MALI has signed a landmark agreement with China’s Ganfeng Lithium to operate the Goulamina lithium mine, increasing its stake in the project in line with a new mining code. This code, adopted last year, allows the military-led government to boost…
A YOUNG Nigerian has developed a drone to deliver medicine and medical supplies to patients in rural areas of the country’s impoverished northwest region. Jubrin Musa, a 25-year-old secondary school dropout from Kano, said he began working on the project…
THE speaker of Russia’s parliament on Saturday scolded the European Union for banning the distribution of four Russian media outlets. According to the speaker it shows how the West has refused to accept any alternative point of view and was…
TWO Albanian nationals who used a plane to illegally transport economic migrants from northern France to an aerodrome in Essex have been jailed. Myrteza Hilaj, 50, and Kreshnik Kadena, 37, both of Leyton, east London, were found guilty at Southwark…
FOLLOWING the assassination attempt on Slovakian Prime Minister Robert Fico, there has been an increase in threats against other politicians in the country. Interior Minister, Matúš Šutaj Eštok told the daily newspaper Pravda on Saturday. He said he personally had…
•PHOTO CAPTION: Models present creations from the summer beachwear collection by Moroccan designer Yasmina Q, during the Red Sea Fashion Week in Saudi Arabia’s Red Sea resort of Ummahat Island today, Friday, May 17, 2024. Saudi Arabia held its first…
THE civil war in Sudan is on the brink of spiraling out of control, the United Nations warned, a year after the start of major fighting in the East African country. At least 16,000 people have died so far, with…
Smart Africa has signed a partnership agreement with GITEX Africa to organize the 2nd Ministerial peer exchange, the 3rd meeting of the Council of African ICT agencies (CAITA) alongside a training for the CAITA, in collaboration with the AFRALTI (African Advanced Level…
PRESIDENT Bola Tinubu has called for a common front among African nations in the fight against challenges of terrorism and human trafficking bedevilling them. Tinubu said this when he received the new President of Senegal, Bassirou Faye, at the Presidential…
DEMOCRACY in Africa has not had a good year. Military juntas from Mali to Niger appear to have cemented their grip on power. Sudan’s democratic dreams were dashed when the country’s two most powerful strongmen opted for war. And there’s now evidence that ordinary…
