As ballots are being counted after Chad’s presidential election on Sunday, the African Union praised the vote for running peacefully. During campaigning, demonstrations were banned or violently dispersed, prompting concern from rights groups who have said authorities have cracked down on dissent. Human Rights Watch, Amnesty International and UN Secretary General Antonio Guterres are among…
•ACF expresses disappointment over unending strife Olawale Ajimotokan and John Shiklam in Kaduna The federal government yesterday stated that the general state of insecurity in the country has triggered a rising call for secession as well as politicisation of ethnic and religious differences. This is coming as the Kaduna State Governor, Mallam Nasir el-Rufai, has…
•Global agreement saved oil market, says OPEC Emmanuel Addeh in Abuja Pope Francis yesterday urged the International Monetary Fund (IMF) and the World Bank to cut the debt burden of poor countries hit by the economic impact of the COVID-19 pandemic and give their governments a greater say in global-decision-making. In a letter to the…
Gabon’s President Ali Bongo Ondimba recently granted his first interview since suffering a stroke in 2018. Well aware that “a few people thought it was their turn to take the reins” after his illness, he is determined to reform Gabon and unafraid to tackle thorny issues. Gabon’s President Ali Bongo Ondimba, who suffered a stroke…
The violent escalation of an insurgency in northern Mozambique last month has whipped up fresh concerns about security in southern Africa, a region that has enjoyed relative stability in recent decades. The recent escalation began when more than 100 well-armed rebels attacked Palma on March 24 and held more than half of the strategic centre…
Voting began Friday in Djibouti where Ismail Omar Guelleh is seeking an all but assured fifth term as president of the small but strategically located nation he has ruled for 22 years. Some 215,000 citizens are registered to vote in the ballot pitting Guelleh, 73, against a little-known businessman widely seen to pose little threat to the…
By Zeniat Abubakar, Abuja The Nigeria’s Minister of State for Environment has appealed to the National Assembly to hasten up action on the passing into law, of the Bill on Climate Change, which she said has already passed second reading on the floor of the House. The minister, Sharon Ikeazor who disclosed this while declaring…
ASX-listed aspiring West African gold developer, Tietto Minerals has rattled off another cluster of spectacular gold hits from an ongoing 40,000-metre infill diamond drilling campaign at its three-million-ounce Abujar gold project in Côte d’Ivoire. The company’s latest uber high-grade gold intersection, this time registered at the AG South section of the project’s cornerstone AG deposit,…
JOHANNESBURG (miningweekly.com) – Diversified mining and marketing company Anglo American is to demerge its South Africa thermal coal operations, the company said on Thursday. The demerger is subject to the approval of Anglo’s shareholders on May 5. Anglo thermal coal head July Ndlovu has been named as CEO of Thungela Resources Limited, the demerged entity and new…
Djibouti’s President Ismail Omar Guelleh is expected to extend his two-decade rule of the tiny Horn of Africa nation as the country heads to the polls Friday. Guelleh, 73, is facing political newcomer Zakaria Ismail Farah, his only rival after traditional opposition parties decided to boycott the election. A businessman specialised in the importation of cleaning…