Univ. chief: Suez Canal Univ. is a good example of China-Africa...
Suez Canal University is one of the largest cooperation projects and a model of fruitful educational collaboration between Egypt and China, Atef Aboul-Nour, president...
Five years later after mall attack, al-Shabaab remains threat to Kenya
Five years after al-Shabab fighters burst into a luxury shopping mall in Kenya’s capital, hurling grenades and starting a days-long siege that left 67...
Nigeria police say $470.5 million retrieved in asset recovery exercise
Police in Nigeria recovered $470.5 million in bank accounts related to the state oil company as part of an exercise to recover stolen funds,...
South Africa to reallocate $3.5B of budget to revive economy
South African President Cyril Ramaphosa announced a raft of policy reform plans on Friday, including re-prioritising 50 billion rand ($3.5 billion) of public spending...
Kenya’s president signs finance bill with contested new taxes into law
Kenyan President Uhuru Kenyatta has signed a new finance bill into law, officially introducing a series of new taxes, including one on fuel, which...
Liberia passes landmark law to secure ancestral land rights
Liberia has passed a landmark law that will help communities fight foreign land grabs by giving them ownership of ancestral territory, officials and activists...
Italian court convicts two in Nigeria oil corruption case
A Milan judge on Thursday sentenced two men to four years in prison in the first ruling of a corruption case involving oil giants...
Ferry in Tanzania’s lake Victoria capsizes – government agency
A passenger ferry in Tanzania’s Lake Victoria has sunk and rescue operations are underway, Tanzanian authorities said on Thursday.
Tanzania’s Electrical, Mechanical and Services Agency...
Kenya set for a walk to highlight plight of African refugees
The Kenyan capital of Nairobi will on Sunday hold a public walk to raise awareness on the plight of African refugees grappling with myriad...
Amaju Pinnick reelected president of Nigeria Football Federation
Amaju Pinnick has become the first person to win a second consecutive four-year term as president of the Nigeria Football Federation (NFF).
The 44-year-old beat...
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Desmond Tutu expresses support for regulated euthanasia
Terminally ill people should have the right to a “dignified assisted death,” former South African archbishop Desmond Tutu said Friday, following a murder charge...
Univ. chief: Suez Canal Univ. is a good example of China-Africa educational cooperation
Suez Canal University is one of the largest cooperation projects and a model of fruitful educational collaboration between Egypt and China, Atef Aboul-Nour, president...
Five years later after mall attack, al-Shabaab remains threat to Kenya
Five years after al-Shabab fighters burst into a luxury shopping mall in Kenya’s capital, hurling grenades and starting a days-long siege that left 67...
Nigeria police say $470.5 million retrieved in asset recovery exercise
Police in Nigeria recovered $470.5 million in bank accounts related to the state oil company as part of an exercise to recover stolen funds,...
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NIGERIA: BUHARI’S ANTI-CORRUPTION WAR
There is something about corruption in Nigeria that is, for me, a huge contradiction. Everyone in the country knows it is about the biggest...
How did Zimbabwe get here?
In 2013 a resounding electoral victory handed back full control of Zimbabwe’s Government to ZANU- PF, ending an uncomfortable coalition with the opposition.
The four-year...
What China’s ‘New Era’ means for Africa
The curtain finally came down on the Communist Party of China’s (CPC) 19th Congress held between October 18-24, 2017 at the Great Hall of...