ADC 2027 candidates protest at Abuja court, demand CTC of Lifu judgment
ABUJA — Members of the Forum of ADC Candidates staged a protest at the Federal High Court in Abuja on Wednesday, demanding the immediate release of the certified true copy (CTC) of Justice Peter Lifu’s November 5 judgment, which nullified David Mark’s emergence as national chairman of the African Democratic Congress and voided the party’s... Read More
Spain stages first general strike in 14 years as housing crisis boils over
MADRID — Millions of Spanish workers walked off the job on Wednesday in the country’s first general strike in 14 years, pressing the government to confront a housing crisis that has become the central grievance of the national campaign less than three weeks before an early election. The stoppage, backed by Spain’s two biggest unions,... Read More
Trump Declares Iran War “Effectively Over” as Tehran Flatly Denies Talks
President Donald Trump declared the war with Iran “effectively over” in remarks delivered this morningin Washington, only for Tehran to publicly deny within hours that any negotiations or ceasefireframework had been agreed. The contradictory statements — issued less than six hours apart — leftcapitals across the Middle East, Europe and Asia scrambling to work out... Read More
Russia and Ukraine Return to Abu Dhabi for Round Two of US Brokered Peace Talks
Delegations from Russia and Ukraine sat down again in Abu Dhabi on Wednesday for a secondconsecutive day of US-mediated peace talks, the most sustained diplomatic engagement between thetwo warring neighbours in nine months.The talks, convened by Washington and hosted by the United Arab Emirates, opened on Tuesday andare the first direct, multi-day negotiations since February.... Read More
Over 64,000 Nigerians Flee Violence to Niger and Benin, UNHCR Issues Fresh Appeal
More than 64,000 Nigerians have fled escalating violence in the country’s north and crossed intoneighbouring Niger, with several hundred more arriving in Benin, the United Nations refugee agencysaid in a fresh appeal released this morning.The UNHCR said it urgently needs $11.4 million to meet the humanitarian needs of the new arrivals andhost communities, and warned... Read More
Ethiopia Vaults to Africa’s Fifth-Largest Economy After Massive GDP Rebase
ADDIS ABABA — Ethiopia has officially become Africa’s fifth-largest economy, after asweeping GDP rebasing lifted its measured output by nearly 60% to $210.7 billion for the2025/26 fiscal year, according to the government’s just-released national accounts. The reshuffle,still rippling across African business pages this morning, repositions Ethiopia behind only SouthAfrica, Egypt, Nigeria, and Algeria — and... Read More
Botswana President Confirms ‘Concrete Steps’ to Buy Bigger Slice of De Beers
GABORONE — Botswana President Duma Boko said today that his government is activelypursuing a larger stake in diamond giant De Beers, declaring that “concrete steps are underwaytowards the acquisition of Anglo American’s shares in De Beers.” The statement, releasedTuesday morning, is the clearest public signal yet that Africa’s top diamond producer is movingfrom rhetoric to... Read More
US, Russia, Ukraine Open Abu Dhabi Talks as Trump Pushes for ‘End Soon’
ABU DHABI — High-stakes trilateral talks between US, Russian, and Ukrainian delegationsopened in the United Arab Emirates capital on Tuesday morning, with American envoys SteveWitkoff and Jared Kushner leading an effort President Donald Trump says could end the nearlyfour-year war “soon.”The meeting — the third round of US-brokered talks in Abu Dhabi this year —... Read More
Tinubu Asks National Assembly to Greenlight $20.5bn and €1.45bn Borrowing
President Bola Ahmed Tinubu has asked Nigeria’s National Assembly to approve a freshsupplementary external borrowing plan of $20.5 billion and €1.45 billion, in a request that landed inboth chambers over the weekend and is being read on the floor this week. The scale of the proposal— one of the largest single borrowing asks of his... Read More
Senegal Boat Disaster: Death Toll Climbs as Search Resumes Off Kébémer
Rescue teams off the coast of Kébémer in northwestern Senegal resumed operations at first lighttoday, as the death toll from the weekend capsize of a migrant boat climbed and families across thecountry searched for information on missing relatives. State news agency APS put the confirmeddeath toll at 34 this morning, with only one survivor recovered... Read More