Tuesday, November 10, 2026

Africa

September 23, 2022

UNGA77: Aisha Buhari wants peace education included in school curriculum

“I made a case for the mandatory inclusion of ‘peace education’ as an essential subject in the curriculum of basic education of schools in Africa.”

Aisha
September 23, 2022

Africa emits less than 1% of global carbon: Osinbajo

Vice President Yemi Osinbajo says African nations account for less than one per cent of cumulative global carbon emissions.

Vice President Yemi Osinbajo
September 22, 2022

Flutterwave enables Google Pay for African businesses

Africa’s leading payments technology company is providing additional payment options for merchants and customers.

Flutterwave
September 22, 2022

U.S. air strike killed 27 Al-Shabaab terrorists in Somalia: Military

Al Shabaab seeks to overthrow the Western-backed central government and implement a strict interpretation of Islamic law.

Al Shabaab militants, U.S. soldiers in Somalia
September 21, 2022

131-carat diamond discovered in northeastern Angola

The country’s state-owned diamond company Endiama announced this on Wednesday.

September 20, 2022

Seventy years after local extinction cheetahs arrive India from Namibia

Prior to their extinction from India in 1952, cheetahs used to share space with other big cats like lions and tigers in the forests.

cheetahs
September 20, 2022

Cameroon, Niger, Benin, Mali rely on smuggled petrol from Nigeria: NNPC

Neighbouring countries prefer purchasing smuggled petrol from Nigeria rather than importing fuel into their countries.

Umar Ajia
September 20, 2022

Equatorial Guinea scraps death penalty eight years after last execution

The last official execution was carried out in 2014, according to Amnesty International.

President Teodoro Obiang Nguema Mbasogo
September 20, 2022

Ebola virus breaks out in central Uganda

Uganda’s health ministry on Tuesday announced that the deadly Ebola virus has broken out in the central part of the country.

September 19, 2022

Ramaphosa to miss UNGA77 over South Africa’s power crisis

In 2019, President Ramaphosa also ended a visit to Egypt early so he could return home to deal with the same issue.

Cyril Ramaphosa, Eskom