Nigeria has been a long-thought about country in Africa; its oil resources place the otherwise resource scarce country into the global market. Therefore, many are educated on Nigeria’s unstable, mildly predictable past. However, the current president, despite his past, is seen by the citizens as honest – an important characteristic in a leader. He has established a food security council… Read more »
Nigeria’s President Muhammadu Buhari has established a National Food Security Council to address challenges in the country’s food and agriculture sectors. Food security is a huge problem in Nigeria. It ranks 84th out of 119 countries on the 2017 Global Hunger Index, coming in just below the Republic of Congo. If a person is food secure it typically means that… Read more »
By Olatunji Omirin and Judd-Leonard Okafor Thousands of Maiduguri residents fled their homes after suspected Boko Haram terrorists invaded the city on Thursday evening. Riding in large utility vehicles and on motorbikes, the insurgents stormed parts of Maiduguri, including Polo General Area through Molai axis unchallenged at about 5:25pm. They shot sporadically for an hour unhindered. Residents said Nigerian troops… Read more »
The Minister of Information and Culture, Alhaji Lai Mohammed, has said that the U.S. President Donald Trump’s invitation to President Muhammadu Buhari is a proof of the cordial relations between the two countries. Mohammed in New York during his engagements with media and a couple of think-tank in the U.S. The Minister is in the U.S. to showcase some of… Read more »
Just days before President Muhammadu Buhari meets his American counterpart, Donald Trump, in Washington DC, the United States government has released a report indicting the administration of the Nigerian leader of the festering human rights abuses in the country. The US Department of State in its “Country Reports on Human Rights Practices for 2017” blamed the reluctance of the Buhari… Read more »
Recently in Liberia, there was a mysterious death of the Journalist Tyrone Browne. There are several allegations of murder that are developing. One of the most prominent allegations is against His Excellency Ambassador Rufus Neufville, who supposedly knows who murdered the young journalist. He stated that, “The days of terror have resurfaces in Liberia.” He states that the murder was… Read more »
Ailing South Sudan army chief, Gen. James Ajongo Mawut has been confirmed dead in an Egyptian hospital. Ajongo was said to have died on Friday morning after he battled with an illness for months. The cause of his death is still unclear. The government announced three days of mourning and ordered the national flag to be flown at half-mast in the country. Ajongo… Read more »
NIAMEY, Niger — More than six months ago, a group of American soldiers rushed to reach a spot in the scrubland of Niger after intelligence officials intercepted a signal from the cellphone of a terrorist known as Doundoun Cheffou. He wasn’t there, but hours later four of the Americans were killed in an ambush that remains under investigation. This month,… Read more »
JOHANNESBURG — A top corruption inspector in South Africa has announced that she will investigate two high-ranking African National Congress politicians in a case related to the abuse of public funds for a dairy farm — a rare sign that powerful members of the governing party could be held to account for endemic corruption under former President Jacob Zuma. The… Read more »
LONDON — South Africa’s new president, Cyril Ramaphosa, who had traveled to London this week to assure global investors of his determination to tackle corruption in his country and restore faith in its public institutions, cut short his trip on Thursday to deal with unrest at home — a vivid indication of the challenges he faces. The protests in the… Read more »