Tanzania: Law Enforcers Seize 36kg Gemstones On Border With Kenya
Tanzanian official said law enforcers have seized 36 kilogrammes of gemstones, including Tanzanite, at a border entry town with Kenya.
Longido District Commissioner in Arusha...
Tunisia: President Beji Hospitalized Over ‘Severe Health Crisis’
Tunisian President Beji Caid Essebsi, 92, was on Thursday brought to a military hospital after suffering a “severe health crisis”, the presidency said on...
Madagascar: Independence Day Stampede Kills 15, Wounds 75
Authorities in Madagascar said at least 15 people
were killed and 75 wounded in a stampede at a stadium after a military parade
in Madagascar’s capital...
Gambia: Exiled President Jammeh, Accused Of Rape By Beauty Pageant
A beauty pageant winner is accusing Gambia’s former president of raping her four years ago.
The young woman is one of several now coming forward...
Erera: ECOWAS Electricity Regulator Pledges To Boost Regional Trade
The ECOWAS Electricity Regulatory Authority ERERA has pledged to fast track cross-border electricity trade in line with international best practice in order to address...
Diplomacy: French President Macron To Discuss Iran With Trump At G20...
French President
Emmanuel Macron has said that he would discuss Iran with his U.S. counterpart,
Donald Trump, at the G-20 Summit in Osaka, Japan.Macron told reporters
in...
Ebola: Death Toll Hits 1,500 Mark In DR Congo
More than 1,500 people have died in a nearly 10-month-old outbreak of Ebola in the Democratic Republic of Congo, the health ministry said on...
Sudan: Protesters Accept Road-Map For Civilian Rule
Sudanese protest movement has accepted an Ethiopian road-map for a civilian-led transitional government.A spokesman of the movement said that after a months-long standoff with...
Ethiopia: Army Chief, Regional Governor Shot Dead In An Attack
Ethiopian state media
confirm that the chief of staff of the country’s army, General Seare Mekonnen,
has been shot dead in the capital, Addis Ababa.Prime Minister...
Passport: Nigerian Immigration Says No New Passport Issuance Without National Identification...
The Nigeria
immigration Service has said that the National Identification Number, NIN was a
pre-condition for obtaining the new national passport, noting that the new
document would...
Presidential Election: Mauritania Votes In First Democratic Transition Of Power
Mauritanian
voters are headed to the polls in the country’s first election without an
incumbent presidential candidate since the 2008 coup.Polling
stations opened Saturday at 8am across...
Death Penalty: Tanzania Postpones Ruling
The
High Court in Tanzania's biggest city Dar es Salaam has postponed its ruling on
whether the death penalty should be scrapped.Human
rights activists had filed the...
Sudan: Junta Deputy Says “Rogues” Behind June 3 Disorder Identified
The Deputy Chief of
Sudan’s Ruling Military Council, has said that the military has identified the
perpetrators of the violent dispersal of a pro-democracy sit-in earlier...
Bilateral Relations: Envoy Assures Diaspora Commission Of Safety Of Nigerians In...
Ghana’s High
Commissioner to Nigeria, Rashid Bawa has urged Nigerians doing business in his
home country to carry on their trade without fear of molestation from...
Morsi’s Death: Guterres Stands By UN’s Call For Probe After Egypt...
The United Nations, UN Secretary-General António Guterres has defended the organisation’s call for an independent and transparent investigation into the death of former Egypt’s...
Morsi’s Death: Turkish President,Erdogan Says Ex-Egyptian President Was ‘Killed’
Turkish President Recep Tayyip Erdoganon said his
close ally, Mohamed Morsi, was “killed” and accused Egyptian authorities of
failing to intervene to save the ex-president.Erdogan forged...
Derivatives: SEC Partners Korea For Development Of Market In Nigeria
The Securities and Exchange Commission has partnered
the government of the Republic of Korea for creation of more investible products
to enhance liquidity in Nigerian capital...
Diplomacy: USA To Ban Corrupt Kenyans From Entering Country’
The United State has agreed to help Kenya in its fight against corruption by refusing entry to Kenyans who have been found guilty of...
Malawi: Opposition Chief Takes Member Of Parliament Seat Despite Disputing Presidential...
Malawi’s opposition chief, Lazarus Chakwera has been sworn-in as a member of parliament in the capital Lilongwe following the May 21 elections.
Chakwera who leads...
Death: Former Egypt’s President, Morsi Dies After Appearance In Court.
Former
Egyptian president Mohamed Morsi has died in court, state television reported
on Monday.It
said Morsi had fainted after a court session and died afterwards.Morsi,
a top figure...
