Nigeria’s All Progressives Congress party on Wednesday unveiled its vice presidential candidate, a month after naming Bola Tinubu its flagbearer in the 2023 presidential race. Former Borno State Governor, Kashim Shettima will be Tinubu’s running mate as the APC looks to keep power after the expiry of President Muhammadu Buhari’s mandate. “Nigeria, hear me loud…
Investigation aims to ‘shed light’ on case, says prosecutor general. KIGALI, Rwanda Mali’s public prosecutor’s office said Tuesday that it had opened an investigation into the recent arrest at the country’s main international airport of 49 soldiers from Ivory Coast. Mali’s military government said last week that it had arrested the soldiers upon their arrival…
There is a strong will between the 2 countries to enhance cooperation, says Ambassador Nilgün Erdem Ari. KIGALI, Rwanda Türkiye’s envoy to Burkina Faso reaffirmed her country’s support for the West African country on Tuesday in the face of growing security and food insecurity challenges. Ambassador Nilgün Erdem Ari announced this after a meeting with…
Experts say zoonotic outbreaks becoming more frequent due to destruction of wildlife habitats. DAR ES SALAAM, Tanzania As the world is still struggling to recover from the COVID-19 pandemic, the East African country of Tanzania is working to stem the spread of a mysterious disease which has so far claimed three lives and infected several…
A huge wildfire broke out Tuesday in Hammam-Lif town in the northeastern Tunisian province of Ben Arous, nearly 20 km away from the capital Tunis, local media reported. The fire spread quickly and ravaged a large part of the nearby mountain Boukornine, one of the most famous mountains in Tunisia, according to private radio station…
Individuals and institutional buyers of Reserve Bank of Zimbabwe (RBZ’s) gold coins will be required to hold them for at least 180 days before selling while exporters earning less than a million U.S. dollars will be allowed to use the surrender portion of their receipts to purchase the coins in foreign currency. Earlier this month,…
Solar PV users could pay Eskom over R900 per month for grid-tied electricity based on a 2020/21 tariff proposal. But Eskom says it is not trying to disincentivise people from opting for solar PV installations. Eskom wants its tariffs to be more cost-reflective of the services it is providing. Solar PV users could pay over…
Investigators with AFP Fact Check have found that many of these ads on social media in and around Africa are bogus. They are often scams designed to extract cash or steal personal data from job seekers often in desperate need of employment. Keyword searches on Facebook reveal dozens of pages featuring bogus vacancies cleverly crafted…
MARRAKECH, Morocco, July 19 (Reuters) – African countries need to leverage more private funds to meet infrastructure financing needs estimated at between $68 billion and $108 billion annually, the chief executive of Africa50, an infrastructure investment offshoot of the African Development Bank, said on Tuesday in Marrakech. Leveraging more private capital to finance infrastructure projects, as part…
Photos of women in full Islamic attire – faces covered and in long dresses – next to old pictures of women in short skirts from the 1950s and 1960s in North Africa and the Middle East are often put together on social media to make a point. The underlying message is: “Look what has become…