Uber Kenya hikes fare by 20 percent after driver strikes
NAIROBI (Reuters) – The Kenyan unit of U.S. ride-hailing firm Uber Technologies Inc has increased its fare by 20 percent, a move that follows protests Read more
NAIROBI (Reuters) – The Kenyan unit of U.S. ride-hailing firm Uber Technologies Inc has increased its fare by 20 percent, a move that follows protests Read more
The Nigeria police have arrested three members of an armed robbery and kidnap gang, including Aisha Bature, 23, the wife of their leader. Some weapons Read more
President Muhammadu Buhari told Nigerian state governors today that their priority when they receive the second tranche of Paris loan refund should be to pay salaries, pensions Read more
Somali pirates on Thursday released a hijacked oil tanker and its eight-man Sri Lankan crew without any conditions or ransom payments. The release followed a Read more
New changes have been introduced into public procurement to shorten contract processing and execution period. These were contained in a “Bill for an Act to Read more
The Economic and Financial Crimes Commission has arrested one Saheed Omoniyi over alleged N11 million fraud perpetrated through the Internet. The Head of Public Affairs, Read more
Cameroonian Issa Hayatou’s 29-year reign as president of the Confederation of African Football has come to an end. He was ousted today in the much Read more
ADDIS ABABA – Confederation of African Football President Issa Hayatou has rejected any possibility of changing the timing of the African Nations Cup Finals despite Read more
Morocco’s King Mohammed VI has ousted Prime Minister Abdelilah Benkirane because of his failure to form a government five months after elections. A surprise palace Read more
LAGOS – Africa’s Ecobank expects its new digital banking platform to help to boost its customer base across the continent to 100 million from 13 million Read more
ADDIS ABABA (Reuters) – The death toll from a landslide at a dump in the Ethiopian capital Addis Ababa has reached 113, officials said on Read more
NAIROBI – Pirates have hijacked an oil tanker with eight Sri Lankan crew onboard, a Somali official said on Tuesday, the first time they have successfully Read more
NAIROBI – Aid workers in South Sudan should be exempt from a 100-fold hike in work permit fees so they can respond to famine in Read more
WASHINGTON/CAIRO – Russia appears to have deployed special forces to an airbase in western Egypt near the border with Libya in recent days, U.S., Egyptian and Read more
The torso of a huge statue, possibly 3,000 years old, has been lifted from the ground in Egypt. It could depict a famous pharaoh. The Read more
The 2022 Commonwealth Games will no longer be held in Durban, South Africa. David Grevemberg, chief executive of the Commonwealth Games Federation, said the city Read more
Hosni Mubarak, who was overthrown as president of Egypt in an uprising in 2011, will be released from detention in a military hospital, the public Read more
Aliko Dangote is now a coal miner as Tanzania has offered his Dangote Cement Company in the southeastern town of Mtwara, land to mine coal Read more
ADDIS ABABA (Reuters) – At least 48 people, 15 of them children, were killed in a landslide at a huge garbage dump on the outskirts Read more
Ms Malu Dreyer, Head of Bundestrat, the Upper Chamber of the German Parliament, has pledged Germany’s support to Nigeria in its economic recovery effort. Dreyer, Read more
CAIRO – Cairo’s population is set to grow by 500,000 this year, more than any other city in the world, adding to the pressure on an Read more
JOHANNESBURG – South African anti-apartheid veteran Winnie Madikizela-Mandela, ex-wife of the late president Nelson Mandela, is “absolutely fine” after being admitted to hospital for observation, Read more
Niger has begun the secret trials of about 1,000 suspected fighters from the Boko Haram jihadist movement, officials said Friday. Chief prosecutor Chaibou Samna said Read more
A Federal High Court in Lagos has ordered the temporary forfeiture of N3.5 billion and 68,000 dollars belonging to the top managers of the Nigerian Read more
JUBA – South Sudan’s President Salva Kiir said on Friday he had pardoned two senior government officials and promised to release other political prisoners, as Read more
GENEVA – Hundreds of thousands of people in northeastern Nigeria remain beyond the reach of aid, trapped between Boko Haram Islamist insurgents and counter-insurgency operations that Read more
WASHINGTON — For the second time this year, the United States has deported a group of Somalis to their home country. A plane carrying 68 Read more
A Ghanaian has been arrested by the police in Ghana for stabbing a Nigerian sex worker to death for allegedly stealing from him. The victim Read more
Nigeria’s foreign exchange reserves rose above $30 billion as of March 8 to its highest level since October 2015, central bank data showed on Friday. Read more
President Muhammadu Buhari who returned to Nigeria after about 50 days of medical vacation will do further follow-ups for his medical check-up in London. The Read more
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