Xi Jinping flies to BRICS summit in South Africa/in /by
Chinese President Xi Jinping left Monday for South Africa, where he is to pay a state visit and attend the BRICS summit, official media said.
Botswana’s Letsile Tebogo, first African to win silver at World Athletics Championship/in /by
Botswana’s Letsile Tebogo made history on Sunday by becoming the first African to win a men’s 100 m medal at the World Athletics Championships, in Budapest. The 20-year-old silver medalist clocked 9.88 seconds in the race, setting a new national record.
Over 2 million children in Niger need humanitarian aid/in /by
More than two million children are "in need of humanitarian aid" in Niger, a country destabilized by a recent coup and undermined by jihadist violence, the United Nations Children's Fund (UNICEF) said on Monday. , in a statement sent to AFP.
Hundreds of young Maasai in Kenya undergo right of passage to adulthood/in /by
Hundreds of Maasai youths in Kenya underwent the right of passage where they transition from young warriors to adulthood.
Nelson Chamisa, the ‘young’ pastor aiming for Zimbabwe poll upset/in /by
An experienced politician with decades of activism under his belt, Zimbabwe's 45-year-old opposition leader Nelson Chamisa is still known to many as "mukomana" or "the young man".
In Niger, a jihadist threat difficult to measure/in /by
Several deadly attacks have struck Niger since the 26 July coup that toppled elected president Mohamed Bazoum, but analysts warn against hasty interpretation of the scant data available.
Gabon: Opposition cries foul over rule change to vote ahead elections/in /by
Last month, however, Gabon's electoral commission announced that any vote for a local deputy would automatically be a vote for that deputy's presidential candidate. The move was denounced by critics as favouring the ruling Gabonese Democratic Party (PDG), since Ondo Ossa is not backed by any single
Nigeria: Fresh Oil Spill Occurs in Rivers Community/in /by
[Leadership] Fresh crude oil spill has occurred in Bodo City, a community in Gokana local government area of Rivers State, following a leakage from the Trans Niger Pipeline (TNP) operated by a multi-national oil giant, Shell.
Somalia bans TikTok and Telegram to curb “terrorist” propaganda/in /by
The Somali government on Sunday ordered a ban on TikTok, Telegram and an online betting site, claiming that these platforms were being used by "terrorists" for propaganda purposes.
Nigeria: Average Daily Petrol Consumption Drops By 16.8% to 52m/Litre – NMDPRA/in /by
[Vanguard] Petrol consumption in the country dropped by 16.8 percent in July, 2023 to 52 million litres daily compared to 64.96 million litres recorded in June, data from the Nigerian Midstream and Downstream Petroleum Regulatory Authority, NMDPRA, has shown.