The recent news on the same issue concerning fuel supply pressure also left motorists in the country concerned. Since there are talks of using fuel limits in South Africa, there have been numerous questions that most drivers have regarding which amount of petrol or diesel will they be able to buy, and how these interim […]
If the Strait of Hormuz, one of the most important oil shipping routes in the world, were to close, it could have a big effect on the global energy market. The small waterway is a key route for crude oil shipments from the Middle East to Asia because it carries almost 20% of the world’s […]
International rights group, Human Rights Watch, HRW; says the United Nations must maintain considerable pressure on Eritrea to work on its ongoing human rights infractions. They aver that despite a July 2018 peace deal with Ethiopia and improved relations with neighbours across the Horn of Africa region, Eritrea continues with policies that enforce rights abuses. […]
About 60 presidential candidates in the 2019 general elections have faulted the Peoples Democratic Party and its presidential candidate, Atiku Abubakar over the controversy surrounding the use of a server, describing it as unnecessary. They also criticised the report of European Union Election Observer Mission which alleged a lack of transparency in the guidelines of […]
Attorney General of Ethiopia’s Amhara region has succumbed to injuries sustained after an attack that led to the death of the region’s president over the weekend. Migbara Kebede becomes the fifth casualty of the coup attempt in Bahir Dar, the regional capital. The BBC also reports that the mastermind of the attack, Asaminew Tsige, had […]
President Muhammadu Buhari commiserates with the government and people of Zamfara State on the recent infiltration of bandits, who killed several innocent citizens in Tsafe Local Government Area of the State. Condemning the incident, President Buhari describes the bandit attacks as callous and despicable, assuring the people of Zamfara and other Nigerians who have lost […]
A woman believed to be in her 40s was killed when a lift ‘failed’ in a highrise building in Doornfontein, Johannesburg, on Sunday morning, paramedics said.ER24 spokesman Ross Campbell said the lift had ascended rapidly and come to a stop above the 26th floor of the building.In a tweet earlier, he said the cable had […]
Sudanese protest leaders have agreed with a proposal set forth by Ethiopian mediators aiming to end the months-long unrest in the African country. A coalition of political groups representing the protesters announced that they had accepted the proposed plan suggested by mediators sent by Ethiopian Prime Minister Abiy Ahmed. One of the protest leaders, Madani […]
Vice President Yemi Osinbajo, SAN, will be visiting the US where he will be meeting with his United States counterpart, Mr. Mike Pence and other key groups and interests in the country. Ahead of his meeting with the Vice President of the United States in Washington D.C on Wednesday, Professor Osinbajo will be meeting with […]
Sudanese protest leaders were to hold talks later Saturday with an Ethiopian envoy who has been mediating with the ruling generals and drafted a compromise blueprint for a political transition. “The document is undergoing discussions among members of the alliance who will be meeting with Ethiopian mediator Mahmoud Dardir on Saturday to reflect their view […]
More than 500 critically endangered vultures have died of poisoning in Botswana, according to local officials. A total of 537 vultures and two tawny eagles were found dead in the country’s north-east, though it’s unclear when. The government suspects poachers who killed three elephants had laced their carcasses with poisons to avoid attracting attention. Conservationists […]
South Africa’s president declared Thursday the country’s struggling state-owned power utility Eskom “cannot be allowed to fail” and said he wants more funding to keep it afloat after its cash runs out in October. President Cyril Ramaphosa in his first State of the Nation address since last month’s election acknowledged “enormous and severe challenges” including […]
Malawi’s Members of Parliament have elected fellow legislator, Catherine Gotani Hara, as speaker of Parliament, making her the country’s first female speaker for the August House. Hara, who belongs to the main opposition Malawi Congress Party (MCP), won the seat in a tightly contested electoral process, beating former deputy speaker of the house, Esther Mcheka […]
Despite populist rhetoric in the West, the real refugee crisis is playing out in developing countries, which hosts most of the record 70.8 million displaced people who have fled war and persecution, the United Nations said on Wednesday (June 19). Half of the worlds forcibly displaced are children and the 2018 total is the highest […]
A black South African MP says she punched a man in self-defence after he allegedly hurled racial abuse at her. Phumzile van Damme from the opposition Democratic Alliance said she got into a row with a white woman at Cape Town’s V&A Waterfront when the man intervened. She said the man, who was white, was […]
Kano State Governor, Abdullahi Ganduje has revealed that the missing N6.8 Million missing in a zoo in Kano was not swallowed by a Gorilla as widely reported. Mr Ganduje who spoke to journalists shortly after a meeting with President Muhammadu Buhari on Tuesday said that investigations are still ongoing and preliminary reports so far reveal […]
A Ghanaian, Gabby Asare Otchere-Darko, has called on his fellow countrymen to stop putting the label of criminals on Nigerians living in the West African country. Otchere-Darko, who is the founder of a policy and research institute, Danquah Institute, made the call on his Facebook page. Sharing the photos, Otchere-Darko wrote, “Imagine living in Europe, […]
At least 38 people were killed and several others sustained injuries in an attack carried out by unidentified gunmen in Gangafani and Yoro villages in central Mali, authorities said on Tuesday. The government responded to the incident by sending a military unit to the area to track down the perpetrators and investigate the incident, reported […]
Nigerian Singer, Naira Marley, reminiscing on his 35 days experience in detention, has disclosed intentions to help inmates awaiting trial get fair hearing. He revealed this in a post he shared on his Instagram account,@nairamarley, saying that there were several other inmates in jail without trial nor conviction who might need help. Marley, who was […]
