IN Cape Town, South Africa, four schoolchildren from Pinelands High School are set to face a disciplinary hearing following the circulation of a viral video showing black students being auctioned off as slaves. The video, filmed at the school and involving grade eight students, triggered widespread outrage on social media …
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ETHIOPIA’S House of Peoples’ Representatives (HoPR), the lower chamber of parliament, approved $1.5bn in financial agreements with the World Bank’s International Development Association (IDA) on Wednesday. These agreements are set to bolster the country’s economic reform efforts. The financial package includes a $1bn grant and a $500 million concessional loan, …
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CAMEROON has entered into a landmark $2bn agreement with Camalco, a subsidiary of the Australian-based Canyon Resources, to develop the Minim-Martap bauxite mine. This significant deal marks a pivotal step in Cameroon’s ambition to become an upper middle-income country by 2035. The contract was officially signed on Tuesday, with interim …
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Flutterwave, a leading payments technology company, has recently been granted a Payment Service Provider licence (Enhanced Category) by the Bank of Ghana. This significant milestone enables Flutterwave to offer a comprehensive suite of payment services directly within Ghana and enhance its operations across Africa. Ghana presents a promising market for …
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IN the early hours of Thursday, August 1, market women in Ughelli metropolis and nearby communities took control of ongoing protests, expressing their frustration over widespread hunger. At Otovwodo Junction in the Ughelli North Local Government Area of Delta State, they waved green leaves as a symbol of solidarity and …
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THREE youths have been killed, while several others were injured in a protest against bad governance, which turned violent in Kaduna on Thursday. According to Vanguard, eyewitnesses said the number of protesters mostly youths and the unemployed, which had outnumbered the security operatives, marched from the Rigasa area and from the …
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THE Kenyan High Court on Wednesday mandated the government to pay $3.4 million in compensation to the families of the 148 victims of the 2015 Garissa University terror attack, which predominantly claimed the lives of students. The court concluded that the state failed to protect the students from the al-Shabaab-led …
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HUNDREDS of youths have barricaded major streets and Government House in Sokoto metropolis chanting different songs in the ongoing nationwide protest against hunger. The protesters, holding placards with different inscriptions, chanting different songs are calling on government to re-introduce fuel subsidy and revert exchange rate to N400 per US dollar. …
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OGUN State Governor, Prince Dapo Abiodun, on Thursday, praised the peace and tranquillity across the state, saying the conduct of the people during the first day of the anti-hunger protest was commendable. Prince Abiodun particularly commended the youths and students for their conduct during the protest. According to the governor, …
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THE Edo State Government has received information about the looting of bags of rice from unidentified truck and private residences in parts of Benin City in the wake of the #EndBadGovernance protests. The videos making the rounds are said to have emanated from the Urora axis of Ikpoba Hill, Benin …
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