WEST Africa’s regional bloc, the Economic Community of West African States (ECOWAS), has tasked Senegal’s President Basirou Diomaye Faye with mediating talks with the three military junta-led states—Mali, Niger, and Burkina Faso—that withdrew from the group earlier this year. The…
SENEGAL’S recently elected president, Bassirou Dioumaye Faye, has vowed to renegotiate mining, gas, and oil contracts signed with foreign companies to ensure environmental compliance and local benefits. At a high-level summit in Paris last week, his mining minister detailed how…
IN the dynamic and often unpredictable world of business, surviving and thriving amidst various risks requires more than just reactive measures; it necessitates a comprehensive and strategic approach. Business risks can stem from a multitude of sources, including market volatility,…
AN investigation by BBC Africa Eye has uncovered a disturbing trend of elderly individuals being accused of witchcraft and murdered along Kenya’s Kilifi coast. These accusations often hide a darker motive—land grabs by relatives and community members. Seventy-four-year-old Tambala Jefwa bears…
Frequently, many assert that life is not a bed of roses, yet in truth, it truly is. The commonly held notion equating roses with ease overlooks the presence of thorns in every rose, mirroring life’s complexities. Life, like a rose,…
Jon Landau – the Oscar-winning producer of some of the world’s highest-grossing movies of all time, including Titanic and Avatar – has died, aged 63. Landau, who was the long-time producing partner of filmmaker James Cameron, reportedly died on Friday…
Indian Prime Minister Narendra Modi is visiting Russian President Vladimir Putin for the first time since Russia’s full-scale invasion of Ukraine began more than two years ago. Indian foreign ministry spokesman in New Delhi said ahead of the trip that…
Ukrainian President Volodymyr Zelensky and Polish Prime Minister Donald Tusk signed a bilateral security agreement in Warsaw on Monday, a day before the start of a NATO summit in Washington. “Those who defend Ukraine today are also defending themselves,” said…
Iraq’s Ministry of Culture, Tourism, and Antiquities had announced on Monday that the successful repatriation of 181 smuggled artefacts from the U.S. and other countries. The recovered items included a bronze figurine and eight metal boxes containing ancient skeletons, the…
THE controversial Samoa Agreement has become a topic of discussion for many Nigerians as they wonder what it entails since the news that Nigeria has signed. On November 15, 2023, the European Union and member states came together to sign…
