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A 33-year-old British-Nigerian man Idris Dayo Mustapha has admitted to orchestrating a sophisticated cyber fraud scheme spanning seven years. Mustapha, a key member of a hacking ring, targeted email and brokerage accounts of US corporations from 2011 to 2018, resulting in substantial losses exceeding $6 million (£4.7 million). US authorities had been pursuing Mustapha for several years. His crimes carry ...

Senegal’s military has seized more than three tonnes of cocaine from a ship moored off the coast, in one of the country’s largest drugs hauls. The navy made the announcement on Tuesday, saying that the ship was seized on Sunday night in international waters, with 10 crew on board, one of whom was Senegalese. The vessel was then escorted to ...

Over 17,000 asylum seekers, whose claims have been discontinued, are currently unaccounted for, according to the UK Home Office. The admission came during discussions in Parliament regarding Chancellor Rishi Sunak’s ambitious goal to eliminate the asylum backlog by year-end. The Home Office clarified that the withdrawal of asylum applications is a result of claimants failing to respond to interview requests ...

The ECOWAS (Economic Community of West African States) is set to issue a decision on a complaint submitted by lawyers of former Nigerien president Mohamed Bazoum over his ouster in a July coup. Since his toppling, Bazoum has been held at his residence in the heart of the presidential palace in the Niamey, Niger’s capital. The complaint with the ECOWAS ...

The Commissioner for Political Affairs, Peace and Security (CPAPS), for the Economic Community of West African States (ECOWAS) Dr Abdel-Fatau Musa, has said that ECWOAS has thought of the possible impact of sending troops to Niger on foreign nations in that country. He recognized that there are several foreign nationals, some fo whom are refugees in Niger. Dr Musa assured ...

The Commissioner for Political Affairs, Peace and Security (CPAPS), for the Economic Community of West African States (ECOWAS) Dr Abdel-Fatau Musa, has assured that the region bloc is going waging war against Niger. He said they are rather warring against the junta that organized the coup. Asked whether ECOWAS has thought about the possible implications of deploying troops to Niger ...

The Somali government on Sunday ordered a ban on TikTok, Telegram and an online betting site, claiming that these platforms were being used by “terrorists” for propaganda purposes. The decision comes ahead of the second phase of the military offensive against the radical Islamist Shebab, who have been waging a bloody insurrection against the central government in Mogadishu for more ...

With half of its population below 19 years of age, Africa has a huge human resource potential. The continent however still grapples with high levels of youth unemployment. Could closer working relationships between education institutions and employers offer a lasting solution to this challenge that gives many government leaders sleepless nights? We talk to Veda Sunassee, the Chief Executive Officer ...

Russia and China will look to gain more political and economic ground in the developing world at a summit in South Africa this week, when an expected joint dose of anti-West grumbling from them may take on a sharper edge with a formal move to bring Saudi Arabia closer. Leaders from the BRICS economic bloc of Brazil, Russia, India, China ...

The Chief of Staff of the deposed President of Niger, Djibo Takoubokoye Daouda has arrived in Ghana. According to TV3’s Portia Gabor who reported on the mid-day news on Friday, August 18, it is unclear why Daouda is in Ghana. However, it comes at a time the President of Niger, Mohammed Bazoum, has been taken hostage by the army in ...