Nigeria: NNPC Launches Health Insurance for Filling Station Attendants Nationwide/in /by
[This Day] Abuja -- The Nigerian National Petroleum Company Limited (NNPC Ltd) has launched a health insurance scheme for service attendants across its petrol stations nationwide.
Ethiopia confirms three deaths in new Marburg virus outbreak/in /by
Three additional fatalities are being investigated for a possible connection to the disease.
Gunmen abduct 25 schoolgirls in northwestern Nigeria/in /by
The attack took place before dawn on Monday. Gunmen also killed the school's vice principal.
African nations join coalition levying taxes on luxury air travel/in /by
A coalition of 13 countries has announced new taxes on luxury air travel, applying to private jets as well as business and first-class tickets. Most of the members are from the Global South.
ICC prosecutors seek life sentence for Janjaweed leader convicted of Darfur crimes/in /by
The International Criminal Court is pushing for the maximum penalty, life in prison, for Ali Muhammad Ali Abd-Al-Rahman, known as Ali Kushayb, a former commander of Sudan’s notorious Janjaweed militia.
Mali opposition accuses military junta of failing to protect the country amid ongoing fuel crisis/in /by
For the last two months, Mali’s capital, Bamako, has face a growing shortage of petroleum products. Now the country’s opposition is urging the population to “open their eyes” to a regime that “seizes the nation” without protecting it.
Search continues for remains of three last Israeli hostages/in /by
Excavators searching for the remains of three Israeli hostages kidnapped by Hamas returned empty handed on Sunday, after a full day of searching for the last remaining bodies.
Pix of the Day: November 17, 2025/in /by
Pix of the Day: November 17, 2025
UK Home Secretary threatens to block visas for Angola, Namibia and DRC/in /by
The United Kingdom is threatening to restricts visas for nationals from three African countries that it has accused of not cooperating with the deportation of illegal immigrants.
Cracks between Senegal’s Sonko-Ousmane alliance widening/in /by
For now, it’s the status quo — nothing has changed. Neither Bassirou Diomaye Faye nor Ousmane Sonko has spoken about the crisis shaking their party, their coalition, the “Diomaye President” coalition that brought Bassirou Diomaye Faye to power.