On Monday, the President of Senegal, Macky Sall, put an end to months of stressful uncertainty by announcing that he would not seek a third term in office in the next year. This announcement paved the way for open elections to take place in the West African nation of Senegal, which has been regarded as […]
Eight players from the football club Jeunesse Sportive de Ouidah (JSO) in Benin faced a distressing situation when they were detained at a police station in Cotonou. These players had not received their wages for four months and were demanding payment from their club. They had gathered at the headquarters of “Les Bagnoles,” a partner […]
In today’s digital age, the potential of technology to transform education is evident more than ever, and one region where this transformation holds immense promise is Africa. The continent with its growing youth population and increasing access to the internet, stands to benefit significantly from the adoption of educational technology – edtech. Access to quality […]
Joke Silva, a popular Nigerian actress, director, and businesswoman, has revealed about her journey of accepting her husband’s illness. Her husband, Olu Jacobs, has been suffering from dementia, a group of symptoms affecting memory, thinking and social abilities, since 2021. Joke Silva MFR broke silence about her marital problems with her husband following his battle […]
The third China-Africa economic and trade exhibition, which took place in the city of Changsha on Sunday and had the subject of “common development for a shared future,” came to a close with the signing of projects totaling 10.3 billion United States dollars. The 8th Forum on China-Africa Cooperation (FOCAC) Ministerial Conference will serve as […]
Sikandar Raza, a Pakistani-born Zimbabwean international cricketer, has been in the spotlight in recent days. He has helped Zimbabwe on the path to another global tournament by becoming the fastest Zimbabwean to score 4000 ODI runs in cricket. He became an important person in the ICC World Cup qualifiers. He set a massive record for […]
Twitter has implemented a new measure that requires users to create an account in order to view tweets on its web platform. This action was taken in response to what Twitter owner Elon Musk referred to as “extreme levels of data scraping,” where large amounts of data were being taken from the platform. Musk claims […]
Belarusian President Aleksandr Lukashenko has sent the Baltic countries into panic by inviting the notorious Wagner Group to train its military. This comes just days after Yevgeny Prigozhin, the leader of the mercenary group, took exile in Belarus after striking a deal with Russia following an attempted coup. The Wagner group took refuge in Belarus […]
At least 48 people have been murdered after what appears to have been a loss of control by a truck that caused it to crash into other vehicles and pedestrians at a major intersection in western Kenya. After the accident that occurred on Friday night on the highway between the towns of Kericho and Nakuru, […]
Botswana, a landlocked country in Southern Africa, and De Beers, the world’s leading diamond company, have signed a new diamond sales deal. The government of Botswana and the diamond mining company De Beers Diamond Consortium said on Friday that they struck an “agreement in principle.” The De Beers Diamond Consortium, an international corporation that has […]
The Defence Headquarters of Nigeria has ordered several top military generals to retire before Monday. This directive came in a memo dated June 26, issued by Maj Gen Y. Yahaya on behalf of the chief of the defense staff. The decision is in line with the military tradition that when new service chiefs are appointed, […]
James Nnaji, a famous Nigerian professional basketball player for the Charlotte Hornets of the NBA, could stay back at Barcelona, a city on the coast of northeastern Spain, and may have his NBA dream detained for another season. Charlotte Hornets, a professional basketball team based in Charlotte, North Carolina, traded two draft picks, No. 34 […]
Trade between China and Africa has shown a rapid and positive development trend, reaching new heights growing to $260 Billion in 2022 from less than $13 Million in 2000. China’s total import and export volume with Africa in the last five months of 2023 reached $113.5 Billion, up about 16.4 percent year-on-year. According to the […]
Germany, which has approximately one thousand soldiers stationed in Mali, is currently pulling them out of the country and is to finish pulling out all of its troops by May 2024. German Defence Minister Boris Pistorius has declared that his country wants to remove its troops from Mali more quickly while maintaining order. The UN […]
The Central Bank of Nigeria (CBN) has introduced new guidelines and restrictions on contactless payments in the country. In two circulars issued by the CBN’s Director of Payments System Management Department, the bank outlined measures to standardize operations and encourage the use of innovative payment options while ensuring financial system stability. The guidelines direct that […]
Almajiri film of Ayodeji Richard Makun, also known by his stage name A.Y, has been struggling at the Nigerian box office. The film opened in Nigerian cinemas on June 23, 2023, across 54 locations. However, the film made only ₦5,425,050 at the box office, as reported by the Cinema Exhibitors Association of Nigeria (CEAN). Other […]
According to local officials and researchers, at least 700 people have perished as a result of hunger in the northern Tigray area of Ethiopia in recent weeks following the cessation of food aid by the United States and the United Nations. After uncovering a plot to steal donated wheat that was intended for those in […]
Victor Osimhen scored 31 goals across last season’s tournaments. He is very grateful to the organizers & fans as he is honored with the Best African Player Award. Nigerian football star Victor Osimhen has expressed his appreciation to the organizers of the 2023 Ghana Football Awards after being named the Best African Player of the […]
Russia has been boosting its influence in Africa via Wagner, Yevgeny Prigozhin’s mercenary group, to contain conflicts from spiraling into a full-fledged war. There are thousands of Wagner group fighters in Africa. The Kremlin has been using this notorious mercenary group as one of its most influential foreign policy tools. Following the weekend mutiny, an […]
On most evenings, Godwin Mumbere and his fellow students at Lhubirira Secondary School in Mpondwe, which is located on Uganda’s western border with the Democratic Republic of the Congo, quietly study and sing together before turning off the lights at 10:00 p.m. and climbing into their bunk beds. An unknown number of attackers, who are […]