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Africa

January 22, 2025

Junta-led Sahel states ready joint force of 5,000 troops, says minister

Juntas in the neighbouring West African countries seized control in a series of coups between 2020 and 2023.

Mali, Niger junta leaders
January 22, 2025

AUDA-NEPAD Nigeria to electrify one million rural communities using clean energy in 2025

The national coordinator of AUDA-NEPAD Nigeria, Jabiru Abdullahi, disclosed this at an inaugural media parley in Abuja on Tuesday.

AUDA-NEPAD Nigeria
January 22, 2025

Sub-Saharan Africa accounts for 59% of global terrorism-related deaths: UN

According to Ms Mohammed, for three years, terrorism-related deaths have soared past 6000, making up more than half of all global fatalities.

Body Bags, Armed Terrorists
January 20, 2025

Gambia Bureau of Statistics takes study tour to NBS

According to Mr Adeniran, the GBoS team will learn how the NBS adopts international best practices in the production of its data.

Nigerian Bureau of Statistics (NBS) office used to illustrate the story
January 20, 2025

Tanzania’s ruling party endorses Hassan, Mwinyi as presidential candidates for 2025 elections

Tanzania’s general elections will be held in October 2025 to elect the president and members of the National Assembly.

Hussein Ali Mwinyi and Samia Suluhu Hassan
January 20, 2025

Libyan parliament members discuss forming unified government

Since the fall of the late leader Muammar Gaddafi’s regime in 2011, Libya has been struggling with fragmentation.

Libya Parliament
January 18, 2025

AfDB partners U.S. on credit rating platform for African markets

The initiative aims to reshape how international investors assess risk in African markets.

AfDB building
January 18, 2025

UN warns conflict in Sudan taking dangerous turn for civilians

Mr Türk warned in a statement on Friday amid reports that dozens were brutally killed in ethnically targeted attacks in Al Jazirah state in the southeast.

SUDAN CRISIS
January 18, 2025

U.S. court sentences Mozambique’s ex-finance minister to prison for $2 billion fraud

Mr Chang was convicted of conspiring to commit wire fraud and money laundering in connection with his role in a $2 billion international fraud.

Manuel Chang
January 18, 2025

Nigerian man dies in South African police custody

“The death of Nigerians in South Africa, particularly under police custody, has become a recurring issue that needs to be stopped,” the NICASA president-general said.

Jeremiah Okoye