ADDIS ABABA, The trading phase under the African Continental Free Trade Area (AfCFTA), signed by 54 of the 55 countries in Africa, begins from Jan 1, 2021.The deal unites an estimated $3 trillion market, and could help to realise more than $84 billion …
WASHINGTON – At least four people, including a Turkish citizen, were killed and several others were wounded Saturday when a suicide bomber drove a vehicle into a construction site near Somalia’s capital, Mogadishu, security officials and witnesses said…
PARIS – Two French soldiers were killed Saturday when their vehicle hit an improvised explosive device in northeastern Mali, just days after three others died in similar fashion, the French presidency announced.President Emmanuel Macron “learned with g…
ABUJA, NIGERIA – Human rights groups in Nigeria are threatening legal action after the arrest and detention of Sahara Reporters website founder and former presidential candidate Omoyele Sowore, who was picked up by police during a candlelight processio…
NIAMEY, NIGER – Gunmen killed a significant number of civilians Saturday in Niger, authorities said, in the latest attack to rock the landlocked Sahel nation’s troubled western Tillaberi region.”The attack took place around noon (1100 GMT) and there we…