Morning greetings are changing across Africa, and the old “good morning” is getting company. In offices, markets, school gates, and online posts, people look for another way to say good morning that fits mood, timing, and the person in front. Alternatives to good morning now show up in everyday talk, even in formal messages. It […]
Digital Ethiopia 2030 is a national plan that sets targets for connectivity, digital public services, skills, and tech-led growth. It builds on earlier programmes, but the 2030 version reads like a tighter checklist. Short deadlines. Measurable delivery. Less talk, more “show the numbers”. The strategy frames digital progress as everyday utility. Stable mobile coverage at […]
Foreign Ministry condemns terror attack on church in northern Burkina Faso which killed at least 24 people Turkey on Monday condemned a terrorist attack, which killed at least 24 people when gunmen attacked a church in northern Burkina Faso. “We condemn this terrorist attack. We extend our sincere condolences to the brotherly Government and people […]
The 61-year-old mentor doesn’t think the Soweto giants are bottling the title race, suggesting the league is still far from being over Kaizer Chiefs head coach Ernst Middendorp has dismissed talk that his charges are slowly letting the league title slip through their fingers. The Glamour Boys suffered their third league defeat of the campaign […]
The Federal High Court in Lagos on Monday ruled that the Head of Operations, Zenith Bank, Ado-Ekiti branch, Mr Johnson Abidakun, can testify as a prosecution witness in the ongoing N2.2bn fraud trial of a former governor of Ekiti State, Ayodele Fayose, and a firm, Spotless Investment Limited. The Economic and Financial Crimes Commission listed […]
The 2020 Africa Energy Forum (aef) (Africa-Energy-Forum.com) will welcome Chairwoman Damilola Ogunbiyi, CEO and Special Representative of the UN Secretary-General for Sustainable Energy for All (SEforALL) and Co-Chair of UN-Energy, to officiate the opening sessions. Mrs. Ogunbiyi said: “Africa is a region full of promise and economic opportunity. Yet as we begin the final decade […]
South Sudan rebels rejected on Sunday a peace offer by President Salva Kiir to return to a system of 10 states, paving the way for a unity government. The rejection by rebel chief Riek Machar dashes hopes of breaking a deadlock and ending a six-year conflict that has left at least 380 000 people dead […]
Egypt is eager to reach a political solution to resolve the Libyan crisis, said Egyptian Foreign Minister Sameh Shoukry on Sunday during the International Follow-up Committee for the Berlin Security Conference. Shoukry explained the focus should fall on fighting extremist organizations parallel to reaching a comprehensive settlement of the crisis, according to Egyptian Foreign Ministry […]
Over half those killed in Ntumbo were children, and local media report that several victims were burned alive. No-one has claimed responsibility for Friday’s incident, but an opposition party blamed the army. Cameroon’s government, which has been fighting separatists in the region for three years, denied involvement in the attack. James Nunan, an official from […]
West African Health Ministers met in Bamako on Friday to discuss the threat of the coronavirus to their countries. They agreed to strengthen cooperation and to increase vigilance and surveillance at entry ports. Michel Hamala Sidibé, Minister of Health and Social Affairs of Mali said the meeting had been successful and countries have bolstered resolve […]
Mamelodi Sundowns have five players nursing injuries after Anele Ngcongca was the latest to join the list. The Brazilians confirmed yesterday that Oupa Manyisa is in his final stages of rehabilitation, this after undergoing surgery on his Achilles tendon. Indications are that the midfielder could begin light training before the season comes to an end. […]
Ugandan and Rwandan delegations once again met in Kigali, Rwanda, on Friday. They issued a joint communique at the end of the meeting. The communique, signed by Foreign Affairs minister Sam Kutesa on behalf of Uganda and Mr Olivier Nduhungirehe on behalf of Rwanda, shows that there is more work still to be done, in […]
Former president Thabo Mbeki has undertaken to send apartheid’s last president, FW de Klerk, the UN convention declaring apartheid a crime against humanity. “We were sitting next to each other in parliament, I asked him about that [De Klerk’s comments that apartheid was not a crime against humanity]. “What transpires, is that he actually did […]
APC Deputy National Publicity Secretary, Yekini Nabena, told newsmen in Abuja that the volte face commendation of the Supreme Court and INEC by the Peoples Democratic Party (PDP) over the political situation in the state has exposed the opposition party as a fraudulent and two-faced party. He specifically asked the PDP’s National Chairman, Uche Secondus, […]
Following the backlash that trailed her statement in a YouTube video that went viral, Nollywood actress and single mother of two, Mercy Aigbe has denied encouraging ladies to be side-chicks to married men. Nigerians took to social media to call out the Yoruba actress after being spotted admonishing single ladies dating married men to play […]
Tunisian Prime Minister Elyes Fakhfakh formed a new government on Saturday. The former finance minister, was tasked by Tunisia’s president with forming a government after a previous list proposed under the leadership of the Ennahdha party was rejected by parliament following October legislative elections. Prime Minister Fakhfakh said of his government: “At this historical moment, […]
Mauritania on Friday opened a parliamentary inquiry into the regime of immediate past president, Mohamed Ould Abdel Aziz. The inquiry is over alleged corruption and mismanagement of the country’s resources Lemrabott Bennahi, spokesman for commission of enquiry said: “After the designation of its members and constitution of its office, the commission therefore becomes an institution […]
US Secretary of State Mike Pompeo is seeking to lay out a positive vision for US cooperation with Africa, where China has been increasingly active. Pompeo arrived in Senegalese capital Dakar on Saturday with his wife Suzan, as part of his first visit to sub-Saharan Africa in his nearly two years in office. In addition […]
A high-ranking official in Somaliland has confirmed a possible visit to Hargeisa by Ethiopian Prime Minister and the Somali president in the coming week. Hargeisa is capital of Somaliland, an autonomous region of Somalia. Voice of America journalist and author of “Inside AlShabab,” Harun Maruf posted a tweet that said Somaliland’s chairman of House of […]
The Principal Resident Magistrate Court in Malawi Friday sentenced four men, including a police officer, to a 15-year jail term for possessing human bones believed to be of persons with albinism. The four, aged between 29 and 53, were arrested in April 2018 in the eastern border district of Machinga where they were found with […]