Pirates have seized an Iranian vessel fishing illegally off the coast of Somalia in the first successful hijacking in almost three years, officials said Thursday, raising fears that the scourge of Somali piracy may be returning. “An Iranian vessel, fishing illegally in Somali waters, was
Africa
Egypt, Ethiopia and Sudan have signed an initial agreement on how to share water from the Nile River that runs through the three countries, as Ethiopia constructs a massive new dam it hopes will help alleviate some of its electricity shortages. Egyptian President Abdel Fattah al-Sisi, Sudanese President Omar Bashir and Ethiopian Prime Minister Hailemariam […]
Tunisia’s prime minister has fired five leading security officials after three gunmen attacked a Tunis museum, killing 21 in the deadliest attack on tourists in Tunisia in 13 years, the government said on Monday. The ousted officials include the director of Tunisia’s tourist police and the police chief for the neighbourhood around the National Bardo Museum,
A special court in Senegal sentenced the son of former president Aboulaye Wade to six years in prison on Monday and ordered him to pay a 138 billion CFA franc ($228 million) fine, dashing his hopes of competing in presidential election due in 2017. Karim Wade went on trial in June 2014 charged with illegally […]
The Federal Government has donated various food materials / commodities to the victims of drought that ravaged Namibia between 2013 and 2014. The food materials, which consist of 300 metric tons of rice, 700 metric tons of maize and three metric tons of fish fillets and powder, according to a statement by the Head of […]
The government of Equatorial Guinea graduated its first class of air traffic controllers in Madrid last week. Eight new professional air traffic controllers received diplomas after completing a 13-month course conducted by Services and Studies for Air Navigation and Aeronautical Safety (SENASA), a subordinate company of Spain’s Ministry of Development. The
Sierra Leone President, Bai Koroma, has ordered a three-day national lockdown in a renewed attempt to stop the spread of the Ebola virus disease. Koroma on Saturday unveiled a campaign called ‘Zero Ebola’, in which almost all Sierra Leoneans are supposed to stay indoors from Friday, March 27 to Sunday, March 29, and from 6am […]
Boko Haram insurgents in the Nigeria’s north-east have attacked a village in Chad early on Sunday, killing one person, local residents said. The terror sect, which is seeking to carve an Islamist emirate out of north-eastern Nigeria, has expanded its zone of operations in recent times but attacks on Chadian territory have continued to remain […]
President Goodluck Jonathan has vowed that the dreaded Islamic terror group Boko Haram, will be defeated in the states of Yobe, Borno and Adamawa, all in Nigeria’s north east geo political zone in the next couple of days. President Jonathan, who made this known during an interview with the Voice of America (VOA), said that […]
Football’s world governing body FIFA has expelled Zimbabwe from the 2018 World Cup qualifying for failing to pay former coach Jose Claudinei Georgini. FIFA who made this known in a statement said that it had taken the action “as a result of the non-payment of an outstanding debt”. FIFA added that Zimbabwe’s Football Association (ZIFA) […]
The leadership of the opposition All Progressives Congress (APC) has called on the President Goodluck Jonathan led administration to come clean with Nigerians on the cause of the ongoing diplomatic row between Nigeria and Morocco that has forced the Kingdom to recall its Ambassador to Nigeria, while portraying Nigeria as a liar. Speaking through a […]
The federal government on Wednesday said that 36 towns have been reclaimed from Boko Haram insurgents since the military forces of Nigeria, Niger, Chad and Cameroon launched a joint offensive against the sect, voicing hope that the operation could lead to the group’s “total defeat”. National security spokesman Mike Omeri said four towns had fallen […]
