Around Africa

AFRICAN countries have adopted a strategic plan that aims at reducing the double burden of malnutrition in the region, outlining "urgent and accelerated" actions to take in ending hunger and all forms of malnutrition by 2030. The plan was…
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AS part of efforts to check illicit financial flows, Ibrahim Magu, the Acting Chairman of the Economic and Financial Crimes Commission (EFCC), on Monday advocated for effective collaborations among the African countries. He said this…
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TWO new Ebola virus cases have been confirmed at a new province of the Democratic Republic of Congo (DRC), with one death on Friday. The World Health Organisation that gave the update said the cases happened at South Kivu, in Lwindi…
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THE Federal Government on Friday described as shameful the silence and inactions of the African Union (AU) on the persistent xenophobic attacks on Nigerians and other Africans in South Africa. Abike Dabiri-Erewa, Chairman of Nigerians in…
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AN investigative journalist in Tanzania, Erick Kabendera, has been charged with financial crimes a week after he was arrested by the country's police. Erick was charged with money laundering, tax evasion and leading organised crime,…
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BORIS Johnson, the new British Prime Minister has appointed a Nigerian, Kemi Badenoch as a junior Minister at the United Kingdom Department of Education (DfE). Badenoch, a British Conservative politician and Member of Parliament (MP)…
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TUNISIA's President Beji Caid Essebsi is dead. He died at the age of 92 on Thursday after suffering a health challenge. Essebsi was one of the world’s oldest leaders and a prominent figure in Tunisia since the overthrow of  Zine…
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The Nigerian Union in South Africa has said that another Nigerian, a 17-year-old Chinoso Dennis Obiaju has been shot dead in the former apartheid country. According to the union, Obiaju who was in high school was reportedly shot dead in…
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THE World Health Organization (WHO) has declared that Algeria is now free of malaria. Algeria is the second African country to be officially recognised as malaria-free, following Mauritius which was certified in 1973. Alongside Algeria,…
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THE Nigerian government at the weekend restated its commitment to successful implementation of the $22.7 million highway project from Lagos to Abidjan in Ivory Coast. Six years after the project was initiated, Babatunde Fashola, Nigeria’s…
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