A coalition led by France, Kenya, and Barbados has proposed new taxes on plastics, cryptocurrencies, and high-pollution industries to generate hundreds of billions of dollars for…
Author: Abdullahi Jimoh
The African Union’s health agency, Africa Centres for Disease Control and Prevention (Africa CDC), has approved the first locally produced test for mpox, developed in Morocco,…
A Ugandan court has convicted 21-year-old TikTok content creator Emmanuel Nabugodi for “spreading hate speech” against President Yoweri Museveni. Nabugodi, who posted a video on TikTok…
A journalist in Burundi, Sandra Muhoza, faces the prospect of a 12-year prison sentence for sharing information in a private WhatsApp group, according to global media…
The United States has imposed sanctions on Abdel Rahman Joma’a Barakallah, a senior commander of the paramilitary Rapid Support Forces (RSF) in Sudan, accusing him of…
The sovereign council of Sudan has announced that it would extend access to the Adre border crossing with Chad, a crucial route for delivering aid to…
In Gabon, as a referendum on a junta-drafted constitution nears, cities are awash with campaign materials encouraging citizens to vote “yes,” while voices of opposition struggle…
Azerbaijan’s lead COP29 negotiator, Yalchin Rafiyev, affirmed on Thursday that doors are still open for constructive dialogue, despite a diplomatic spat with France. The dispute arose…
Somaliland voters are heading to the polls today to elect a president, as the breakaway Somali region anticipates a new era of international recognition after over…
Mike Tyson, now 58 years old, is returning to the boxing ring nearly four decades after his professional debut and almost 20 years after his initial…