development pulls out from four oil mining blocks in Nigeria
Nigeria’s Oil company, NNPC, has announced the exit of Sinopec’s Addax Petroleum Development (Nigeria) Ltd from its four major oil mining blocks in Nigeria and […]
Ethiopian government and Tigray rebels sign agreement
The Ethiopian federal government and the rebel authorities in Tigray reached an agreement on Wednesday in Pretoria on a “cessation of hostilities,” less than 48 […]