President Joe Biden has confirmed plans to visit Angola during an Oval Office meeting with Angolan President Joao Lourenco, although the exact date of the visit is undecided. The visit
President Julius Maada Bio has lifted Sierra Leone's nighttime curfew, which was enforced after armed men freed prison inmates. Sierra Leone has lifted the night-time curfew imposed in the wake
National day of mourning in after the death of 31 youths in a stampede during an army recruitment operation. Flags are at half-mast in the capital, in front of public
South Africa, Colombia and others have recently adopted a more combative approach towards drugmakers In a monumental shift, countries such as South Africa and Colombia are challenging pharmaceutical giants and
Transmission company shuts down national grid due to labour strike Electricity workers, members of the National Union of Electricity Employees (NUEE), have shut down the national grid, adhering to the
Lagos has been selected to host the second edition of the West Africa Scrabble Championship (WASC) from November 22 to November 26, 2023. The tournament, the largest sub-regional scrabble event
It has been revealed that the Nigeria Customs Service had previously removed illegal checkpoints from these corridors, but the Nigeria Police Force subsequently set up over 70 checkpoints, threatening inter-border
The National Union of Mineworkers (NUM) confirmed that 107 miners had returned to the surface and were undergoing medical check-ups. More than 500 miners had initially failed to emerge at
Over the next two years, the Africa Pledge aims to assist African governments and tourism organizations in identifying and capitalizing on new tourism opportunities, providing support to Airbnb hosts and
Ejeta is widely acknowledged as a leading expert in plant genetics, focusing particularly on sorghum, a critical food source in Africa. He gained international recognition in 2009 when he received