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Malian President Ibrahim Boubacar Keita has condemned an ethnic attack in Central Mali, while meeting Malians in Switzerland on Monday. Mali suffered another ethnic massacre on Sunday, 9 June. At least 95 members of the Dogon community brutally lost their lives in a village in the Sangha district. At least 95 members of the Dogon community brutally lost their lives ...

Lawmakers in Nigeria’s National Assembly – Senate and House of Representatives – are set to pick their respective leadership today at their first meeting since polls in March. Local media outlets report that security is high at the complex in Abuja with state security officers having barricaded a number of entry points. The Senators and Reps (as members of the ...

On Sci tech this week, we focus on the 5G network taking the world by storm. With Asia and other continents of the world taking steps to become a global leader in 5G connectivity and the Internet of Things, we ask if Africa is ready? The team speaks to Derek Barnabas Laryea, Head of Research and Communication at the Ghana ...

The President of the Confederation of African Football (CAF) Ahmad Ahmad, was arrested on Thursday morning in a Paris hotel by French police. According to French tabloid Jeune Afrique, Ahmad’s arrest is linked to the contract unilaterally broken by CAF with the German equipment manufacturer Puma to engage with the company Technical Steel, based in La Seyne-sur-Mer. The signing of ...

After a two-year delay, the body of the father of Democratic Republic of Congo’s president is to lie in state in his home country. Veteran opposition leader Etienne Tshisekedi died in Belgium in February 2017, aged 84. But his body stayed in Brussels because of a row with former President Joseph Kabila. The deadlock ended when his son, Félix, became ...

Yobe State governor Mala Buni took a third wife barely 24hours after his swearing in, Nigeria’s Daily Post has reported. The Governor tied the knot on Thursday May 30 with the daughter of his immediate past predecessor, Ibrahim Gaidam. Buni’s new wife is Ummi Adama Gaidam. Ummi Adama, who takes the position of Governor’s third wife is currently studying in ...

The power of African football will be on display on Saturday, when Liverpool take on Tottenham Hotspur in the final of the UEFA Champions League (UCL), the world’s most prestigious club competition. The match billed for Atletico Madrid’s 67,000-capacity Wanda Metropolitano Stadium and scheduled for live broadcast on all DStv packages as well as GOtv Max and Plus packages, will ...

In war-torn Libya, electricians struggle to power homes and businesses. In recent times, conflict in the capital Tripoli, has had adverse effects on the General Electricity Company of Libya (GECOL). “We are talking about the southern line of the Al-Hadaba area, which got damaged yesterday. This line is, of course, very important to the public network. We’ve fixed the line ...

Ugandan authorities have allowed the Chief Executive Officer of the MTN unit in the country to return, more than three months after he was deported. A company official told Reuters Wim Vanhelleputte was scheduled to return to Uganda on Thursday, having been given the green light by president Yoweri Museveni. “We have been formally notified, we got a letter and ...

The continent has been considered a land of opportunity for some years now, but in terms of aeronautics, it has stagnated. Air transport is still struggling to take off, despite the ever-increasing demand for travel. So, will the solution come from the model that we have seen flourish elsewhere? Air transport is to tourism, however, what oxygen is to the ...