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Buhari’s unconvincing return from medical leave
Muhammadu Buhari, President of Nigeria, brought his 103-day medical leave in the UK to a grand end on Saturday. Despite protests at home and abroad against his lengthy absence from work, his return to Nigeria was surprisingly heroic. Once Femi Adesina, his much-maligned spokesman, confirmed the president’s anticipated return, a…
Read More »Kano children’s daily encounter with abuse
This feature examines the various forms of child rights abuses in Kano state, Nigeria and the need for all stakeholders including religious and traditional leaders, civil society and media to work together to end the menace Two weeks ago three-year old Naima Nura of Dorayi quarters in Kano metropolis had…
Read More »UNICEF: Boko Haram use of child bombers soars
The number of children, mainly girls, used by the Nigerian armed group Boko Haram as “human bombs” has quadrupled this year, according to UNICEF. The UN’s children agency said on Tuesday that since January 1, 2017, 83 children have been used by the group to carry out bomb attacks in…
Read More »Guinea: Several buried alive in rubbish dump collapse
At least eight people have died and dozens more injured in Guinea when a rubbish dump on the outskirts of the capital, Conakry, collapsed after heavy rain. Five bodies, including those of two children, were taken to a morgue in Conakry following Tuesday’s incident, according to senior police official Boubacar…
Read More »The (very near) future of insurance: the digital transformation imperative
By Darrel Orsmond, Financial Services Industry Head at SAP Africa Darrel Orsmond , Financial Services Industry Head at SAP Africa LAGOS, Nigeria, 22 August 2017, -/African Media Agency (AMA)/- The insurance industry is facing its very own Kodak moment. Forty years after the once heart-warming 1970s ad slogan became part…
Read More »Get Rich or Die Trying: a case study on the real identity behind a wave of cyberattacks on energy, mining and infrastructure companies
NAIROBI, Kenya, 22 August 2017, -/African Media Agency (AMA)/- Over the past 4 months, over 4,000 organisations globally have been targeted by cyberattacks which aim to infect their networks, steal data and commit fraud. Many of these companies are leading international names in industries such as oil & gas, manufacturing,…
Read More »What we need to learn from Freetown’s landslide tragedy
Last week, disaster hit Sierra Leone, one of the jewels of Africa. At least 500 people were killed after a mudslide tore through a suburb of the capital Freetown. Hundreds of people are still missing and thousands more are left homeless. This is a moment of pain that will forever…
Read More »Angola to elect new president as dos Santos retires
Angola goes to the polls on Wednesday in a historic election marking the end of President Jose Eduardo dos Santos’ 38-year reign, with his party set to retain power despite the country’s economic crisis. The MPLA (People’s Movement for the Liberation of Angola), which has ruled the country since its…
Read More »ADVERTORIAL: Engaging New Generation of Farmers: youth and women
“Rice is our crude oil, we don’t need the Niger Delta crude oil” – Gimba Usman, a young millionaire rice farmer who until 2 years ago was a job-seeking graduate For generations, farming has been viewed from the prism of being a vocation of the older generations.…
Read More »Sierra Leone mudslide survivors angry as hundreds remain missing
It has been a week since mudslides buried large areas of Sierra Leone’s capital, Freetown, and hundreds of people are still missing. The number of confirmed deaths is soon expected to exceed 500 as recovery efforts continue in the West African nation. Al Jazeera’s Nicolas Haque reports from Freetown,…
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Travel + Leisure Readers Rank Minor Hotels Among the World’s Best in 2025 Awards
African excellence recognised: Kilindi Zanzibar named continent’s top resort JOHANNESBURG, South Africa, 14 July …
