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Mauritania foils plane hijacking plot, arrests suspect

Mauritania’s security services arrested a suspect who managed to board a grounded airplane on Thursday, threatening to set it on fire. The Mauritanian state news agency reported that the man pretended to be an American citizen, claiming he has an issue…

Nigeria pays $316m to subsidise petrol monthly

The federal government of Nigeria on Thursday admitted paying as much as 120 billion naira or its equivalent of nearly 316 million dollars to subsidise the price of petrol monthly. The Group Managing Director of the Nigerian National Petroleum Corporation, Mele…

Efforts to refloat Suez Canal ship receives boost

Hope rose Sunday in Egypt when efforts to free a ship – the MV Ever Given which has blocked the Suez Canal for seven days reached its peak. The blockage has crippled international trade and caused loses worth billions of…