At least 140 Europe-bound migrants have drowned off the coast of Senegal in the deadliest shipwreck recorded this year, the United Nations migration agency said on Thursday. The boat carrying

Less than 24-hours after the United States rejected Dr. Ngozi Okonjo-Iweala’s candidature for the World Trade Organisation (WTO) top job, the Nigerian government has said it will continue to engage

A Nigerian diplomat, Ambassador Joe Keshi, has called on the federal government to reach out to the US and find out the country’s reasons for its rejection of Dr. Ngozi

Liberian President George Weah will not seek a third term in office, his chief of staff has said. The West African country is preparing for a referendum on proposed changes

Nigeria’s President Muhammadu Buhari has said the country’s economy is too fragile for another COVID-19 induced lockdown. The Nigerian leader has however called on citizens to observe measures that have

Days after shots were fired at unarmed peaceful protesters at the Lekki Toll Plaza in Lagos, a former Director Public Relations of the Nigerian Army, Brigadier General Sani Usman (rtd), has said

International observers arrived in Abidjan on Wednesday to watch the electoral process that will choose the next leader of Cote d’Ivoire. The mission, which is made up of members of

The World Health Organization (WHO) says Kenya has witnessed what it called a dramatic rise in Covid-19 cases over the last month after the East African country reported 4,594 new

Uganda has banned television stations from hosting politicians wearing red berets, a signature headgear worn by opposition members affiliated to the People Power movement. The East African nation had last

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A judicial panel of inquiry in Nigeria’s commercial hub of Lagos has got underway into last week’s shocking events at the Lekki tollgate where a demonstration against police brutality went

Nigeria’s President Muhammadu Buhari has reappointed Professor Mahmood Yakubu as Chairman of the country’s Independent National Electoral Commission (INEC). Yakubu was first appointed head of the commission in 2015 and

Lagos state governor Babajide Sanwo-Olu says footage from the Lekki Toll Gate reveals that the men of the Nigerian Army are responsible for the shooting of peaceful #EndSARS demonstrators. “From

The EU will back former Nigeria Finance Minister, Ngozi Okonjo-Iweala, as the next director-general of the World Trade Organization, further boosting her frontrunner status. Ambassadors from the EU’s 27 member

South African police on Monday arrested five suspects over the 2014 murder of national football captain Senzo Meyiwa, a major breakthrough in a case that stunned the crime-ridden nation. The

After a seven-week interruption, talks between Ethiopia, Sudan, and Egypt over the controversial mega-dam across the Blue Nile are set to resume on Tuesday. The announcement by South Africa’s President

Tanzania’s opposition has accused the government of making it difficult to accredit thousands of opposition electoral observers who want to ensure the vote is fair. Presidential candidate Tundu Lissu, who

At least 100 people were arrested following violent anti-government protests in the Angolan capital Luanda, a senior government official told local media Sunday. Demonstrators are demanding a new date for