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Gambia to Compensate Victims of Jammeh’s Rule With $2.57m From US Mansion Sale
The Gambia’s Reparations Commission has received $2,573,414.10 from the sale of a mansion in Maryland, United States, belonging to former President Yahya Jammeh,...
INEC Violates Electoral Act, Hides Voters Register While Announcing 103 Million Figure
The Independent National Electoral Commission has been accused of violating the Electoral Act 2026 by refusing to publish the detailed preliminary voters’ register...
Burkina Faso’s Military Government Reinstates Death Penalty Eight Years After Abolition
Burkina Faso’s military government has reinstated the death penalty, the justice ministry announced on Tuesday, following a unanimous vote by the West African...
Burkina Faso Bans Privatisation of Strategic State Enterprises in Sweeping Economic Sovereignty Law
Burkina Faso’s People’s Legislative Assembly has adopted a new law prohibiting the full or partial privatisation of state-owned enterprises classified as strategic, while...
Tinubu’s Student Loan Is Funded by TETFund and EFCC Recoveries, Not New Money
President Bola Tinubu’s student loan scheme is being financed with money diverted from the Tertiary Education Trust Fund and cash recovered by the...
Oyedele Says Markets Have Written Off Opposition and Expect Tinubu’s Re-election, Nigerians Accuse Him of Working for Foreign Interests
Finance Minister and Coordinating Minister of the Economy, Taiwo Oyedele, has sparked a fresh wave of criticism after declaring that domestic and international...
Senator Ireti Kingibe Says 25% Tax Law Already Passed, Will Hit Nigerians After 2027 Election
Senator Ireti Kingibe has claimed that the National Assembly has already passed a tax law requiring Nigerians to pay 25 percent of their...
CAS to Rule on Senegal-Morocco AFCON Title Appeal by End of November
The Court of Arbitration for Sport announced on Monday that it expects to issue its ruling by the end of November on Senegal’s...
Zimbabwe’s ZANU-PF Extends Mnangagwa’s Rule to 2030, Abolishes Direct Presidential Elections
Zimbabwe’s ruling ZANU-PF party has unanimously endorsed President Emmerson Mnangagwa as its sole presidential candidate for elections now scheduled for 2030, effectively extending...
Sahel States Restart Dialogue With ECOWAS After 18-Month Break
Burkina Faso, Mali and Niger have resumed formal discussions with the Economic Community of West African States, agreeing to work towards a framework...
US Exploits Sudan’s War and Famine to Take Gold and Uranium in Exchange for Machinery
The proposed US Sudan IMPACT Act is the latest flashpoint in an economic model that functions as modern resource pillaging. By conditioning future...
Namibia, Angola Hold First Bi-National Commission to Deepen Trade, Energy and Transport Links
Namibia and Angola convened their inaugural Bi-National Commission in Luanda on Thursday, establishing a formal platform to expand cooperation in trade, energy, transport...