Uganda has signed a €110.5 million financing agreement with Standard Chartered to support the construction of a strategic road project in the country's northeastern Karamoja region, reinforcing efforts to improve connectivity and stimulate economic growth.
According to Reuters, the agreement was signed with the Ugandan subsidiary of the international lender and will finance the construction of a new 115.8-kilometre road...
Ivory Coast has secured a major boost to its economic programme as the International Monetary Fund (IMF) approved the disbursement of approximately $832.8 million following successful reviews of its financing arrangements. The decision underscores the country’s progress in implementing reforms aimed at sustaining growth and reinforcing macroeconomic stability.
According to reports, the funding provides fresh resources to support President Alassane...
Uganda’s leading independent media outlets have been forced off air and locked out of their offices after a dramatic order from the country’s army chief, Gen Muhoozi Kainerugaba — son of President Yoweri...
South Africa is on edge as heavy security forces have been deployed nationwide ahead of planned anti-migrant protests. The demonstrations coincide with an unofficial deadline set by campaigners for undocumented foreign nationals to...
President Bola Tinubu has assured the people of Oyo State that the schoolchildren and teachers abducted by gunmen in the Oriire Local Government Area...
The evacuees arrived in Nigeria on Thursday night through the Murtala Muhammed International Airport in Lagos, marking the second batch of Nigerians brought home under the ongoing evacuation exercise approved by President Bola Tinubu.
Their...
The vice presidential candidate of the New Democratic Congress (NDC), Senator Rabiu Musa Kwankwaso, paid a courtesy visit to former President Chief Olusegun Obasanjo in Kano on Thursday night.The meeting was made known...
Nigeria moved a significant step closer to establishing state police on Wednesday after the Senate passed the Constitution Alteration Bill aimed at decentralising the country’s policing structure.
The development marks a major milestone in...
Nigeria’s First Lady, Senator Oluremi Tinubu, has called for the abolition of harmful widowhood practices across Africa, urging governments, communities and families to uphold...
The senator representing Kebbi South Senatorial District in the 10th National Assembly, Garba Musa Maidoki, has opposed the proposed State Police Bill currently before...
Members of the Kwara State House of Assembly have endorsed the speaker, Engr. Yakubu Danladi-Salihu as the gubernatorial candidate of the All Progressives Congress(APC) for the...
