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An unidentified man set himself on fire on Thursday, in Mombasa allegedly to protest the harsh economic challenges facing millions of Kenyans. He had climbed on top of a statue in the middle of a busy roundabout before setting himself alight. The rising cost of living amid a business slowdown and job cuts has pushed millions of Kenya into despair. ...

African countries have been urged to leverage the African Continental Free Trade Area (AfCFTA) to break the shackles of colonialism, neocolonialism, and imperialism stifling economic growth. It must flee from the subtle recolonisation tactics being pursued through the “honeyed policy shackles” of the International Monetary Fund, World Bank and the United Nations (UN) dogma. Olusegun Matthew Okikiola Ogunboye Aremu Obasanjo, ...

Former Nigerian President, Olusegun Obasanjo, has expressed his disagreement with the decision by the Economic Community of West African States (ECOWAS) to deploy a standby force for military intervention in Niger following the recent coup. Speaking to the Youth Bridge Foundation’s Communications and Advocacy Manager, Thomas Adotei Pappoe, during the 15th African Youth and Governance Convergence in Mankessim, Ghana, President ...

Google intends to train 20,000 Nigerian youth, mostly women in digital skills and provide a grant of 1.2 billion naira ($1.6 million) to help the government’s create one million digital jobs in the country, its Africa executives announced on Tuesday. Nigeria plans to create digital jobs for its teeming youth population, Vice President Kashim Shettima told Google Africa executives during ...

Mali’s military leader, Assimi Goita, revealed on Tuesday that he recently held a phone conversation with Russian President Vladimir Putin to discuss the current situation in Niger. Niger has experienced a coup by a junta, raising concerns in the international community. In a message shared on the social media platform X (formerly Twitter), Goita stated that Putin emphasized the significance ...

Niger’s military-appointed prime minister made an unannounced visit to neighbouring Chad on Tuesday as West African states set talks for mulling possible military intervention to reverse his country’s coup and the United States and Russia urged a diplomatic solution to the crisis. Ali Mahaman Lamine Zeine, a civilian appointed by the military rulers who ousted Nigerien President Mohamed Bazoum on ...

At least 17 Nigerien soldiers were killed and 20 injured in an attack by suspected jihadists on Tuesday near the Niger-Mali border, the defense ministry said in Niamey. Early Tuesday afternoon, “a detachment of the Niger Armed Forces (FAN) moving between Boni and Torodi was the victim of a terrorist ambush near the town of Koutougou”, according to a statement ...

The Saudi capital club Riyadh has been experiencing a surge of fans in its shop since the announcement of Neymar’s transfer to Al Hilal. Fans have travelled from all over the country to buy the shirts of the new recruit, who signed a two-year contract with the Saudi champions on Tuesday for an annual salary of around €100m. “I was ...

Chiefs of Defense Staff from Economic Community of West African States (ECOWAS) countries will meet in Accra on Thursday, August 17, 2023, to strategize on a possible military intervention in Niger. ECOWAS leaders last week resolved to activate a standby force for an intervention following a takeover by the junta. LEARN AND TRADE FOREX WITH GOLIGFX WATCH THE VIDEO BELOW: ...

Former Nigerian President Olusegun Obasanjo says Africa needs a new generation of farmers on the continent to resolve the yawning gap of food insecurity. He decried the current situation where approximately 40 million Africans according to a U.N report go to bed without food even though the continent has the largest population of youth capable of producing more food. The ...