A travel agent in Karachi hears the same complaint every week: regional flights cost too much, even when the distance is short. That is why the announcement “ECOWAS to Abolish Air Taxes From January 2026 to Boost Regional Travel — Major Policy Shift” is getting attention beyond West Africa, including Pakistan. ECOWAS says the aim […]
Florida Governor Ron DeSantis issued a proclamation on December 9th wherein he made both the Council on American Islamic Relations (CAIR) and the Muslim Brotherhood foreign terrorist organizations in Florida. The Governor’s announcement was made via social media (X, previously Twitter) and comes on the heels of increasing scrutiny by the United States toward organizations […]
Over the past four months, Malawians have eagerly followed live broadcasts of witnesses presenting evidence to judges of alleged rigging in an election narrowly won by President Peter Mutharika. For the first time in the southeast African nation’s history, the court proceedings were aired on private radio stations. The testimonies, which ended on Friday, challenge […]
The Department of State Service has rearrested and detained activists Omoyele Sowore and Olawale Bakare popularly known as Mandate. The two men were rearrested by operatives of the secret police on Friday hours after they were released on bail on Thursday evening. They were standing trial at the Federal High Court, Abuja, on Friday in […]
Nairobi County Governor, Mike Sonko, who is popular for his chunky gold jewelry has been arrested by Kenya Police on Friday on corruption charges. Reuters report that the Chief Public Prosecutor Noordin Haji disclosed that Gov. Mike Sonko and his associates were arrested at a news conference in Nairobi, after they failed to honoured Police […]
The director of the Norwegian Nobel Institute has called it “highly problematic” that the 2019 Nobel Peace Prize winner won’t attend any event next week where he could be asked questions publicly, while the spokeswoman for Ethiopia’s prime minister cited “pressing” domestic issues and the leader’s “humble disposition.” Organizers “had wished that Abiy Ahmed would […]
The eldest son of Gabonese president Ali Bongo Ondimba, Noureddin Bongo Valentin, has been handed a political appointment at the presidency according to reports. He was appointed “coordinator of presidential affairs” on Thursday with the main mandate “to assist the President of the Republic in the conduct of all affairs of the State.” The AFP […]
Scores of migrants who swam through rough Atlantic Ocean waters to safety from a capsized boat while 58 others drowned were receiving care Thursday in Mauritania after one of the deadliest disasters this year among people making the perilous journey to Europe. The boat that left Gambia a week ago had been carrying at least […]
A former governor of Nigeria’s southeastern Abia State has been jailed 12-years for fraud by a court sitting in the commercial capital, Lagos. The country’s anti-graft outfit, the Economic and Financial Crimes Commission, announced securing judgement on Kalu and two others in a fraud case that involved 7.65 billion naira (about $20.9m.) Also convicted were […]
Up to 57 people have died after a ship from Gambia carrying around 150 migrants sank off the coast of Mauritania on Wednesday (Dec 4), the UN migration agency said. The perilous sea passage from West Africa to Europe was once a major route for migrants seeking jobs and prosperity. This incident is one of […]
Eleven Tunisians were arrested during a night of clashes between protesters and police in the central region of Sidi Bouzid, the interior ministry said on Tuesday, after the self-immolation of a young man sparked outrage. Clashes in Jelma started after the death last Friday of a 25-year-old who set himself on fire in the centre […]
Ugandan president Yoweri Kaguta Museveni joined a broad-range of citizens for an anti-corruption walk on Wednesday. Thousands of people from government agencies, religious, traditional and civil society leaders joined other citizens for the walk, the president said on Twitter. “I am very glad we turned up in big numbers as we continue the war towards […]
Zambia’s President has stood by his nation’s strict anti-homosexuality laws. In an interview with Britain’s Sky News on Monday Edgar Lungu described homosexuality as “unbiblical and un-Christian,” and went on to liken it to bestiality. “We know that there could be people who are homosexual in Zambia. But we don’t want to promote it, because […]
At least 23 people have died in a huge explosion that tore through a tile factory in Sudan’s capital of Khartoum, the government said Tuesday. The blaze also injured nearly 130 people, several critically, the cabinet statement added, suggesting the death toll from the blaze could rise as the burned were being treated at local […]
Ghana’s President Akufo-Addo is billed to intervene in the dispute between Nigerian traders and the Ghana Union of Traders Association (GUTA). GUTA said Nigerian traders should keep off retail business and has moved in several cities to shut down shops owned by Nigerians. GUTA accuses the Ghanaian government of failing to enforce Section 27 (1) […]
Suspected Boko Haram jihadists killed four Chadian troops early on Monday in a newly established military outpost on Lake Chad, the military and local officials said. Boko Haram has training camps on several of the islands that dot the vast, shallow Lake Chad, which straddles the borders of Nigeria, Niger and Cameroon as well as […]
A senior Sudanese rebel leader Monday called for a three-month extension to finalise a peace deal with the Khartoum government, as talks between the two sides are to resume next week. Yasir Arman, deputy leader of the rebel Sudan People’s Liberation Movement-North (SPLM-N), also called on Washington to remove Sudan from its blacklist of “state […]
At least 24 Tunisians were killed and 18 more injured Sunday when a bus plunged off a cliff into a ravine in the country’s north, officials said. The bus had set off from Tunis to the picturesque mountain town of Ain Draham, a popular autumn destination for Tunisians near the Algerian border, the tourism ministry […]
The President of Guinea Conakry, Prof. Alpha Conde has commended the Acting Chairman of the Economic and Financial Crimes Commission, EFCC, Ibrahim Magu for responding to his invitation to help reform the Anti-corruption agency in Guinea. He expressed his gratitude in a letter of appreciation dated November 28, 2019 and sent through the Ambassador of […]
The 2019 Conference on Land Policy in Africa ended in Abidjan over the weekend with academic institutions pledging to work with traditional leaders to initiate solutions to land governance challenges on the continent in an effort to root out corruption from the land sector.ECA in a statement on Saturday said stakeholders attending the five-day conference […]