ECOWAS leaders hold crisis talks as Gambia leader’s mandate ends
By Emma Farge and Diadie Ba DAKAR (Reuters) – Mauritanian President Mohamed Ould Abdel Aziz flew to Senegal to meet with President Macky Sall after Read more
By Emma Farge and Diadie Ba DAKAR (Reuters) – Mauritanian President Mohamed Ould Abdel Aziz flew to Senegal to meet with President Macky Sall after Read more
LUSAKA (Reuters) – Konkola Copper Mines (KCM), owned by global conglomerate Vedanta Resources PLC, will pay the first tranche of the $100 million it owes Read more
BANJUL (Reuters) – British tour operator Thomas Cook started evacuating nearly 1,000 holidaymakers from Gambia on Wednesday after President Yahya Jammeh declared a state of Read more
By Lin Noueihed and Ahmed Aboulenein CAIRO (Reuters) – Egypt is on track to receive the second tranche of a $12 billion three-year loan from Read more
BAMAKO (Reuters) – Twenty-five people were killed and others were injured when a vehicle packed with explosives detonated on Wednesday at a military camp in Read more
By Mark Gleeson LIBREVILLE (Reuters) – Hosts Gabon will be looking for a vastly improved performance at the African Nations Cup on Wednesday when they Read more
BANJUL (Reuters) – Gambia’s National Assembly has passed a resolution to allow President Yahya Jammeh to stay in office for three months from Wednesday, state Read more
The Belgian Ambassador to Nigeria, Mr Stephane De Loecker, on Monday said that it was imperative for Nigeria to create a more friendly investment environment Read more
The Lagos State Emergency Management Agency (LASEMA), on Tuesday said 13,000 Closed Circuit Television cameras would be installed at major locations across the state to Read more
Nigeria has made provision in 2017 budget to extend telecommunications services to additional 40 million people. Prof. Umar Danbatta, the Executive Vice Chairman of Nigerian Read more
Nigeria will close the gap between the official and black market rates for the Naira against the dollar “very soon”, Vice President Yemi Osinbajo said Read more
Gambia’s tourism and culture minister on Tuesday said he will step down, in what was a sign of dwindling support for Gambia’s outgoing president Yahya Read more
Mr Ona Ohimor, an economic analyst, has said that any positive projection of Nigeria’s economy in 2017 is a welcome development. He said this in Read more
President Muhammadu Buhari has expressed deep sadness and regret over the accidental bombing of a civilian community in Rann, Borno State by the Nigerian Air Force. Read more
Ghana’s Andre Ayew scored a first-half penalty to secure for the Black Stars a 1-0 victory over Uganda in the opening Group D match at Read more
Nigeria’s Vice-President Yemi Osinbajo has left Abuja for Davou, Switzerland, to participate in this year’s World Economic Forum holding this week in Davos. Vice-President’s Senior Read more
The Benin Traditional Council (BTC), has suspended Nosakhare Isekhure, as the Isekhure (Chief Priest) of Benin Kingdom indefinitely for alleged intransigence. Acting on the authority Read more
The Nigerian army today offered whistleblowers N500,000 as reward for information on suicide bombers, as it also called for vigilance in the various communities in Read more
The Nigerian Air Force (NAF) has expressed sadness over the accidental air strike that affected the Internal Displaced Persons Camp in Rann, Kala Balge area Read more
A Nigerian Air Force jet killed 52 people and injured 120 in an air strike on an Internally Displaced Persons, IDP camp in the northeast state Read more
Bring Back Our Girls (BBOG) advocacy group on Tuesday in Yola commended the Nigeria Air Force (NAF) for professionalism and sophistication in prosecuting war against Read more
Governor Kashim Shettima of Borno state on Tuesday, ordered all hospitals and health agency to standby to provide emergency medical response to victims of Rann Read more
Outgoing Gambian President Yahya Jammeh has declared a three-month state of emergency, with hours to the inauguration of president-elect Adama Barrow. In a televised address Read more
Mrs Sharon Ikeazor, Executive Secretary of Pension Transitional Arrangement Directorate (PTAD), on Tuesday said the directorate had suspended 15,600 pensioners from its payroll for lack Read more
The Ministry of Mines and Steel Development has urged the Federal Government to give special attention to the development of eight critical areas to improve Read more
The U.S. has warned the embattled President Yahya Jammeh of The Gambia, saying he is losing opportunities to peacefully handover to President-elect Adama Barrow and Read more
A maize pest that has devastated crops in southern Africa is a South American species which is harder to detect and eradicate than its African Read more
For Inonge Imutowana, buying food for her family of six is becoming increasingly costly. On the outskirts of the capital, a 25-kilo bag of staple Read more
Millions of Ethiopians face a hunger crisis for a second consecutive year after drought hit sub-Saharan Africa’s second most populous nation, the United Nations said Read more
Gendarmes fired shots into the air inside their camps in the Ivory Coast cities of Daloa, Man and the capital Yamoussoukro on Tuesday, witnesses said, Read more
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