Category: Africa

2074: Will Tinubu Push The Industrial Revolution That Will Decide Africa’s Fate?

  In 1760, in the workshops of United Kingdom, the first Industrial Revolution roared to life. Steam engines tore through distance and time. Production exploded....

Nigeria, Angola sign agreement to ease movement of diplomats, government officials

Nigeria, Angola sign agreement to ease movement of diplomats, government officials Agreement The Federal Government of Nigeria and the Government of the Republic of...

Shettima arrives Addis Ababa for 39th Ordinary session of AU+Pictures

The Vice President, Senator Kashim Shettima @KashimSM, has arrived in Addis Ababa, Ethiopia, to represent President @officialABAT at the 39th Ordinary Session of the...

AU Summit: Nigeria gets permanent seat on the Board of African Central Bank

    Nigeria has secured a seat on the board of African Central Bank,Foreign Affairs Minister, Yusuf Tuggar  disclosed this in a statement he issued in...

Travelogue: Kigali, echoes of Rwanda genocide and other stories

  By Tunde Rahman I had long nursed the idea of visiting Kigali, Rwanda’s capital, given the exciting stories of infrastructure development, well-paved network of...

DR Congo: UN vows orderly peacekeeping transition as South Africa withdraws troops

  Peacekeeping South Africa has moved to withdraw its peacekeepers deployed at the United Nations Organisation Stabilisation Mission in the Democratic Republic of...

Press freedom, intelligence power, and Nigeria’s democratic signal to West Africa

  By Ademola Oshodi West Africa’s democratic breakdowns have increasingly followed a predictable sequence. Civic space narrows, dissent is reframed as a security...

Can We Quench the Fire That Might Start in Mali

Azu Ishiekwene Mali, Burkina Faso, and Niger – three rogue states that have formed an Alliance of Sahelian States (AES) to resist external pressure from ECOWAS on...

Africa’s democracy in the balance as gerontocracy tightens its grip

  By Fortune Abang, (News Agency of Nigeria (NAN)   AU Leaders at a Summit The persistence of sit-tight governance, often described as “gerontocracy”,...

HACON2026: Egypt Are African Champions, Wins title Four Times Back To Back

  …Equals the 10 title Tag of Tunisia. The Pharaohs of Egypt are the African Champions equaling the 10 times Tunisia won the title and winning it a record four...