Nigeria Scraps Solar Panel Import Ban Amid $700 Million Economic Cost Concerns
Nigeria will not impose an immediate ban on solar panel imports, the Minister of Innovation, Science and Technology, Dr Kingsley Udeh, has announced. The decision...
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South African Man Arrested With Suspected R2m Heroin After Arriving From Ghana
A South African man has been arrested at OR Tambo International Airport after authorities allegedly discovered suspected heroin worth more than R2 million in his...
9/11: 25 Years Since the Attacks That Changed America Forever
A quarter-century later, the images remain familiar: smoke rising over Lower Manhattan, the Pentagon in flames, emergency workers rushing toward danger, and Americans watching in...
UN Votes to Redraw World Map After Campaign to ‘Correct’ Africa’s Size
A global campaign to redraw the way Africa is represented on world maps has secured a major victory at the United Nations, after 164 countries...
South Africa’s Malema Hit With 5-Year Sentence in Firearm Case
A five-year prison term has been imposed on South African opposition figure Julius Malema after a court found him guilty of breaching firearm laws tied...
Rev. Jesse Jackson, Civil Rights Icon, Dies at 84
Rev. Jesse L. Jackson, a towering figure in the American Civil Rights Movement, died Tuesday at the age of 84. A protege of the Rev....
Burkina Faso Military Rulers Tighten Grip, Dissolving All Political Parties
Burkina Faso’s ruling military authorities have ordered the immediate dissolution of all political parties, wiping away the legal framework that governed their existence under a...
Museveni Wins Seventh Term as Uganda’s Election Outcome Triggers Opposition Rejection
President Yoweri Museveni has won Uganda’s presidential election, securing another term in office and extending his decades-long hold on power, according to official results released...
Burkina Faso Says Assassination Plot Against Capt. Ibrahim Traoré Was Foiled at the Last Minute
Burkina Faso’s authorities say they have foiled an alleged assassination attempt against the country’s military ruler, Capt Ibrahim Traoré. In a late-night national broadcast, Security...
Trump Pauses U.S. Diversity Visa Lottery After Brown University and MIT Shootings
The White House on Thursday shut down the diversity visa lottery, with President Donald Trump directing immigration officials to suspend the program after authorities linked...