A coalition of aviation workers’ unions in Nigeria held rallies at airports nationwide on Monday, to protest anti-labor clauses in new aviation bills. The bills which are currently awaiting the assent of President Muhammadu Buhari, empowers the Minister of Aviation…

The National Chairman of the Patriotic Entrepreneurs of Liberia, PATEL, Dominic Nimely, is alarmed over the shortage of smaller denomination of currencies in the country.  Speaking in Monrovia Monday, the PATEL official threatened unspecified actions from the business community if…

Three ranking officials in the George Weah-led administration in Liberia who were sanctioned by the United States government for engaging in widespread public corruption have resigned.   The three officials are Nathaniel McGill, Minister of State for Presidential Affairs and…

A new speaker of parliament has been voted in Senegal after hours of drama between parliamentarians from the ruling and opposition coalitions.  On Monday, Amadou Mame Diop, a member of the ruling coalition, Benno Bokk Yakarr emerged as the new…

At least eight migrants died and another 15 were missing after a boat sank off Tunisia on Thursday, as they tried to cross the Mediterranean to Italy. The coastguard rescued 14 migrants who had been on the overcrowded boat, which…