West Africa

Freetown, Sierra Leone When Yvonne Aki-Sawyerr was elected mayor of Sierra Leone's capital Freetown in 2018, many noticed the brilliant and brash British-educated parent as a rising political star. She launched environmental…

Washington — Senegal's former prime minister Aminata Toure says she is going to preserve combating in opposition to a achievable third time period for her former boss, President Macky Sall, who stays silent on his intentions on the topic…

Abuja — Nigerian authorities have hailed the launch of a deepwater seaport in Lagos they are saying will create 300,000 jobs and cut down delivery bottlenecks. While the brand new port is anticipated to scale back losses as a result of…

Khartoum, Ethiopian Prime Minister Abiy Ahmed visited neighboring Sudan on Thursday for conferences with military chief Abdel Fattah al-Burhan, his first go to to Khartoum since a army coup in 2021. Relations between Khartoum and…

Casablanca, Oumar left domestic in Guinea 5 years in the past in the hunt for a higher life in Europe, however at present he lives in a every day purgatory of starvation, bloodless and police violence in Morocco. "Just surviving…

Paris, France stated on Thursday it was recalling its ambassador from Burkina Faso, a day after agreeing to needs by the ruling junta to tug troops out of the previous French colony in Africa's Sahel area. "In the context of recent…

The fare, electricity provide, trial run and when the prepare shall be obtainable to the every day Lagosian. The first section of the Lagos Blue rail was commissioned by President Muhammadu Buhari with fanfare and a speech by Governor…

The UK authorities on Monday stated it had reduce tariffs and prolonged duty-free commerce in items exported from Nigeria Mr Ben Llewellyn-Jones, Deputy British High Commissioner to Nigeria stated this on the launch of the Developing…

Abuja — Nigeria's secret police are investigating Central Bank Governor Godwin Emefiele for alleged monetary crimes, financing terrorism, and graft.

"in fact now, from today we will not allow that," the minister stated. Nigeria's Aviation Minister, Hadi Sirika, on Wednesday, stated the authorities will now not tolerate strikes and riots round all airports within the nation due to the…