The governments all over Africa keep revising their wage levels and salaries in the public sector due to the problem that revolves around the issue of inflation and cost of living. Africa Minimum Wages, For July 2026, there are revisions of salaries in Kenya and Zambia, besides Zimbabwe and Nigeria, where wages are becoming a […]
West Africa is experiencing one of the biggest changes in its history after the official split of Mali, Burkina Faso, and Niger from ECOWAS into the Alliance of Sahel States (AES). ECOWAS after Sahel split trade and travel rules, As a result, the split not only affects future cooperation but also brings uncertainties regarding trade, […]
The Ghanaian government has denied signing a contract with the China Railway Construction Company (International) Nigeria Limited to develop and modernise the country’s railway network. The Minister of Railway Development, Joe Ghartey (MP), disclosed this in a letter while reacting to an online report which alleged that the country had reached an agreement with the […]
Riot police have deployed at Inzikuru Stadium in Arua District where more than 40 schools are converging for the district post-primary athletics competition. The three-day field and track event which started on Friday have also attracted thousands of people scattered in the outskirts of the venue and in the nearby Barifa eucalyptus forests. The annual […]
Ethiopian Airlines Group, the largest Aviation Group in Africa and SKYTRAX certified Four Star Global Airline, has been honored as the ‘Best Airline in Africa’ for the third consecutive year at the Skytrax 2019 World Airlines Awards held in Paris on June 18, 2019. The airline also won the much-coveted ‘Best Business Class in Africa’ […]
Detectives from the United Kingdom have arrived in Nigeria for what appeared a final lap of investigation ahead of preparation for the trial of a former Minister of Petroleum Resources, Mrs. Diezani Alison-Madueke. The detectives, who met with the operatives of the Economic and Financial Crimes Commission (EFCC) for additional fact-finding, have already spent a […]
Norton MP Temba Mliswa has warned President Emmerson Mnangagwa that he risks capturing by Chinese nationals operating businesses in Zimbabwe if they are allowed to be a law unto themselves. Mliswa revealed to fellow parliamentarians that he had escaped a kidnapping attempt at a Chinese-owned tile manufacturing firm in his constituency. He was speaking on […]
Former president Jacob Zuma has criticised the party’s leaders for failing to implement its programme of action. Zuma participated in a panel discussion on the ANC Youth League (ANCYL) in Sophiatown, Johannesburg on Thursday evening. While he made no mention of current ANC president Cyril Ramaphosa, he spoke of the importance of having a leader […]
At least 36 people have been killed after a copper and cobalt mine collapsed in Lualaba province in south-east DR Congo, authorities say. The provincial governor Richard Muyej blamed the accident on what he called “clandestine artisanal diggers”. Unofficial mining is common in the region and people do it as a means to make a […]
President Mnangagwa will set up a commission of inquiry into allegations of corruption levelled against ordinary citizens, senior ZANU-PF members and Government officials. This follows the bold decision by the Zanu-PF Youth League to name people accused corruption in the country. Speaking at a Press briefing after the 330th Ordinary Session of the Politburo in […]
Expropriation without compensation “in defined circumstances” is but one of the ways to reform South Africa’s plans to achieve agrarian reform and spatial justice, and individual rights to land will also be recognised, President Cyril Ramaphosa said. Thereby Ramaphosa distanced his government from nationalising all the land, not for the first time. He responded to […]
Seven police officers have been killed in a jihadist attack in restive North Sinai, Egypt’s interior ministry said on Wednesday. The attack near the regional capital El-Arish targeted an “assembly centre” for police, according to the ministry. Four assailants died “during clashes” following the attack, one when he detonated an explosives belt, it said. North […]
The Head of Delegation of the European Union to Nigeria and ECOWAS, Amb. Ketil Karlsen, on Wednesday said 62 million Nigerians live without access to improved water and spend over half an hour traveling to fetch water. The European Ambassador equally said the organization has spent more 260 million euros in reaching more than ten […]
President Nana Akufo-Addo of Ghana has received Yacoub Yousef Al Hosani, Assistant Minister of Foreign Affairs and International Cooperation for International Organisations Affairs. The meeting, which took place at the Golden Jubilee House in Accra, the two sides discussed means of enhancing bilateral relations between the UAE and Ghana. Khalifa Yousef Mohammed Al Zaabi, UAE […]
A Kenyan MP has been arrested after saying he would beat up foreign traders if they did not leave the country. Charles Njagua Kanyi said in a video that Tanzanian and Ugandan traders were taking Kenyan business and “enough is enough”. A diplomatic row erupted and Tanzania’s prime minister summoned the Kenyan high commissioner for […]
The National Youth Service Corps Foundation is searching for about 75 corps members who took between N300,000 and N400,000 loans to start small businesses but refused to pay after about four years. The defaulting corps members, who have now passed out, used their certificates as collateral, which was the only condition to access the loans. […]
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 […]