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Ethiopia: UN donates $35.6M for civilians in Tigray
The United Nations has announced a $35.6m (£26m) emergency aid package for civilians caught up in the fighting in Ethiopia’s Tigray region. Government forces have been battling Tigray fighters since 4 November. The UN said $25m will be used to…
Liberia awaits referendum result
Preliminary results from the December 8 referendum in Liberia indicate that the “Yes” Vote” is in the lead. The election featured eight propositions on the ballot including reducing the tenures of president, Senators and representatives. The constitution states that each…
Women voters dominate Niger’s election
In Niger, the double municipal and regional elections held last Sunday saw a significant participation of women in the vote. A particularity welcomed by several political actors and women's rights organizations. Adolphus Mawolo reports.
UN boss appeals for equitable Covid vaccine distribution
UN Secretary General Antonio Guterres on Thursday urged world's rich nations to make stronger contributions to make coronavirus vaccine available to everyone on the planet. He said at a news conference that vaccine nationalism will not help the world to…
Ghana: NDC wins contentious parliamentary seat
The largest opposition party in Ghana, the National Democratic Congress (NDC) has won the contentious parliamentary seat in the Sene West Constituency in the Bono East Region. This means that as it stands, the two leading political parties in the…
Nigeria: Hundreds Of Schoolboys Abducted In Katsina Released
Governor of Katsina state, North West Nigeria where the school boys were abducted, Aminu Masari has confirmed the release of the boys, a week after they were kidnapped by gunmen. Governor Masari noted that the boys would be brought back…
Ghana bans importation of poultry products, poultry feed from several European countries
The Ministry of Food and Agriculture in Ghana has placed a ban on the importation of poultry products and poultry feed from selected European countries into Ghana with immediate effect. This follows a confirmed outbreak of highly pathogenic Avian Infleunza…
Nigeria: Parents protest Kankara school attack, demand action
Thousands of people demonstrated in Nigeria’s northwest Katsina State on Sunday to demand the return of hundreds of kidnapped boys. The students were kidnapped from the all-boys Government Science school in Kankara by supposedly armed bandits. Attacks by armed gangs,…
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Nigeria signs MoU with Bionas for biofuel production
Government of Nigeria has signed a Memorandum of Understanding with BIONAS Nigeria Limited, a Malaysian biofuel company, for mass production of Biofuel. The project, which is targeted at cultivating massive hectares of degradable lands for the cultivation of Jethropha, a…
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