THE London High Court has denied shipbuilder Privinvest permission to appeal against Mozambique’s victory in a landmark case over the infamous ‘tuna bond’ scandal. The ruling upholds a judgment awarding Mozambique more than $825 million in damages and an indemnity covering…
CHINA has implemented a sweeping zero-tariff trade policy for 33 African least-developed countries (LDCs), allowing duty-free access for exports to its markets. While the move could strengthen economic ties, experts caution that its impact may be limited unless African nations…
ETHIOPIA is intensifying its push to capture a larger share of the rapidly growing Chinese coffee market, which has emerged as one of the top 10 importers of Ethiopian coffee. Officials from the Ethiopian Coffee and Tea Authority (ECTA) highlighted…
TANZANIA’S President Samia Suluhu Hassan granted clemency to 1,548 prisoners on Monday in honour of the Mainland’s 63rd Independence Day. This compassionate gesture, aimed at promoting unity and nation-building, underscores the country’s values of justice and reconciliation. Of those pardoned,…
A PARIS court has found French-Cameroonian author Charles Onana guilty of downplaying the 1994 Rwandan genocide, marking a pivotal moment in Europe’s fight against genocide denial. Onana, 60, and his publisher Damien Serieyx of Éditions du Toucan, were penalised under…
TURKEY is set to host talks this week between Somali President Hassan Sheikh Mohamud and Ethiopian Prime Minister Abiy Ahmed in an effort to resolve a year-long dispute over Ethiopia’s desire for port access to the Horn of Africa,…
A Sudanese army air strike on a market in North Darfur on Monday has left more than 100 people dead, according to a legal group monitoring the war in Sudan. The Emergency Lawyers group said on Tuesday that strikes on a market in Kabkabiya,…
PRESIDENT Bola Tinubu has appointed Shamseldeen Babatunde Ogunjimi as the Acting Accountant General of the Federation, AGF. Ogunjimi’s appointment takes immediate effect following the pre-retirement leave of the incumbent AGF, Dr Oluwatoyin Sakirat Madein. In announcing Madein’s successor, President…
THE House of Representatives Committee on Defence has called for an increase in the budget allocation for the Defence Intelligence Agency, DIA. Committee Chairman Hon. Babajimi Benson expressed surprise that the DIA receives the smallest budget compared to the…
NIGERIAN human rights activist and convener of #RevolutionNow movement, Omoyele Sowore, has criticised the 2023 Labour Party presidential candidate, Peter Obi, for his actions regarding the arrest and remand of human rights lawyer, Dele Farotimi, by the Nigerian police. Sowore…
