President Adama Barrow of the Gambia is currently on official visit to Nigeria and met with President Muhammadu Buhari at the Presidential Villa on Tuesday. The Nigerian leader met behind closed doors…
NIGERIAN GRUG LAW AGENCY ARRESTS NINE DRUG TRACKERS INCLUDING SOUTHAFRICA
Officials of the National Drug Law Enforcement Agency (NDLEA) have arrested nine drug traffickers within one week at the Murtala Muhammed International Airport (MMIA), Lagos. The arrests were made bet…
ETHIOPIA TO REMAIN THE EAST AFRICA’S FAST GROWING ECONOMY – 2018 World Bank forecast
The Ethiopian economy will maintain its growth lead for the East African region according to the latest World Bank report. The economy, however, dropped a step in growth forecast in the Sub-Saharan Af…
ZUMA WON’T BE PRESIDENT BY END OF 2018: MALEMA PREDICTS
Economic Freedom Fighters (EFF) leader Julius Malema says the newly elected president of the African National Congress (ANC)‚ Cyril Ramaphosa‚ does not have what it takes to resurrect the embattled pa…
AFRICAN COUNTRIES NEED 50 TIMES MORE DOCTORS TO CURB THEIR SURGERY DEATHS
A new study has found that surgery patients are twice as likely to die in Africa compared to the global average. A lack of resources was to blame for the high mortality rate. Only 12% of the world’s 2…
ISRAEL SAYS IRAN RECRUITED PALESTINIAN MILITANTS VIA SOUTH AFRICA
JERUSALEM (Reuters) – Israel said on Wednesday it had cracked a Palestinian militant cell suspected of having been recruited and handled by Iranian intelligence officers who worked out of South …
Assistance Aéroportuaire du Mali (ASAM S.A.) to provide line maintenance services for Boeing 737 and Airbus A320 aircrafts in West Africa
Bamako (Mali) receives European Aviation Safety Agency (EASA) certification as an approved site for line maintenance The Airport Assistance Company of Mali, today announced its certification as an App…
International Monetary Fund Staff Concludes Visit to Tanzania
A team from the International Monetary Fund (IMF), led by Mauricio Villafuerte, visited Tanzania from November 30 to December 12, 2017 and held discussions on the seventh review under the Polic…
Africa – 2019 Rugby World Cup: Three African teams could represent Africa during the 2019 Rugby World Cup in Japan
Across 6 countries in 15 two-legged matches, the 2018 Rugby Africa Gold Cup promises 7 days of intense matches pitting Africa’s top six men’s rugby union nations against each other between…
African Union Commission Awards Thirteen Consortia of Institutions to Implement the Global Monitoring for Environment and Security and Africa Support Programme
The African Union Commission (AUC) (https://AU.int) officially awards grants to thirteen successful consortia of institutions that will serve as Regional Implementing Centres for the Global Monitoring…