The African Tobacco Control Alliance (ATCA) has called for a strong tobacco control law to protect citizens of Botswana from the devastating effects of tobacco following the frightening rise in the number of

There is a need for urgent funds to address a humanitarian emergency for tens of thousands of Ethiopian refugees, the United Nations has said. These refugees have fled conflict in Ethiopia’s

A spokesman for Nigeria’s President Muhammadu Buhari on Tuesday dismissed an editorial in Financial Times,  an international daily newspaper based in Britain,  which  described Nigeria as a country that is

Nigeria’s Department of State Services (DSS) has raised the alarm over the “plot to bomb some places” during the Christmas holidays. In a statement on Tuesday, the agency asked Nigerians

Governors of Nigeria’s 36 states under the auspices of the Nigeria Governors’ Forum (NGF) on Tuesday expressed worry over the deteriorating security challenges bedevilling the country, particularly in the North-west.

President Muhammadu Buhari on Tuesday charged Nigerians to brace up for the inconveniences of measures being introduced by the government to protect them in the aftermath of the resurgence of

Botswana’s gross domestic product shrank by 6%% from a year earlier in the third quarter of 2020, easing from a record slump of 24% in the previous three-month period when

Nigerian President, Muhammadu Buhari on Tuesday said the effective supervision of the border the country shares with Niger can only be supervised by God. A statement by a presidential aide

A report by the International Commission on Mali has indicted the Malian army and several armed groups for committing “war crimes” and “crimes against humanity”. The commission was established by

The United States on Monday reinstated Sudan’s sovereign immunity, as the US Congress passed legislation formalizing the move, following the ending of Sudan’s designation as a state sponsor of terror.

Nigeria’s Minister of Information and Culture, Alhaji Lai Mohammed, has said the federal government is considerig banning international travels to curb the spread of Covid-19, especially the new variant manifesting

The Acting Health Secretary of Nigeria’s Federal Capital Territory Health and Human Services Secretariat, Dr. Mohammed Kawu, has raised the alarm that the new strain of Covid-19 spreading rapidly in

Borno State Governor, Professor Babagana Zulum on Monday expressed disappointment over the Nigerian military’s failure to protect travellers plying the 20 kilometers distance of Auno to Jakana despite support from

The Nigerian government has extended the deadline for telecommunications operators in the country to disengage all Subscriber Identification Modules (SIMs) without National Identification Number (NIN). The country’s ministry of communication

Leader of the ruling Nigerien Party for Democracy and Socialism (PNDS), Mohamed Bazoum has promised to prioritize education if he emerges winner of the December election. Bazoum disclosed this to thousands of his supporters

Hundreds of citizens have called out the Nigerian government to halt the mandatory National Identification Number (NIN) registration process until the coronavirus pandemic is hugely contained. Several photos have also

Nigeria’s legislature on Monday approved the sum of N13.588 trillion (about $34.4bn) as the country’s 2021 budget and was increased by lawmakers by N505 billion (about $1.3bn). Both chambers of

Hundreds of Russian and Rwandan forces have been deployed to the Central African Republic to tackle the deteriorating security level in the country ahead of the upcoming general election. The