Sunday, September 27, 2026

Africa

May 8, 2025

ECOWAS chief decries Nigeria-Bénin border infrastructure decay

“Why do we have multiple customs and immigration posts for the same corridor?” said the ECOWAS president.

Omar Alieu Touray
May 7, 2025

Kenyan court slams $7,700 each or 12-month jail term on quartet trying to traffic ants

Magistrate Njeri Thuku ordered the traffickers, who all pleaded guilty, to pay the fine or face 12 months in jail.

Africa ant queens
May 7, 2025

Sahel envoys commend Morocco’s progress in southern provinces

The diplomats highlighted the promising prospects opened by the Royal Atlantic Initiative for the Sahel countries.

Sahel region
May 7, 2025
Chickens in South Africa
May 7, 2025

ECOWAS decries West Africa’s prohibitive airfares

According to the ECOWAS Parliament, the prohibitive airfares are obstacles to successfully implementing the ECOWAS Free Movement Protocols.

AEROPLANES AT ABUJA AIRPORT
May 6, 2025

ICJ rejects Sudan’s genocide case against UAE

The court also removed the case from its general list by a vote of nine to seven.

Flag of Sudan
May 6, 2025

Access leads UN roundtable on sustainable finance in Africa, Middle East

The May 6-7 event in Marrakech will bring together regulators, policymakers, and others from the financial sector to discuss and shape critical sustainability issues.

Access logo ,Amaechi Okobi, Edmund Otaigbe, Njideka Esomeju,
May 5, 2025

Shoe thrown at Kenyan President William Ruto as he addresses crowd in Migori

Mr Ruto was almost hit on his head by the shoe hurled at him by an unidentified person from the crowd as he addressed them in Swahili.

Ruto addressing crowd
May 3, 2025

Shettima, African leaders witness inauguration of Gabon’s president

Mr Nguema thanked the country’s citizens for their support, which led to his emergence as a democratically elected president of Gabon.

Kashim Shettima and other African leaders at the inauguration of Gabon's president
May 3, 2025

Shettima departs Nigeria for inauguration of ex-junta, Nguema, as Gabon’s president

Mr Nwocha said that the vice-president was expected to return to Nigeria after the inauguration.

General Brice Nguema