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Burkina Faso Cuts Four Public Holidays to Boost State Revenues
Burkina Faso’s Council of Ministers has approved a new bill that eliminates four public holidays in an effort to ease pressure on state...
Hong Kong Emerges as New Hub for African Political Money Laundering Schemes, Western Banks Complicit
A growing body of evidence suggests that Hong Kong, a prominent global financial centre, is being exploited as a hub for African politicians...
Outrage As AFN, NSC Officials Outnumber Athletes At World Championships Amid Relay Failure And Ofili’s Exit To Turkey
Nigeria’s participation at the 2025 World Athletics Championships in Tokyo is facing outrage following revelations that more sports administrators than athletes made the...
Burkina Faso Abolishes Visa Fees For African Travellers To Boost Integration
Burkina Faso has announced the abolition of visa fees for all African nationals, a move aimed at strengthening regional integration and easing the...
Burkina Faso: President Traoré Delivers Over 700 Vehicles To Brigades Under “Faso Mêbo” Initiative
Burkina Faso’s President, Captain Ibrahim Traoré, has reinforced the country’s push for national resilience with the handover of 764 vehicles and heavy equipment...
‘The Eyes of Ghana’ Premieres at TIFF and Revives Kwame Nkrumah’s Dream of Cinema and Liberation
At a time when stories about African identity so often get filtered through the eyes of others, ‘The Eyes of Ghana’ arrives at...
EFF Raises Concerns Over Gun Violence in U.S. Ahead of 2026 FIFA World Cup
The Economic Freedom Fighters (EFF) has voiced deep concern over the escalating levels of gun violence in the United States, warning that the...
Malian Army Destroys Terrorist Base in Kayes Region
The Malian Armed Forces (FAMa) announced that they dismantled a major terrorist base during an airborne operation in the Mousafaya area, near the...
Four African Storytellers Chosen for AuthenticA Series Lab by The Realness Institute
Four African screenwriters have been selected to join the 2025 cohort of the AuthenticA Series Lab, a global programme designed to help storytellers...
Babatunde Apalowo’s Next Nollywood Film, Londoner, Is Personal, but Its Questions Are Collective
Babatunde Apalowo has always been drawn to stories that feel intimate. His debut, All the Colours of the World Are Between Black and...
Bola Tinubu Intervenes in FOIA Lawsuit, Asks U.S. Court to Block FBI, DEA Release Of His Unredacted Records
Nigerian president Bola Tinubu has intervened via his lawyer, Oluwole O. Afolabi, in the ongoing Freedom of Information Act (FOIA) lawsuit at the...
Côte d’Ivoire: Ouattara Cleared For Fourth Term Bid As Top Opposition Rivals Blocked From 2025 Race
Côte d’Ivoire’s Constitutional Council has published the final list of candidates cleared to contest the country’s upcoming presidential election, scheduled for October 25,...