Tuesday, June 23, 2026

Congo

April 20, 2022

AFCON 2023 Qualifiers: Nigeria to face Guinea-Bissau, Sierra Leone

The Super Eagles of Nigeria will play Guinea-Bissau, Sierra Leone and Sao Tome and Principe in Group A of the AFCON 2023 qualifiers.

Super Eagles
March 15, 2022

Islamist militants kill over 60 persons in attacks in eastern Congo

The assailants, believed to be rebels from the Allied Democratic Forces (ADF), have targeted at least five villages.

March 13, 2022

Africans and the Russia-Ukraine War

Since African governments have decided not to endow their own people with love, the rest of the world has chosen that Africans will not get the benefit of international law.

African Union plenary
November 30, 2021

Congo, Uganda launch joint offensive against Islamist terrorists

The ADF originates in Uganda, but operates from bases in north-eastern Congo to launch attacks back into Uganda.

ADF
November 8, 2021

Gunmen seize Congo villages near Uganda, Rwanda border

Gunmen seized at least two villages overnight in the eastern Democratic Republic of Congo near the border with Uganda and Rwanda.

October 14, 2021

Nicholas Kristof resigns from New York Times to seek political office

Mr Kristof resigned from The New York Times to contest for governor in his home state Oregon.

July 2, 2021

UAE bars citizens from travelling to Nigeria, other countries

Authorities of the United Arab Emirates have prohibited their nationals from visiting Nigeria and some other countries.

UAE President, Khalifa bin Zayed Al Nahyan
June 27, 2021

Catholic church bombed in DR Congo

“It was a homemade bomb targeting Christians coming for the Sunday worship.”

June 12, 2021

PENGASSAN threatens oil industry shutdown over NOV Oil’s sacked workers

PENGASSAN has threatened to shut down Nigeria’s oil and gas industry if National Oilwell Varco (NOV Oil) fails to reinstate sacked 23 workers.

PENGASSAN
April 23, 2021

Nigeria overtakes Congo as country with world’s poorest electricity supply

“40 per cent of the population (mostly rural), access to grid electricity is even lower at about 31 per cent nationwide

Lantern