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Al-Qaeda, ISIS expanding in Africa, UN warns

Agency Report Two decades after the September 11 terrorist attacks in New York, U.S, terror networks – Al-Qaida and Islamic State – continue to pose...

US offers $5m bounty for Guinea-Bissau coup leader

The United States announced Thursday it is offering a $5 million reward for the arrest of Guinea-Bissau's former coup leader Antonio Indjai, wanted for...

Africanism and the Intelligence Index

By Bashir Kabir In some unfortunate instances of research history in both popular science and academia, the people of the African origin were regarded naturally...

Google earmarks $6m for female startups, entrepreneurs in Africa

By Ismail Auwal Google on Monday said it has renewed its commitment to support startups in Africa with a combined six million dollars funding to...

Attempted coup in Mali as military detain President, prime minister and defence minister

By Salim Yunusa Military officers in Mali detained the president, prime minister and defence minister of the interim government on Monday, deepening political chaos just...

My state as a microcosm of Washington Consensus

By Muhammad Hashim Suleiman One of the cardinal principles of the alien but tactfully enforced Washington Consensus methodology of governance for African societies is Lean...

161m Africans poorer due to COVID-19 pandemic

By Ismail Auwal The Economic Commission for Africa (ECA), has said that the effects of pandemic has thrown between 49 million and 161 million Africans...

Africa COVID-19 deaths surpass 100,000 after second wave

Africa’s reported COVID-19 death toll surpassed 100,000 on Friday, a fraction of those reported on other continents but rising fast as a second wave...

Identity crises and the metastasis of terrorism in Africa’s Sahel region

By Ndubuisi Nwafor & Ben Mukoro The Sahel is the semi-arid region in Africa between the Sahara and the Sudanian Savanna. The Sahel has been...

Relevance of technology, innovation, and future of healthcare in Africa

By Elder Adamu Bello Karofi, MPSN. Africa is a continent of enormous potential. So many things about this great and significant part of the world...

AfDB to support Sahel countries with $6.5bn

By Ismail Auwal The African Development Bank pledged to mobilize $6.5 Billion to support efforts of Sahelian countries to fight desertification. The AfDB president Akinwumi Adesina...

Dangote to expand cement plants in 5 more African countries

By Ismail Auwal The president of Dangote Industries Ltd, Aliko Dangote, is set to commission five cement plants in five countries, aiming at opening new...

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