Dormitory Fire: Ten Tanzanian Schoolchildren Killed
Ten Tanzanian schoolchildren were killed when a dormitory at a privately-owned primary school in the north of the country caught fire, a senior government...
Rape: Liberia Declares National Emergency On Alarming Rate Of Sexual Assault
Liberian President George Weah has declared rape a national emergency and has ordered new measures to tackle the problem after a recent spike of...
COVID-19 Fight: Un General Assembly Adopts `Omnibus Resolution’
The United Nations General Assembly, UNGA has approved an “omnibus resolution’’ seeking a comprehensive and coordinated global response to the COVID-19 pandemic.This is coming...
Mali Crises: Experts Propose 2-Year Transition With President Chosen By Junta
Experts appointed by Mali’s military junta on Friday proposed a two-year transitional government led by a president chosen by the army, according to a...
Peacekeeping: Coronavirus Hits Senegalese Troops Deployed To The Gambia
Scores of Senegalese soldiers deployed to neighbouring Gambia have tested positive for Coronavirus, a Senegalese army official said on Thursday.The soldiers are part of...
Fraud Trial: UK Court Orders P&ID To Make Interim Payment Of...
The Federal Republic of Nigeria Thursday appeared in the English High Court for a scheduled hearing.The hearing followed the major victory secured last Friday,...
Single Currency: ECOWAS Postpones Launch
The West African regional body, the Economic Community of West African States (ECOWAS) has postponed the launch of it planned single currency “ECO”, The...
Mali Coup: Nigeria Demands Immediate Restoration Of Constitutional Order
The Federal Government has called for the instant and unconditional restoration of constitutional order in Mali following the coup that ousted President Ibrahim Boubacar...
Human rights abuses: U.S. Imposes Sanctions On Central African Rebel Leader
The U.S. has imposed sanctions against a rebel leader in the Central African Republic.The Secretary of State Michael Pompeo said in a statement his office...
COVID-19: Rwanda Uses Robots To Protect Doctors Working With Patients –...
Rwandan Health Minister Daniel Ngamije says his country now uses robots to protect doctors, who treat COVID-19 patients through minimising contact.Ngamije announced this at...
Power Tussle: West African Leaders To Hold Talks On Mali Crisis
Leaders of the West Africa regional grouping ECOWAS are expected to hold an extraordinary summit today to propose measures to resolve the political crisis...
We’ll Do All To Resolve Political Crisis In Mali – ECOWAS...
Chairman of the Authority of Heads of State and Government of ECOWAS, President Mahamadou Issoufou said the sub-regional organisation will do all it can...
Illegal Immigrants: 95 Persons Rescued Off Libyan Coast – Organisation
The International Organisation for Migration, IOM says about 95 illegal immigrants were rescued off Libya’s western coast and returned to Khums, Libya by the...
Political Crisis: President Buhari Embarks On Peace Mission To Mali Today
President Muhammadu Buhari embarked on a peace mission in Mali, following the briefing by the ECOWAS Special Envoy to the country, former President Goodluck...
2021 Olympics: Virus Vaccine Key For Go-Ahead – Tokyo...
The development of a coronavirus vaccine or treatment will be key to allowing the postponed Tokyo 2020 games to open in a year’s time,...
Coronavirus: DR Congo Ends Virus Health Emergency, Borders To Reopen
DR Congo President Felix Tshisekedi has lifted a health emergency over the coronavirus outbreak and ordered a reopening in three stages of business activities,...
’89 Coup: Sudan’s Ousted Strongman Bashir Goes On Trial
Sudan’s former president Omar al-Bashir, ousted amid a popular pro-democracy uprising last year, went on trial Tuesday over the military coup that brought him...
Sudan: Post-Revolution Transitional Govt To Try Ousted Bashir Over 1989 Coup
Sudan's former autocratic president Omar al-Bashir, ousted amid a popular pro-democracy uprising last year, faces trial from Tuesday over the military coup that brought...
Terrorism: Rwanda Parades 57 Suspected Rebels Arrested In DR- Congo
The Rwanda Investigations Bureau, RIB has paraded, through the streets, 57 suspected rebels recently arrested in the jungles of the neighbouring Democratic Republic of...
Bribery/Embezzlement:US Moves To Seize Ex-Gambian Leader’s $3.5m Mansion
The United States justice department says former Gambian President Yahya Jammeh used the proceeds of bribery and embezzled public funds to buy a mansion...
