Nigeria: RT200 Initiative Boosted Non-Oil Exports By 40 Percent in 2022, $1.7bn Inflow Recorded in Q1, 2023 – Emefiele/in /by
[This Day] The Governor of the Central Bank of Nigeria (CBN), Mr. Godwin Emefiele, yesterday disclosed that the Race to $200 billion in foreign exchange (FX) repatriation programme (RT200) of the bank has boosted repatriation of funds into the country by 40 per cent in 2022.
Nigeria: Gunmen storm Sunday church service, abduct 25 in Kaduna/in /by
"At the sound of the gunshots, everybody scampered to safety. We forgot that they were even lying down there because the gunshots were everywhere. You can't know where to run to. So that was how they came, met them and they shot them. " Rikichi David, Chikun resident
Senegal opposition calls for protests over alleged threat to bar Sonko from vote/in /by
"We call on the Senegalese people and the nation's active forces to mobilise so that, beyond the F24 march on the 12th (May 2024, ed.), the 19th will be a great demonstration to thwart all these prospects of obstructing President Ousmane Sonko's candidacy throughout the country and in the diaspora."
Protesters rally in support of army in Port Sudan as conflict displaces over 700 000/in /by
Tuesday's demonstration served as a show of support by hundreds of Beja tribesmen demanding weapons to fight alongside the army in a conflict that has already left more than 750 people dead and 5,000 injured.
Nigeria: Navy Warns Oil Thieves, Vandals to Stay Away From Creeks/in /by
[This Day] The Nigeria Navy yesterday reiterated its stance to rid the Niger Delta in particular and the country in general of activities of crude oil thieves and pipeline vandals.
Lionel Messi’s father denies move to Saudi Arabia’s side Al Hilal/in /by
Jorge Messi denied any agreement has been reached with Al Hilal over the future of his son
Malawi court orders schools to allow dreadlocks/in /by
A High Court in Malawi has directed the Ministry of Education to allow students with dreadlocks to be enrolled in public schools in the country.
Worshippers attend annual Jewish pilgrimage at Tunisia’s Ghriba synagogue/in /by
Tunisia hopes to welcome at least 7,000 pilgrims this year, given that 4,000 were in attendance in 2022.
Search for countless missing goes on in DR Congo/in /by
In Nyamukubi, a village affected by floods in the east of the Democratic Republic of the Congo, victims receive government aid including coffins and food. Modeste Mutinga, Minister of Social Affairs, Humanitarian Actions and National Solidarity, delivers the aid days after the disaster
Kenya’s “Shakahola Massacre”: organs missing from some bodies, investigators say/in /by
A group of people who were killed in a forest in southeastern Kenya by an evangelical sect that practices extreme fasting have had their organs removed from some of their bodies, according to a court document seen by AFP on Tuesday.