Ghanaian authorities on Sunday were denying rumors that President Nana Akufo Addo has left the country for medical treatment, following news that he had been exposed to COVID-19 through a close contact. “Kindly disregard the false story published by the Herald newspaper,” said Eugene Arhin, the president’s communications director, in…
Nine Nigerian nationals working aboard the Sendje Berge have been abducted by armed attackers, according to vessel operator BW Offshore. The nine were taken about 4:20 a.m. local time on Thursday, said the company in a statement. The incident happened on the Okwori oil field, located offshore of Bonny Island…
By Adekemi Omotubora COVID-19 is ravishing the world, putting in focus both the public health and economic implications. For a country like Nigeria, hemorrhaging its revenue from oil, the catastrophe of the pandemic also stresses the need to develop a diversified Nigerian economy – and it is a digital economy….
Human rights activists are pressing Ethiopian authorities to properly investigate the shooting of a popular…
Roughly 200 Iranian fishing boats operating illegally have been detected in waters off Somalia and…
New President Lazarus Chakwera was sworn into office in Malawi on Sunday in a ceremony…
Rwanda is the only nation in sub-Saharan Africa that appears to be approved for travel…
The Médecins Sans Frontières (Doctors Without Borders) NGO says it has suspended medical operations in…
