The United Nations Children’s Fund (UNICEF) in Nigeria says that out of the more than 18.5 million out of school children currently in Nigeria, 60 percent…
Author: Babatunde Oguntimehin
The Angolan government has banned opinion polling on elections during the electoral campaign period. The country will hold its general election in August and the start…
A former senior Rwandan official has been put on trial in Paris accused of complicity in the African nation’s genocide, the most high-ranking figure yet to…
Rwanda has suspended the Miss Rwanda Beauty Pageant indefinitely as investigations into alleged cases of sexual abuse in the pageantry continue. This follows the recent arrest…
United Nations (U.N.) High Commissioner for Human Rights, Michelle Bachelet has denounced a recent deadly religious violence in Ethiopia and called for an immediate probe into…
President Julius Maada Bio of Sierra Leone has officially launched a bid for a seat in the Non-permanent category of the United Nations Security Council (UNSC)…
South Africa’s metal workers union said it will launch a wage-related strike on Wednesday at ArcelorMittal South Africa Ltd (ACLJ.J) after talks with the management over…
President Abdel Fattah Al-Sisi of Egypt has expressed hopes for deeper U.S. counter-terrorism ties during talks with a top American general. The talks followed a deadly…
The E.U. may end up spending millions to support Rwanda’s defence force in Mozambique with non-lethal equipment. An internal paper from its foreign policy branch, the…
The Minister of State for Relief, Disaster Preparedness and Refugees in Uganda, Ms Esther Anyakun, has given a seven-day ultimatum to all Congolese refugees renting houses…