Africa’s Top Bank Opens Crunch Summit as AidMoney Dries Up
Africa’s most powerful development lender opened its biggest gathering of the year onMonday — and the mood is anything but business as... Read More
ICC Opens Landmark Libya War Crimes Hearing — A 15-Year Wait for Justice
In February 2011, as Muammar Gaddafi’s forces turned their weapons on Libyan civilians and the Arab Spring tipped into civil war, the... Read More
SEAL Team 6 airstrikes, and the fall of ISWAP’s shadow commander
A series of joint military operations between Nigeria and the United States has dealt what officials on both sides are calling the... Read More
Kenya Cuts Diesel Prices, Suspends Matatu Strike After Deadly Fuel Protests
Kenya’s bruising fuel-price crisis took a sharp turn overnight, with the government slashingdiesel prices and matatu (minibus) operators agreeing to suspend their... Read More
Nairobi Becomes a ‘Walking City’ as Fuel Strike Paralyses Kenya
Matatus, buses, boda bodas and truckers shut down nationwide at midnight,stranding thousands and forcing Ruto into a high-stakes standoff Dawn broke over... Read More
Nigerian Military Faces Pressure After Controversial Zamfara Airstrike
Nigeria’s military is facing renewed public scrutiny following reports surrounding a controversial airstrike in Zamfara State that allegedly killed civilians during an... Read More
Chadian Jets Hit Lake Chad — Dozens ofNigerian Fishermen Now Feared Dead
A retaliation strike against Boko Haram has turned into a regional disaster, with bodies missing, boats capsized, and three governments forced to... Read More
Sowore Decision Day: Court Rules on’Cyberbullying’ Charge
On Friday morning, all eyes in Nigeria’s political and journalism circles turn to courtroom 4 of theFederal High Court in Abuja, where... Read More
EFCC Humiliated as Court Frees Ex-HoS Oyo-Ita After 6-Year ₦570m Trial
In a stinging rebuke that is still reverberating through Nigeria’s political andlegal establishment this morning, a Federal High Court has discharged and... Read More