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 […]
Sudan Prime Minister Abdalla Hamdock has been elected chairperson of the regional political bloc, the Intergovernmental Authority on Development, IGAD. IGAD Heads of State and government representatives met for the 13th Ordinary Summit in the Ethiopian capital Addis Ababa where Hamdock was elected leader. He takes over from his Ethiopian Prime Minister Abiy Ahmed who […]
A French court has sentenced 23 Nigerians and one Frenchman, all members of a Lyon-based sex trafficking ring to prison terms of up to seven years for forcing Nigerian women into prostitution. It was the latest case to highlight the growing use of African migrants in the European sex trade. Among those sentenced was Europe’s […]
Sudan’s transitional government announced on Friday (Nov 29) that it has overturned a moral policing law and moved to dissolve the country’s former ruling party, fulfilling two major demands from the country’s pro-democracy protesters. Rights groups say the Public Order Act targets women and is a holdover from the three-decade rule of toppled president Omar […]
Members of Parliament, MPs, in Lesotho were involved in chaotic exchanges on Thursday arising from the decision of the Speaker to suspend sitting over controversial trade regulations. Reports indicate that opposition MPs were demanding the appearance before the house of Chalane Phoro, Minister for Small Business Development, Conservatives and Marketing. The MPs had expressly demanded […]
A bronze statue that was looted from what is now Nigeria more than a century ago will be returned, Cambridge University in Britain says. The cockerel was taken in 1897 from the Court of Benin and given to the university several years later. The statue was removed from public view in 2016 after students protested, […]
Three journalists arrested in a café in Cairo have been charged with disseminating false news and joining a banned group. Solafa Magdi, her husband Hossam Al-Sayyad and Mohamed Salah, were friends of the detained activist Israa Abdelfattah , who is currently in pre-trial detention. Co-founder of the 6 April movement, Israa was kidnapped from a […]
Benin has ordered the European Union’s ambassador to the country to leave citing political interference, a statement from the president’s office confirmed on Wednesday. The statement described Ambassador Oliver Nette as “harmful,” whiles reiterating that the West African country had nothing against the EU. “He has interfered too much in domestic affairs,” an anonymous government […]
In a move to foster a good relationship with their hosts, the Free State Province Chapter of Nigerian Union South Africa (NUSA), joined other civil society organisations in their 16 days march against all forms of criminal activities in the province. The Publicity Secretary of NUSA, Mr. Habib Miller Salihu, said on Wednesday that the […]
Flooding and landslides after heavy rains in Congo have left at least 32 people dead in and around the capital, Kinshasa, officials said Tuesday. “The situation is a dramatic. In addition to 15 lifeless bodies that we have collected, there is significant material damage,” said Jean Nsaka, the magistrate in Lemba. He said a much […]
Nigeria’s federal government launched its first national sexual offenders register on Monday – a database of those convicted for sexual violence since 2015 in Africa’s most populous nation. The record will be available online to better help the public, state bodies and police conduct background checks and identify repeat offenders. Julie Okah-Donli, Director General, National […]
Three British nationals were arrested in Mauritius at the Sir Seewoosagur Ramgoolam airport with more than 3.3 kg of heroin. The suspects purged a total of 282 drug dumplings with an estimated market value of about 50 million Mauritian Rupees (over 1,350,000). They were arrested after their arrival in the Green Channel of the SSR […]
Qatar , one of the richest and notorious nations of the Gulf region, is back in news and this time for hiding information on Gulf attacks. As per an exclusive report released by Fox News, Doha had prior information of the series of attacks on oil tankers in UAE ’s territorial waters. The explosives, which […]
The Director of Diaspora Affairs at the Office of the President, Akwasi Awuah Ababio, has announced that President Nana Akufo-Addo will be granting up to 200 Africans in the Diaspora Ghanaian citizenship this year. He said this in an interview with Citi TV after a press briefing on The Year of Return at the Accra […]
Ace Ghanaian Investigative reporter, Anas Aremeyaw Anas was on Friday, November 22nd, at the maiden Ghana NiBs Innovations Awards, recognised for his outstanding contribution to the economy of Ghana. The NiBs Innovation Awards seeks to recognise individuals and organisations that contribute in significant, sustainable and innovative ways, towards the forward march of Ghanaian industry. The […]
President Muhammadu Buhari has said Nigeria has no reason to remain underdeveloped. He therefore identified technology as a catalyst for the country’s development. The President, who was represented on Saturday by Vice-President Yemi Osinbajo at the graduation ceremony of Senior Executive Course 41 of the National Institute for Policy and Strategic Studies, Kuru, Jos, said […]
Detectives from the Directorate of Criminal Investigations have seized counterfeit cigarettes worth over Sh.18 million in Nairobi. Area regional police commander Philip Ndolo said that the consignment was confiscated by the sleuths at Kenyatta Market in Kilimani following a tip-off by members of the public on Friday. Four suspects; Paul Njoroge, Kefa Onyango, Joseph Kariuki […]
A Kenyan-born man has been handed a five- to seven-year prison term after he was convicted of killing Massachusetts policeman Thomas Clardy in March 2016. Local media reports indicate that David Njuguna, 33, was sentenced after “an emotional” series of impact statements from Clardy’s wife, children, sister and mother. The state trooper’s wife, Reisa Clardy, […]
President Muhammadu Buhari administration has come under attack over the social media and hate speech bills. DAILY POST reported that the Senate on Wednesday passed for second reading a bill for an act to make provision for the protection from Internet Falsehood and Manipulations, and for related matters. The bill, which was sponsored by Senator […]