The UN’s Food and Agriculture Organisation (FAO) is seeking an additional $38 million support to continue work of combating the locust menace in Kenya, Somalia, Ethiopia…
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No fewer than 452 illegal migrants were rescued off the Libyan coast in the past week, the International Organisation for Migration (IOM) reports. “In the period…
Fighting broke out between Somalia National Forces and regional Jubbaland fighters, which Somalia claims were trained in Kenya.
Consequently, the All-Share Index grew by 86.97 basis points or 0.21 per cent from 41,001.99 index points last-week to 41,088.96, while the market capitalization of equities appreciated by N46bn to close at N21.49tn from N21.45tn.
One of the houses of Sunday Adeyemo, also known as Sunday Igboho, has been gutted by fire. Sources close to the activist explained that his Ibadan…
A Kenyan man, Mansur Mohamed Surur, has pleaded not guilty to trafficking ivory and rhino horns worth millions of dollars in a U.S. court. He also…
A group of young men tried to storm and torch the local police station after news of his death broke, TAP reported.
Finland’s Office of the Prosecutor says a man from Sierra Leone has been charged with crimes against humanity, over his role in Liberia’s civil war two…
Tests conducted by global pharmaceutical giant, Moderna,have found that its COVID-19 vaccine may work against the South African variant of the virus. The variant, called 501Y.V2…