OFID Extends $50 Million for Poverty Reduction in Tanzania
February 22, 2021 The OPEC Fund for International Development (OFID) has signed a $50 million loan with Tanzania to finance the ‘Fourth Tanzania Poverty Reduction...
Category : Africa
Jihadist Groups In Sub-Saharan Africa: Assessing The Threat
By Colin P. Clarke and Jacob Zenn* (FPRI) — As the Biden administration surveys the litany of foreign policy challenges that exist—Iran, China, Russia, and...
Senegal Must Ready for ‘Battle’ With Jihadists, Says President
A Senegalese special forces soldier fires an M249 machine gun as part of interoperability training with US special forces during Exercise Flintlock 2019, near Po,...
Boko Haram “TERROR UNMASKED’ Now “Bandit War”
A young boy is flogged in a public square. Onlookers shout “God is great.” Boko Haram militants shoot civilians in the heart and head, ignoring...
Libyans Mark 10th Anniversary of Arab Spring Uprising
AP Photo/Francois Mori, File In this Sunday Oct. 23, 2011, file photo, Libyan celebrate at Saha Kish Square in Benghazi, Libya, as Libya’s transitional government...
34th AU Summit: New African Union Advisory Board on Corruption appointed
Six (6) new Board Members of the African Union Advisory Board on Corruption have been appointed following their election by the African Union Executive Council...
We Live Like Animals,’ say Villagers Displaced by Fighting in Central African Republic
Fighting between pro-government forces and rebel groups in the Central African Republic has forced thousands of families to flee their homes. Living in precarious conditions...
A Moral Catastrophe”: Africa CDC Head Says Lack of Vaccines for the Continent Will Imperil World
Countries across the African continent are facing a second COVID-19 outbreak, linked to a variant first found in South Africa that has been detected in...
Nigerian News Website Peoples Gazette Blocked, Threatened with Legal Action
New York, February 5, 2021–Nigerian authorities should ensure access to the Peoples Gazette new site is not disrupted and its reporters can work without fear of harassment...
Biden Ends Deadlock over First African and First Woman to Lead WTO
The Biden administration has ended the deadlock over the next head of the World Trade Organisation (WTO) by expressing its “strong support” for Nigeria’s ex-finance minister....
The Libyan Political Dialogue Forum Elects Muhammad Yunus Al-Manfi As President Of The Presidential Council And Abdel-Hamid Dabaiba As Prime Minister In The Second Round Of Voting.
Geneva, February 5, 2021 (Lana) – The Libyan Political Dialogue Forum in Geneva today, Friday evening, elected Muhammad Yunus Al-Manfi as Chairman of the Presidential...
Civilians killed in Al-Shabaab Attack on Hotel in Somalia
At least three people including two civilians were killed in a jihadist attack Sunday on a Mogadishu hotel, a Somali security source said, adding that...
Egypt, Sudan and Ethiopia Fail to Reach Final Agreement for GERD
Sudan has recently started to state clearly that a legally binding solution is the only way out of the Grand Ethiopian Renaissance Dam (GERD) crisis...
Another Lockdown in Abuja, Lagos and Plateau State in Nigeria
The federal government hinted yesterday that it was considering targeted lockdown in the Federal Capital Territory (FCT) as well as Lagos and Plateau States. National...
Sunday Igboho’s Ibadan House Set Ablaze
The house of a Yoruba activist, Sunday Adeyemo popularly known as Sunday Igboho has been set on fire at Soka area in Ibadan, Oyo State...
Drone Footage Captures Devastation of Cyclone Eloise in Mozambique
The death toll from storm Eloise rose to at least 12 on Monday (January 25), according to figures from authorities across south-eastern Africa, where heavy...
Chief Sunday Igboho to be Appointed as Corps Marshal ( overall commander) of Amotekun Corps
One of the resolutions of south west governors’ meeting today at Akure should be immediate appointment of Chief Sunday Igboho as Corps Marshal ( overall...
‘Child soldiers’ are terrorising Cape Flats communities, says study
Her 15-year-old has an unlicensed gun and refers to himself as a soldier for the local gang.A Cape Town mother spoke of her struggle with...
U.N. Chief Furious With Morocco Over Western Sahara Demonstration
By Louis Charbonneau U.N. Secretary-General Ban Ki-moon told Morocco’s foreign minister on Monday he was angered and disappointed by a demonstration in Rabat he said...
Fresh Xenophobic Attacks Reported in S. Africa
Foreign shops were looted on Sunday in an informal settlement near Natalspruit in eastern Johannesburg following the deaths of two local residents, police said. The...