CANADIAN Prime Minister Mark Carney declared victory in the federal election on Tuesday. He said he looks forward to working with all parties in parliament and plans to meet with US President Donald Trump to discuss future economic and security…
NORTH Korea has conducted the first test-firing of the weapons system onboard its newly unveiled “Choe Hyon-class” warship, according to a report published by state media outlet KCNA on Wednesday. The test included the launch of cruise missiles, anti-aircraft missiles,…
THE operatives of the Economic d Financial Crimes Commission (EFCC), on Wednesday, arrived at the Federal High Court in Abuja with the businesswoman, Aisha Achimugu, as ordered by the court. Achimugu, who was sandwiched by two female EFCC’s officers,…
CHINA on Wednesday rejected allegations that it employed an aide to a far-right German lawmaker, a day after the man was formally charged with spying for Chinese intelligence services. Foreign Ministry spokesperson Guo Jiakun told reporters in Beijing that claims…
MALI’S ruling military junta on Monday kicked off a two-day national consultation in Bamako aimed at drafting a charter to overhaul the country’s political party system—an initiative boycotted by nearly all of the country’s opposition movements, AFP reported. The talks, convened under the…
COTE d’Ivoire’s main opposition party, the Democratic Party of Cote d’Ivoire (PDCI), said on Monday it had launched legal action to overturn a court ruling that bars its leader, Tidjane Thiam, from contesting this year’s presidential election. The move comes as…
A NATIONAL forum of political actors in Mali has called for junta leader Assimi Goita to be officially named president for a new five-year term, marking a significant escalation in the military-led government’s consolidation of power. The recommendation emerged from…
AUHTORITIES in Ghana have arrested three Indian nationals suspected of running a longstanding gold smuggling syndicate believed to have moved tonnes of the precious metal out of the country over more than a decade, according to the state gold trading…
THE military-led governments of Burkina Faso, Mali, and Niger have formally endorsed Morocco’s initiative to provide them access to global trade through its Atlantic ports, according to Morocco’s state news agency, as reported by Reuters. The foreign ministers of the three Sahel states expressed their…
ACROSS Africa today, a quiet but devastating tragedy unfolds. It is not a shortage of ambition, nor a lack of resources, that holds the continent back. It is the deeper failure to fully believe in ourselves: to invest in African…
