Africa

Russian President Vladimir Putin says that Russian companies have a “serious” interest in extracting mineral resources in Equatorial Guinea. He held talks with Equatoguinean President Teodoro Obiang Nguema on Thursday in Moscow, where both leaders agreed to boost bilateral ties. “The potential investment capacity is big, and your country’s capacity …

The corpse of a dead man was found at a truck garage in the Ojodu Berger area of Lagos State, Nigeria, according to reports. “The corpse of th dead man found standing and leaning on the wall of the garage when some of the truck drivers came to pick up …

Rwandan President Paul Kagame has introduced visa-free travel for all Africans, making Rwanda the fourth African country to do so. “Let there be no mistake about it. Any African can get on a plane to Rwanda whenever they wish and will not pay a thing to enter our country,” President …

At least five civilians were killed when rebels attacked a town in northwest Central African Republic on Thursday, the latest reported escalation in a decade-long conflict, a local official said. “Members of an alliance of armed groups known as the Coalition of Patriots for Change (CPC) assaulted the town of …

Burna Boy was offered a concert in Dubai for $5 million on condition that he did not smoke cannabis, but the most adored Afrobeat singer of the moment declined the offer. For the Nigerian-born artist, it’s like offering money to an infant who only wants milk. Yes, Burna Boy is …

No fewer than 300 shops were destroyed in a fire accident that occurred in the Ladipo plank market, Orile-Iganmu area of Lagos State, Nigeria. “The shops which were arranged in lines of 75 shops each, had five lines with four of the lines destroyed by the fire,” according to reports. …

The attorney general at the Niamey Court of Appeal, Salissou Chaïbou, affirmed that there had been an attempt to escape by overthrown President Mohamed Bazoum. “These are real facts and not a staging,” said Salissou Chaïbou about Mohamed Bazoum’s escape attempt, in a statement broadcast on national television, Télé Sahel. …

A mob set fire to two suspected thugs near Sokoto Road, Main Market, in Onitsha, Anambra State, Nigeria, reports said. “A tricycle operator had dropped a passenger and his goods in the market, and as he was about to move, the suspects approached him and attempted to disposse him of …

Zimbabwean member of parliament, Takudzwa Ngadziore, 25, has become the latest opposition member to allegedly be abducted. Mr Ngadziore, a member of the Citizens Coalition for Change (CCC), posted a video on Facebook showing a gun-toting man he said was chasing him. “I am being followed,” the panting MP said …

Nineteen kidney patients have died since Ghana’s largest renal centre closed in May due to funding difficulties, the BBC reported, citing the president of the country’s Renal Patients Association. Kofi Baffour Ahenkorah made the disclosure as Health Minister Kwaku Agyeman Manu was due to meet management at Korle-Bu Teaching Hospital …