78-yr-old Ivory Coast president says will not run for third term
Ivory Coast President Alassane Ouattara said on Thursday he would not run in October’s election, ending months of speculation over whether he would seek a third term. October’s election is a major challenge for the Ivory Coast after its 2010-2011 ballot ended in violence between political rivals that killed 3,000 people. “I would like to […]
FG to redouble efforts on tsetse flies eradication ―Minister
The Federal Government has reiterated commitment to intensify effort on tsetse flies eradication to achieve food security in the country. Dr. Ogbonnaya Onu, Minister of Science and Technology, said this in a statement by Mr Abdulganiyu Aminu, Head of Press in the Ministry, on Friday in Abuja. Onu, according to the statement made the remark […]
Germany pledges to help Angola investigate ‘Africa’s richest woman’
German Chancellor Angela Merkel, on Friday pledged to help Angola investigate corruption allegations against Isabel dos-Santos, the daughter of former long-term President Jose dos-Santos and reportedly Africa’s richest woman. Isabel dos-Santos has recently come under investigation and international scrutiny after being accused of embezzling millions of dollars of public money from a state oil company […]
Son of Congo president charged in France for money laundering
A son of Republic of Congo President Denis Sassou Nguesso has been indicted in France on money-laundering charges in a probe into the family’s foreign assets, a source close to the case told AFP on Friday. Denis Christel Sassou Nguesso, 45, was charged by the French investigating magistrate in December 2019, the source added, the […]
Egypt re-awakening African togetherness
On assumption of the chairmanship of the African Union in February 2019, the Egyptian President Abdel Fattah el-Sisi realized the significant African roots of his country both economically and politically.
Africa’s economy to grow at 3.9% in 2020 ― AfDB
As Adesina urges youth employment priority Emma Ujah The African Development Bank (AfDB) has projected Africa’s economy would grow at 3.9 per cent in 2020. This was contained in its 2020 Africa Economic Outlook launched in Abidjan, Cote d’Ivoire, Thursday. “Africa’s economic growth remained stable in 2019 at 3.4 per cent and is on course […]
African countries tackling spread of coronavirus
African countries, including the continent’s biggest economy, Nigeria, on Wednesday said they had begun to introduce measures aimed at stopping the spread of the new coronavirus. No verified infection has been reported to date in sub-Saharan Africa, but elsewhere countries have stopped flights to China and airlifted their citizens out of the area where the […]
South African billionaire apologises for telling Trump ‘Africa loves you’
A South African billionaire businessman and the first black African on the Forbes billionaires list, Patrice Motsepe has apologized for telling United States President, Donald Trump that “Africa loves you” during the World Economic Forum (WEF) in Davos last week. A video of Patrice Motsepe’s remarks to Trump went viral on social media and sparked […]
Coronavirus in Africa: Suspected cases in Ivory Coast, Ethiopia, Kenya
The coronavirus was first confirmed in China in the city of Wuhan after which other cases were reported in Asian countries and the United States. The first suspected case of coronavirus in Africa was announced in Ivory Coast when a 34-year-old student who returned from Beijing showed flu-like symptoms. The traveller has lived in China […]
94% of companies in Africa, others experienced cyber attack in 2019
Afrocet Montgomery, organiser of West African Cyber Security Summit, WACSS, has said that about 94 percent of companies in Africa and Middle East experienced cyber attacks in 2019.
Nigeria key in eliminating child labour, trafficking in Africa —ILO
The International Labour Organisation (ILO) has declared that eliminating child labour, trafficking and slavery in Africa will hardly succeed without Nigeria playing a pivotal role.
