King Charles III greets Kenyan diaspora at Buckingham Palace ahead of state visit/in /by
Kenyan President William Ruto invited the royal couple for the visit, which comes as the African nation prepares to celebrate 60 years of independence from Britain in December.
Nigeria: Nigerian Govt Seeks Home-Grown Solutions to Address Petroleum Industry Challenges/in /by
[Premium Times] "My expectation is for us to come up with our home-grown solution to address our problem in the petroleum industry," an official said.
Nigeria: Senate Probes N11.35 Trn Spent On Rehabilitation of Refineries/in /by
[Premium Times] The Senate noted that despite the moribund state of the nation's four refineries, their operating costs between 2010 and 2020 were estimated at N4.8 trillion Naira.
Liberian president Weah to face opponent Boakai for 2nd time in runoff vote/in /by
Liberian President George Weah will face off against challenger Joseph Boakai for the second time in a Nov. 14 runoff vote
Mauritania: Prosecutor seeks 20 years for former president Aziz/in /by
A Mauritanian prosecutor asked Tuesday (Oct. 24) a Nouakchott court to sentence former president Mohamed Ould Abdel Aziz to 20 years in prison for illicit enrichment. Aziz has maintained his innocence and said the trial is political and should be dismissed.
Strong opening for Scorsese’s “Killers of the Flower Moon” on murders of Native Americans/in /by
The film about the systematic killing of Osage Nation members for their oil-rich land cost at least $200 million to make. It is the largest production yet from Apple Studios.
Miners from a rival union are holding hundreds of colleagues underground in South Africa/in /by
Details were sketchy and there were conflicting statements over what happened, with the unregistered union asserting it represents the majority of employees at the mine and it wants to be formally recognized.
FACT CHECK: Misinformation about the Israel-Hamas war is flooding social media. Here are the facts/in /by
While plenty of real imagery and accounts of the ensuing carnage have emerged, they have been intermingled with users pushing false claims and misrepresenting videos from other events.
Nigeria launches mass HPV vaccination campaign to curb cervical cancer/in /by
Nigeria launches mass HPV vaccination campaign to curb cervical cancer Nigeria has commenced a large-scale vaccination campaign against the human papillomavirus (HPV) in a bid to substantially reduce cervical cancer rates
Kenya: Court extends bar on deploying police to Haiti for 2 more weeks/in /by
The High Court on Tuesday (Oct. 24) said that it would rule on the case on Nov. 9. Former presidential candidate, Ekuru Aukot, filed a petition on Oct. 9 against the deployment of Kenyan forces, arguing that the law allowing the president to do so conflicted with articles of the Constitution.