AfDB working to raise billions to compensate Zimbabwe’s white farmers/in /by
The bank's president Akinwumi Adesina, while speaking during a press conference in Harare, said the new proposal would leverage capital markets to avoid aggravating Zimbabwe's debt situation
US impose visa ban on disruptors of recent general elections in Nigeria/in /by
The US did not name the Nigerians affected by the latest visa ban although some Nigerians including controversial Lagos bus transport chief, Musiliu Akinsanya, popularly known as MC Oluomo, were caught on video threatening potential voters.
President Buhari celebrates Hilda Baci for breaking Guinness world record/in /by
President Muhammadu Buhari has congratulated 27-year-old gourmet chef, Hilda Bassey Effiong, aka Hilda Baci, who made history by breaking the world record of longest hours of cooking.
A month into Sudan’s war, no end in sight/in /by
The fighting in Sudan has killed around one thousand people and displaced many more
Kenya-Somalia agreement to reopen their land border/in /by
Kenya and Somalia announced on Monday an agreement to reopen their land border at three points by July 1, officially closed since 2011 due to the insurrection of radical Islamists Shebab.
Senegal: Clashes in Casamance on the eve of Ousmane Sonko’s trial/in /by
Clashes between the police and young supporters of the Senegalese opponent Ousmane Sonko Monday morning in Ziguinchor, Casamance (south), on the eve of the planned rape trial against the latter, noted a correspondent for the AFP.
Mozambique faces worst cholera outbreak in more than 20 years/in /by
Mozambican authorities are battling the worst cholera outbreak in more than 20 years; the number of cases increased after the country was hit by Cyclone Freddy in late February
Sudan: No signs of peace, one month since fighting broke out in civil war/in /by
"It's really heartbreaking. It's hell... One of the things that needs to happen is for the international community to send a very strong message to the warring parties and say that humanitarian assistance and in general, civilians lives and civilians infrastructure ought to be protected ..."
Nigeria: Musician Seun Kuti arrested for assaulting police officer/in /by
The Nigerian musician Seun Kuti, son of Afrobeat legend Fela, was placed under arrest on Monday for physically assaulting a police officer, police in Nigeria's Lagos state said.
Morooco holds embroidery exhibition/in /by
Moroccan embroidery carries influences from Ottoman, Andalusian, and Moroccan Berber, or Amazigh, origins