Ghana’s $11.6bn Gold Boom: How Artisanal Miners Rewrote the Trade
Ghana’s gold export numbers released today confirm what West African commodity traders havebeen whispering about since the summer: the country’s small-scale and... Read More
Tinubu Shuts the Door on Fuel Subsidy: “Moses Does Not Go Back to Egypt”
President Bola Ahmed Tinubu has definitively ruled out any return of the fuel subsidy,delivering his sharpest rejection yet of a policy reversal... Read More
Russia frees American Stephen Hubbard after over 4 years in prison, during a visit by US envoy
Russian President Vladimir Vladimirovich Putin announced Wednesday that Moscow has freedAmerican teacher Stephen Hubbard from a Russian prison, saying the release was... Read More
Ebola Is In Abuja. Nigeria Just Confirmed Its First Case.
Nigeria has officially confirmed its first case of Ebola in the current regional outbreak. Thepatient, a woman who recently travelled into the... Read More
Netflix Film Chief Dan Lin Exits Amid a Sweeping Executive Reshuffle
The streamer’s film chief departs amid a sweeping executive reshuffle, triggering fresh questions about Netflix’s movie strategy and the direction of its... Read More
Rwandan Dissident Found Beheaded Near Kampala, Reigniting Exile Fears
The killing of Robert Kabera, a vocal Kagame critic who had sought refuge in Uganda, has triggered demands for an urgent investigation... Read More
Oyedele’s Warning: Bring Back Fuel Subsidy and the Naira Could Crack
Finance Minister Taiwo Oyedele says reinstating petrol subsidy would drive pump prices past ₦2,000 a litre and push the naira toward ₦3,000... Read More
Former Delta Gov Emmanuel Uduaghan Dies at 71 After Brief Illness
Dr Emmanuel Eweta Uduaghan, who served as governor of Delta State from 2007 to 2015,died earlier today after a brief illness. He... Read More
France: 2,400 Arrested Overnight as Protests Spiral
France woke on Monday to its worst domestic security crisis in years. In a single day ofunrest, authorities arrested roughly 2,400 people... Read More
South Africa’s Suspended Top Cop Walks Back Into Office — Six Months, Dropped Charges Later
PRETORIA — General Fannie Masemola walked back into the South African Police Service headquarters today,resuming full duties as National Commissioner after six... Read More