Ghana lawmakers quiz finance minister
Accra – Ghanaian Finance Minister Kenneth Ofori-Atta faced an enquiry from lawmakers over his financial management on Friday as... Read more
19 Nov, 2022
Ethiopia starts exporting electricity to Kenya
Nairobi – Ethiopia said it has begun exporting electricity to Kenya under a 25-year deal between the two East... Read more
19 Nov, 2022
DRC town set to ‘disappear’ as mines expand
Kolwezi – “We’re screwed,” said Alphonse Fwamba Mutombo, standing on a plot of rubble overlooking an open-cast cobalt mine... Read more
19 Nov, 2022
PICS | World’s oldest pupil dies in Kenya aged 99
Nairobi – The world’s oldest primary school student, Priscilla Sitieni, whose resolve to acquire an education in her 90s... Read more
19 Nov, 2022
Nigeria’s largest pool of voters divided before election
Maiduguri – Abacha Muyam and Babakura Alhaji Isa, friends from Bama in the northern Nigerian state of Borno, both... Read more
19 Nov, 2022
West Africa coastal states eye more cooperation over Sahel jihadism
Accra – West African coastal states on Thursday held talks on boosting cooperation against jihadist violence spilling over from... Read more
19 Nov, 2022
Equatorial Guinea: Tiny oil producer with grim rights record
Paris – Equatorial Guinea, where the world’s longest-serving president Teodoro Obiang Nguema Mbasogo is seeking another seven-year term on... Read more
19 Nov, 2022
Nigeria soldier kills aid worker, wounds UN pilot
Lagos – A Nigerian soldier shot and killed a humanitarian worker, another soldier and wounded a UN pilot in... Read more
19 Nov, 2022
Film ‘flips the angle’ on iconic Thelonious Monk interview
Marrakesh – Half a century after jazz great Thelonious Monk appeared on a French television program, a new documentary... Read more
19 Nov, 2022
Jailed Egypt dissident was ‘near death’ on hunger strike: family
Cairo – Jailed British-Egyptian activist Alaa Abdel Fattah was “near” to death behind bars, his family told AFP on... Read more
18 Nov, 2022
