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French President Emmanuel Macron received, Wednesday (June 21), his counterpart from Chad, Mahamat Idriss Deby Itno for talks, on the eve of the so-called summit for a New Global financial Pact. Restructuring debt and reducing poverty by getting the UN 2030 Sustainable Development Goals targets back on course will top the agenda. Climate will nevertheless be the main driver of ...

Business magnate and investor William Henry ‘Bill’ Gates III has visited Nigeria and commended their creative arts industry. “Of course, being here in Nigeria, I can’t help but mention the amazing creativity that goes on here,” Bill Gates remarked. “Afrobeats from Nigeria are popular everywhere,” he noted, adding that when his 20-year-old daughter, Phoebe Adele Gates, learned of his trip ...

Reports say a Ugandan man identified as Herbert Baitwababo breathed a sigh of relief after a court ordered for his return to a WhatsApp group. This was after the WhatsApp admin ejected him from the group for asking questions in relation to how finances of the group were being handled. The court had ordered for his return to the WhatsApp ...

The African Union (AU) on Thursday called on Sudan’s neighbors and the international community to help people fleeing deadly fighting in the country, again calling for a ceasefire. AU Commission Chairperson Moussa Faki Mahamat “continues to follow with growing concern the plight of civilians caught in the deadly conflict in Sudan,” his office said in a statement. “The chairperson renews ...

11 female opposition lawmakers have been arrested in Uganda during a protest over what they allege is police brutality. The legislators took to the streets Thursday to voice their dissatisfaction over what they are calling a violation of the rights of women and a threat to their lives, which they say also violates the Constitution. Scuffles erupted between the women ...

E-commerce and digital transactions expanded rapidly on the African continent during the outbreak of the COVID-19 pandemic as health-related restrictions limited foot traffic in malls, prompting greater levels of online retail activity. Africa led mobile internet usage as of 2021 compared to other regions. The continent led by 13 per cent above the global average, and almost five per cent ...

The Nigerian government has decided to delay the removal of fuel subsidies, citing the need for further preparations and consultations with key stakeholders, including the incoming administration. Nigeria’s Minister of Finance, Budget, and National Planning, Mrs. Zainab Ahmed, disclosed this to local media on Thursday after the valedictory Council meeting presided over by Vice President Yemi Osinbajo at the Council ...

A Turkish evacuation plane coming into land at an airbase outside Sudan’s capital, Khartoum, has been fired at, Turkey’s defence ministry confirms. No-one was injured and it landed safely at Wadi Seidna, where it was being checked. Sudan’s army blamed paramilitary fighters for firing at the aircraft and damaging its fuel system. The Rapid Support Forces (RSF) denied the allegation, ...

The Ministry of Foreign Affairs and Regional Integration says 82 Ghanaian nationals have been evacuated from the Sudanese capital, Khartoum, so far. Seventy-seven were evacuated to safety in Gedaref, Sudan, to be transported to Ethiopia on Wednesday, April 26 while five, comprising three footballers and two working for an Australian mining company, are being evacuated through the Egyptian border post ...

Former Lagos State governor, who is Nigeria’s ‘president-elect’, according to the Independent National Electoral Commission, Bola Tinubu, is travelling to Europe to seek medical care after falling ill, SaharaReporters has learnt. SaharaReporters gathered that Tinubu fell ill after the “hectic” electioneering that led to his emergence as the ‘President-elect’ and the tension that built up ahead of the March 18 ...