Malawi ex-president loses bid to unfreeze his accounts
Malawi’s former President Peter Mutharika’s quest to remove restrictions on his bank accounts which were frozen as part of a corruption investigation has ended in...
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Coronavirus: ECOWAS budgets $398 million to revive ailing economies, electoral reforms
Since the beginning of 2021 and as a follow-up of the events of last year, the food security situation in Western Africa is a mixed...
South Africa tackles secretive party funding with law, but still allows anonymous donors
South African President Cyril Ramaphosa signed a law on Friday requiring political parties to disclose donations of more than 100,000 rand ($6,650) in a bid...
UN: ‘Disturbing’ allegations of rape in Ethiopia’s Tigray conflict
The UN says it has received “disturbing” reports of sexual violence and abuse in Ethiopia’s conflict-hit Tigray region, including of individuals forced to rape members...
Facebook’s Donald Trump ban will be reviewed by new oversight board
Facebook vice president Nick Clegg says the company is referring its decision to indefinitely suspend former President Trump from its platform to its newly-established oversight...
Nigerian government launches N900 million e-ticketing solution on Abuja-Kaduna rail line
Following complaints of racketeering and sundry ills by passengers plying the Abuja-Kaduna railway corridor, the federal government, Thursday, launched the e-ticketing solution in Abuja, the...
PPPRA: Nigeria’s cooking gas consumption hits one million tonnes
The Petroleum Products Pricing Regulatory Agency (PPPRA) says Nigeria’s domestic consumption of Liquefied Petroleum Gas (LPG), popularly known as cooking gas, has exceeded one million...
Telegram says it ‘shut down hundreds of public calls for violence’ in US last week
Amid rising political tensions in the United States, Telegram founder Pavel Durov says his chat service has taken down hundreds of public calls for violence,...
Ugandan opposition party says it will challenge presidential election result
Ugandan opposition leader Bobi Wine’s party said on Sunday that it was preparing to challenge President Yoweri Museveni’s election victory and condemned what it called...
Death toll in Sudan Darfur clashes rises to 48 – state media
Ongoing tribal clashes in Sudan’s restive Darfur have killed at least 48 people in the latest bout of violence to hit the region, state media...