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Liberia: Users protest ‘inefficient’ management of port

Port users in Liberia protested on Monday against APM Terminals, saying that the company is inefficient. APM Terminals is an international container terminal operating company. The protesters cited limited manpower and equipment as gaps in the company’s operations which results…

EU advocates for electoral law reforms in Nigeria

The European Union has lamented what it described as lack of leadership in Africa typified in the non-passage of the amended electoral Act in Nigeria. Head of EU Delegation to Nigeria and ECOWAS, Amb. Ketil karlsen said in Abuja, that…

Bill and Melinda Gates to divorce

Bill Gates, co-founder and former CEO of Microsoft, said in a tweet on Monday that he and his wife, Melinda Gates, will be splitting up after 27 years. Financial details are not yet clear.  Bill Gates owns 1.37% of Microsoft’s…

Liberia scholarship donor suspends program

The highest donor of scholarships in Liberia—the Joseph Jenkins Roberts foundation has suspended the awarding of scholarships to new applicants and students coming out of high schools.  The foundation blamed the situation on the current financial constraints incurred due to…

Nigeria shuts down ‘baby factory’

Nigeria's anti-trafficking agency Wednesday arrested a Nigerian-American woman for allegedly trafficking twins and shut down a “baby factory” in Southeast Nigeria. In a statement on Wednesday, the National Agency for the Prohibition of Trafficking in Persons (NAPTIP) said the woman…