With rice consumption in Nigeria steadily rising, outgrowing local supply, there is now a supply gap of about 2 million metric tonnes annually, a new report says.
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The United States announced Monday that it will refuse to grant visas to Ugandan officials who enforce a controversial anti-homosexuality law enacted in the East African country in May that includes penalties up to and including the death penalty.
"It works using the system of kidney dialysis, whereby it filters every pathogen or every germ that causes waterborne diseases. So, it is designed in a way whereby it has small holes, very, very tiny, micro holes that don't allow those particles that c...
“We are witnessing today, especially in the West, a dismantling of the values of faith and piety... and a destruction of the forms of the mass,” he lamented from the pulpit.
The military regime resulting from the July coup in Niger announced Monday that it was ending two European Union (EU) security and defence missions in the country, as it welcomed a Russian delegation to Niamey.
A court has suspended the privatisation of 11 state-owned companies in Kenya, including the national oil and gas company, following an appeal by the main opposition party, a court source said on Tuesday.
The U.K. government said Cleverly will meet his Rwandan counterpart, Vincent Biruta, to sign a new treaty and discuss next steps for the troubled "migration and economic development partnership."
In Cameroon's rural north, a career in science is a rarity for most women. Two young women have bucked the trend, winning a prestigious science award on November 8.
"The Nigerian army was on a routine mission against terrorists but unfortunately, some members of Tudun Biri community were affected." Samuel Aruwan, local state security commissioner
Following the sentencing to five years in prison of Mauritania's former president Mohamed Ould Abdel Aziz on Monday, his lawyer said they intend to appeal the decision.
