Six NGOs that filed the suit argued the development of the East African Crude Oil Pipeline (EACOP) failed to adhere to a "duty of vigilance", a 2017 law that compels companies to avoid grave harm to human rights, health, safety and the environment.
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The bus was taking government staff to work when it collided with the intra-city train in the Ikeja area of Lagos, said Ibrahim Farinloye, head of Nigeria's National Emergency Management Agency in the state.
The gubernatorial vote is part of Nigeria’s general elections for four-year single terms for major political positions, including last month’s presidential vote won by the ruling party’s Bola Tinubu. That outcome is being contested by the opposition....
"...... We provide collection and sorting of garbage cans, we manufacture them in order to equip the population with tools allowing them to sort their waste. We collect the sorted waste and recycle it through partnerships." Abdoul Bakhy Mbacke, founder...
The boat carrying the migrants sank off the coast of Sfax (central-eastern Tunisia) on Wednesday night and the coast guard "recovered 14 bodies of migrants and rescued 54 others,"
Senegal is facing rising tensions, a year ahead of the presidential election. Several activists and members of the opposition are denouncing "a retreat from democracy" due to, among other things, "arbitrary arrests" and bans on demonstrations.
"With men, we don't talk about it because they are fathers but their wives take care of everything. For women, it immediately calls into question their status. Is she capable of returning to the top level? Is it physically possible? Is it possible to m...
The motorcycles that buzz along the streets of Ouagadougou, the capital of Burkina Faso, have a story to tell.
Once the preserve of men, today they are used ubiquitously by women -- and are a prized tool of emancipation.
A law passed by parliament in 2018 and amended by the prime minister in 2019 had paved the way for Egyptian nationality to be obtained through investment, such as when depositing in an Egyptian bank or buying real estate in dollars.
The southern African country now wants to make its tobacco industry more lucrative by manufacturing more cigarettes at home and limiting foreign funding of farmers.
