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Former Nigerian president faces violence probe Former Nigerian president General Mahummadu Buhari is under investigation over allegations that he used language that could have sparked the April pos...

Ghana: Over 64 percent work in the agricultural sector Anthony Doku (AD), managing director of research, monitoring and planning at the Ghana Revenue Authority as well as MD of O.G Farms Limited, speaks ab...

Turkey: An enlarged sphere Since the fall of Egypt’s Hosni Mubarak, Turkey has wasted no opportunities to step into the limelight of Middle Eastern politics. Now it’s asserting ...

Two Swedish journalists back in Ethiopian court The two Swedish journalists arrested in July after they were caught entering Ethiopia with rebels appeared in court for the second time on Tuesday cha...

Mozambique remembers liberator Samora Machel African dignitaries are in Mozambique for the 25th anniversary of the Southern African country’s founding leader Samora Machel.

Nigeria oil pollution: Dutch gov’t to hold firms accountable The Dutch government has vowed to put pressure on its multinational companies like Shell Petroleum Development Company (SPDC) to clean up all contamin...

Uganda opposition leader arrested Opposition politicians in Uganda under the organisation, Activists for Change have resumed walk to work demonstrations.

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Nigeria’s President Bola Tinubu stands next to his predecessor Muhammadu Buhari during his swearing-in ceremony in Abuja

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Premium badgeNigeria faces inflation spike as President Tinubu promises end to fuel subsidy Nigeria’s newly inaugurated President, Bola Tinubu, has put an end to the long-standing petrol subsidy, which has drained billions of dollars from the...
© Zimbabwe President Emmerson Mnangagwa speaks during a handover ceremony where he received medical emergency and police helicopters from Sergey Chemezov the Director General of the Russian State Corporation “Rostec” at the Robert Mugabe International Airport in Harare on May 18, 2023. (Photo by Jekesai NJIKIZANA / AFP)

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Premium badgeZimbabwe: How intelligence and military are running the upcoming general polls Zimbabwe’s President Emmerson Mnangagwa has created a parallel structure run by the State’s Central Intelligence Organisation (CIO) to run internal po...
© Farmer Joseph Mhlanga stands over a pile of maize or corn cobs in his modest house at Malakata village, about 10 miles (16 km) from the Zambian capital Lusaka, June 20, 2011. Zambia is expected to have a crop over 3 million tonnes of maize, its life-blood crop, for its 2010/11 season compared to 2.8 million tonnes last year. Picture taken June 20, 2011. To match Feature ZAMBIA-AGRICULTURE/ REUTERS

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Premium badgeZambia: Benchmark maize price raised to deter smuggling In an attempt to ward off soaring corn demand from countries in southern and East Africa, the Food Reserve Agency (FRA) has raised by 51% its purchase...

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Nigeria’s President Bola Tinubu stands next to his predecessor Muhammadu Buhari during his swearing-in ceremony in Abuja

new broom

Premium badgeNigeria faces inflation spike as President Tinubu promises end to fuel subsidy Nigeria’s newly inaugurated President, Bola Tinubu, has put an end to the long-standing petrol subsidy, which has drained billions of dollars from the...
© Zimbabwe President Emmerson Mnangagwa speaks during a handover ceremony where he received medical emergency and police helicopters from Sergey Chemezov the Director General of the Russian State Corporation “Rostec” at the Robert Mugabe International Airport in Harare on May 18, 2023. (Photo by Jekesai NJIKIZANA / AFP)

parallel control

Premium badgeZimbabwe: How intelligence and military are running the upcoming general polls Zimbabwe’s President Emmerson Mnangagwa has created a parallel structure run by the State’s Central Intelligence Organisation (CIO) to run internal po...
© Farmer Joseph Mhlanga stands over a pile of maize or corn cobs in his modest house at Malakata village, about 10 miles (16 km) from the Zambian capital Lusaka, June 20, 2011. Zambia is expected to have a crop over 3 million tonnes of maize, its life-blood crop, for its 2010/11 season compared to 2.8 million tonnes last year. Picture taken June 20, 2011. To match Feature ZAMBIA-AGRICULTURE/ REUTERS

regional deficit

Premium badgeZambia: Benchmark maize price raised to deter smuggling In an attempt to ward off soaring corn demand from countries in southern and East Africa, the Food Reserve Agency (FRA) has raised by 51% its purchase...

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Zimbabwe officials won’t be charged over wikileaks affair Zimbabwe’s army chief says he is no will not charge two senior officers who held secret meetings with United States diplomats.

Ethiopia: Foreign firms invest over US$6 bn in potash mining Five foreign companies have invested about US$6.5 billion in the Ethiopian potash mining industry, the country’s Ministry of Mines has revealed.

Riots paralyse parts of Kampala, Uganda The western parts of Kampala were on Monday paralysed by riots, demanding President Yoweri Museveni’s ouster.

Algerians ‘awaiting official recognition of state crime’ – Einaudi French historian, Jean-Luc Einaudi has been working to uncover the truth of what took place on October 17, 1961.

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Malawi: A man who draws lines in the sand President Mutharika has pinned his hopes of political longevity on an aggressive stance in the face of civil society protests

Museveni sees demand for African commodities rising Uganda President Yoweri Museveni says the global economic crisis is actually a realignment of the world economy.

Algeria-France: Shot and drowned Oct. 17, 1961 Fifty years ago, on 17 October, 1961, Algerians decided to march peacefully in the streets of Paris. But police repression of the peaceful protest was...

The total emancipation of Africa Langston Hughes’ poem is an attempt to define himself to a segregated America where his existential lot is one of discrimination and social rejection ...

Book review: A time for new dreams by Ben Okri A collection of short works by the British-Nigerian writer touches on Africa, beauty and childhood.

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A brief introduction to the death of African cinema Celebrated Chadian film director Mahamet-Saleh Haroun says African cinema needs to be supported and financed by African countries if it is not going t...

Nigeria: Boko Haram in AQIM’s inner circle President Goodluck Jonathan may have contracted Israeli security experts to safeguard Aso Rock and other vulnerable buildings, but it is unclear who w...