In war-torn Sudan, the sad search for the missing/in /by
When Khartoum residents Ayman Abu Arki and his uncle Hossam stopped answering their phones, their family turned to Facebook. There, a user sent them a photo of a car riddled with bullets, with two bodies inside.
Ugandan minister shot and killed by bodyguard/in /by
A bodyguard shot and killed a government minister in Uganda early Tuesday in an apparent private dispute, according to the army and local media.
Moroccans rally against soaring food prices/in /by
Moroccan unions are demanding a ceiling on fuel prices, a reduction in taxes on basic products and a reduction in income tax to support purchasing power
Senegalese opposition leader calls for civil disobedience against judiciary/in /by
Senegalese main opposition leader Ousmane Sonko has called for national civil disobedience against the judiciary and further rejected any dialogue against President Macky Sall.
Japan and Ghana aligned in the pursuit of reforms at the UN Security Council/in /by
The Japanese PM, Kishida Fumio, met Ghanaian President Nana Akufo-Addo on Monday and both vowed to continue to pursue reforms at the UN Security Council
Autopsies of doomsday cult victims begin in Kenya/in /by
Kenyan investigators exhumed the bodies of 10 children on Monday and found signs of starvation and in some cases asphyxiation
Nigeria: Nigeria’s Average Crude Oil Production Climbs 15% in 2023/in /by
[This Day] Abuja -- Despite its perennial underproduction in the last two years, Nigeria has been able to ramp up its crude oil output compared to its budget benchmark from an average of about 60 per cent to 75 per cent between H2, 2022 and Q1, 2023, data released by the Nigerian Upstream Petroleum Regulatory Commission (NUPRC) has revealed.
Nigeria: Port Harcourt Refinery May Delay Commencement of Operation Till September – Report/in /by
[This Day] Abuja -- The first phase of a project to rehabilitate Nigeria's 210,000 barrels per day Port Harcourt refinery, which had been slated for completion in April this year, may not be finished for another four months at least, refinery and oil ministry sources have told Argus Media.
Sudan: What are the proposals to end the political and humanitarian crisis?/in /by
Fighting in Sudan has entered its third week, with over 500 people killed since clashes erupted on April 15. Khartoum residents witnessed firefights between the troops of paramilitary commander Mohamed Hamdan Daglo and the army led by general Abdel Fattah al-Burhan.
Nigerians mark International Workers’ Day/in /by
Workers in Nigeria rallied Monday (May 1st) like fellow counterparts across the world to mark International Workers' Day. In Lagos, large crowds gathered at the Mobolaji Johnson Arena.