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Some people online have expressed anger after footage emerged of a group of Nigerian governors’ wives celebrating the first lady’s birthday, apparently in Dubai. Aisha Buhari’s birthday was on 17 February, when she turned 51, but the video has only just emerged. It is not clear when it was filmed. A group of women, who local media say are wives ...

The African Union (AU) has expressed extreme concern at “the very serious and dangerous situation created in Ukraine.” AU Chair Macky Sall, President of Senegal, and the Chairperson of the African Union Commission, Moussa Faki Mahamat, expressed this concern in a statement. They called on the Russian Federation and any other regional or international actor to imperatively respect international law, ...

On a four-day working visit to Morocco, Israel’s economy and industry minister met with her Moroccan counterpart. On Monday, Moroccan Ryad Mezzour signed a deal with Israeli Orna Barbivai to boost trade and investment cooperation between the countries. The current level of commercial exchange between the North African Kingdom and Israel amounts at 13 million dollars. The two nations are ...

Ethiopia’s Prime Minister Abiy Ahmed is set to address the country’s federal parliament on the conflict between government forces and Tigrayan rebels in the North. It will be his first time addressing parliament since he won a second term in office in June 2021. Ethiopian federal forces have been fighting rebels loyal to the Tigray People’s Liberation Front (TPLF) since ...

Turkish President Recep Tayyip Erdogan arrived in Senegal on Monday. Macky Sall and his counterpart took part in the Senegal-Turkey business forum then held a press conference. President Macky Sall hosted his Turkish counterpart on Monday. On an official state visit, Recep Tayyip Erdogan was accompanied by a large business delegation. And for good reason, trade was on the agenda ...

Ugandans who refuse Covid 19 vaccination are likely to face a jail term of six months if they fail to pay a proposed fine of 4 million Ugandan shillings ($1,139). The parliamentary committee on health has begun scrutinising Public Health (Amendment) Bill 2021 which seeks to make coronavirus vaccinations mandatory. On Monday, the Health Minister, Jane Ruth Aceng informed the ...

African champion Edouard Mendy was back with his Chelsea teammates at the Emirates for the Club World Cup on Wednesday. The Senegalese goalkeeper remained on the bench for last night’s semi-final win over Al Hilal of Saudi Arabia and now has one more trophy in sight. Edouard Mendy, the only player absent at the grand presidential reception ceremony of the ...

Lieutenant-Colonel Paul-Henri Sandaogo Damiba, who took power in a coup in Burkina Faso on January 24, has been declared “president” by the Constitutional Council, according to the AFP In a decision notified to him on Wednesday, the Constitutional Council said that “Mr Paul-Henri Sandaogo Damiba, lieutenant-colonel of the national armed forces, is the president of Faso” since 24 January. in its session ...

Six more tropical cyclones are likely to hit Zimbabwe before the end of the rainy season. local government minister, July Moyo said this on Wednesday during a cyclone recovery project ceremony in Harare. Zimbabwe, during this rainy season, had two cyclones, ANA which left a trail of destruction and Batsirai which fortunately dissipated. Minister Moyo said predictions by the Meteorological ...

Assailants struck Libyan Prime Minister Abdulhamid al-Dbeibah’s car with bullets early on Thursday but he escaped unharmed, a source close to him said, amid intense factional wrangling over control of the government. The source said the incident happened as Dbeibah was returning home, describing it as a clear assassination attempt, but the attackers fled and the incident has been referred ...