Mozambique’s long-held dreams of natural gas have got a fresh boost following an estimated $1.1 billion contract award by ExxonMobil for the Rovuma LNG Phase 1 project in Mozambique’s Cabo Delgado region. The signing of the contracts represents a big leap towards FID for the project, whose objective is to build onshore LNG facilities with […]
Mali’s junta must title a civilian meantime leader on Tuesday, as the army chiefs meet with West African leaders who are additionally calling for fresh elections within a year. The 15-nation regional bloc known as ECOWAS gathered for a summit in Ghana, with its new president Nana Akufo-Addo also attending. The bloc has set an […]
The Constitutional Council, the top court in Cote d’Ivoire has officially validated the presidential candidacy bid of current President Alassane Ouattara who seeks a contentious third term — clearing only four of the 44 candidates for the October 31 presidential election. Mamadou Koné, the President of Ivory Coast’s constitutional council, read out the list in […]
Uganda’s National Identification and Registration Authority (NIRA) was on Monday closed temporarily after a security personnel tested positive for COVID-19. “One person has tested positive at our head offices-Kololo ceremonial grounds and the person is undergoing treatment. NIRA headquarters shall therefore be closed to the public for 2 days -Tuesday 15th Sept & Wednesday 16th […]
Kenya Airways stated it will resume business passenger flights to Ghana and Sierra Leone on September 16 and to Liberia on September 17. The flag carrier stated in an advertisement in the Daily Nation newspaper that it will fly 4 instances a week to Accra and twice weekly to Freetown and Monrovia. In West Africa, […]
Marrakesh is almost empty without the thousands and thousands of traffic who visit the snake charmers, story tellers and vibrant traders as the coronavirus pandemic brings tourism to its knees. Morocco has 35 million inhabitants and has recorded over 1,500 deaths from coronavirus and more than 86,600 validated cases. In the winding streets leading to […]
The sale of Highlands Park to Tim Sukazi has hit a snag after the proprietors acquired a letter – which the Siya crew has considered – from the Premier Soccer League. Following the story on this internet site on August 29 that the Lions of the North had offered its topflight reputation to Sukazi, owner […]
Petrol prices have risen in Nigeria after the oil-rich nation dumped a controversial petrol subsidy system in the face of a coronavirus budget crunch. The cost of fuel at the pump has risen by around 15% in recent days, hitting a record high of 162 naira per litre ($0.42), after the government pushed on with […]
Volunteers in South Africa are feeding needy humans on a sports activities subject the place stray bullets from gang struggle are a day by day hazard. The group, in Lavender Hill outside Cape Town, hand out food to homeless people and youngsters every day. They feed some 300 human beings twice a day, after the […]
About 50 people are feared dead after an artisanal gold mine flooded in the eastern Democratic Republic of Congo after torrential rains. The accident in the makeshift mine occurred on Friday in the town of Kamituga, in South Kivu province, about 270 kilometres (170 miles) southwest of the regional capital Bukavu. Rescue workers began to […]
The opposition coalition which led mass protests in Mali ahead of last month’s coup has rejected a transition charter to establish an 18-month interim government until an election could take place. It followed three days of talks with opposition and civil society groups. The M5-RFP group said the document was an attempt by military leaders […]
East African countries Uganda and Tanzania signed the Host Government Agreement (HGA) for the building of the East Africa Crude Oil Pipeline (EACOP) project. The signing of the settlement took area on Sunday in Chato in the northwest of Tanzania in a ceremony attended by means of Ugandan President Yoweri Museveni and his Tanzanian counterpart […]
Telkom investors have snubbed the board’s request for a regularly occurring authority in the issuance of shares in the telecoms corporation for cash on the grounds the pass could dilute current shareholding structure. The shareholders advised the company’s annual popular meeting the request would affect the group’s contemporary flat share price. The decision failed to […]
Transcending from an African family identify to a international superstar, chart-topping Nigerian musician and innovative Adekunle Gold marks this chapter of his ascension with the launch of his new album “Afro Pop Vol. 1”. Foreshadowed with the aid of internationally acclaimed singles “AG Baby” and the sensational “Something Different”, Adekunle’s 0.33 studio album – and […]
Super Eagles coach, Gernot Rohr might also no longer have a fully in shape Joe Aribo and Leon Balogun for the November double header AFCON qualifiers towards Sierra Leone after the duo are sidelined with thigh quad injuries. Aribo and Balogun are extensively viewed as certain bets to make Rohr’s 24-man lists that will prosecute […]
A Doctor Mysteriously Dies in Police Custody Angola’s Doctors’ Union led around a hundred protesters in a march thru the city centre in Luanda on Saturday to denounce police brutality and demand an investigation into the suspicious demise of Silvio Dala in police custody after he used to be arrested for using except a face […]
Busted at the Sea Vast blue waters and open sparkling air. Nothing out of the normal right here barring a Croatian-flagged sailing boat 163 km west of La Palma, the Canary Islands carrying simply underneath a tonne of cocaine organised into 980 1kg packets with an estimated market fee of over 40 million euros. The […]
Mauritians took to the streets of Mahébourg for the second time in a month on Saturday in frustration over the perceived government mishandling of the devastating oil spills brought on from the 1000-tonne fuel-carrying Japanese Wakashio — which was once shipwrecked in the waters off the southeast coast of the island in July therefore placing […]
Yellow, red, green… this is the new face of the town of Abobo after the operation “Abobo ê zo,” which means “Abobo is pretty!” An operation initiated by the town hall and financed by private and public companies from Côte d’Ivoire. More than a hundred craftspeople were mobilised on the life-size building site. Namory Dosso, […]