Wed 18 December 2024: Nigeria’s anti-graft agency said it had arrested 792 suspects in a raid on a building believed to be a hub for fraudsters who lured victims with offers of romance, then pressed them to hand over cash for phony cryptocurrency investments. The suspects, including 148 Chinese and 40 Filipino nationals, were detained […]
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Wed 18 December 2024: Apple “could not have been unaware” that its supply chain was contaminated with “blood minerals,” a lawyer representing the Democratic Republic of Congo said Tuesday. The trial in the capital Kinshasa marks the first in a series of legal actions against major corporations. Robert Amsterdam of Amsterdam & Partners said Apple was chosen as […]
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Tue 17 December 2024: Helen Zille, chairperson of Democratic Alliance’s (DA) federal council, said discussions on the Basic Education Laws Amendment (BELA) Act have been constructive so far. “I think it’s gone constructively,” she told SABC News in an interview on Monday. “Everyone was trying their best to find a win-win solution and there are win-win solutions […]
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Tue 17 December 2024: Rates of hunger in Africa are unacceptably high and getting worse. The UN State of Food Security and Nutrition in the World 2024 report reveals that food insecurity in Africa is the highest of any world region. The prevalence of undernourishment is 20.4% (some 298.4 million Africans) – over twice the global average. […]
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Tue 17 December 2024: The Road Traffic Management Corporation (RTMC) has called on motorists to exercise extreme caution on the roads. The call follows a major collision that claimed 15 lives in the Eastern Cape on Monday morning. In a statement issued, the RTMC said the collision occurred when a minibus crashed head-on with an […]
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Mon 16 December 2024: The Economic Community of West African States hopes to use this time to convince the three nations to stay in the bloc. Burkina Faso, Mali and Niger will have a six-month grace period following their exit from the Economic Community of West African States (ECOWAS), scheduled for January 29, a year after […]
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Sun 15 December 2024: At least thirty-nine people have been killed in two attacks in recent days in western Niger, near the border with Burkina Faso, Niamey’s defence ministry said. “Two horrific tragedies happened in the communities of Libiri and Kokorou, criminals cornered by constant operations by defence and security forces launched attacks on defenceless […]
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Fri 13 December 2024: Accused of running false news in Niger, British public broadcaster the BBC has been suspended from operations in the West African nation for the next three months. Communications Minister Sidi Mohamed Raliou accused the BBC of having broadcast “false information,” allegedly aimed at “destabilizing social tranquility and undermining the morale of […]
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Thu 12 December 2024: The International Monetary Fund (IMF) has called on Kenya to strengthen its fiscal framework and reduce debt vulnerabilities to improve the country’s resilience against economic and climate shocks. IMF Deputy Managing Director Nigel Clarke, who concluded a three-day visit to Kenya on Tuesday, said the authorities face a difficult balancing act […]
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Thu 12 December 2024: Landlocked Chad, a West African country, announced that it is breaking off its military and security ties with its former colonial master, France. Chad’s Foreign Minister, Abderaman Koulamallah, in making the surprise announcement on 28 November, declared that France should consider that “Chad has grown up, matured and is a sovereign state” and […]
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