Politics and society

Ugandan President Yoweri Museveni has officially launched the country’s first-ever interest-free commercial Islamic bank. Salaam Bank Limited, a subsidiary of a Djibouti-based bank, is the first institution to offer Islamic financing in the country. Mr Museveni said the institution had a potential to significantly contribute to the development of the …

The Ugandan government has ordered ministries, departments, and agencies (MDAs) to institute weekly physical exercise sessions for their staff to tame the rising burden of lifestyle diseases, local media reported. The directive was shared in a letter to government agencies from the head of public service, Lucy Nakyobe, who said …

Nigerian President Bola Tinubu has called on family, friends and associates to celebrate him in a different way as he turns 72 on Friday. In a statement released by his aide Bayo Onanuga, Mr Tinubu said Nigeria is going through challenging times and he does not want people organising celebratory …

The anti-system opponent Bassirou Diomaye Faye, still in prison ten days ago, seems to have taken the lead in the presidential election in Senegal, but the power camp has assured that there will be a second round. After three years of agitation and crisis, Senegalese are still waiting to know …

The presidential election will take place a few months earlier than planned in Algeria. The election which was supposed to be held in December 2024 has been brought forward to September 7, the presidency of the republic announced in a press release. This press release was published at the end …

The managers of a bar in the Urals in Russia were placed in pre-trial detention for LGBT+ “extremism”, a court in the city of Orenburg announced this Wednesday. “This is the first criminal case of this type in Russia after the Supreme Court’s decision to classify the LGBT movement as …

Nigeria has signed an agreement for the construction of a 20 MW hybrid hydro-solar power plant, the first phase of a 300 MW project. The project is part of the country’s plan to transition to clean and renewable energy solutions. The project will be built in Shiroro, in the central …

Nigeria’s President Bola Tinubu has ordered the army to arrest the killers of 16 soldiers who were murdered while on a peace mission in the south of the country last week. The troops were responding to clashes between the Okuama and Okoloba communities in the oil-rich southern Delta state, when …

Russian President Vladimir Putin thanked the Russians on Sunday March 17 for voting in the presidential election which he largely won according to preliminary results. “First of all, I would like to thank the citizens, we are all one team, all the citizens of Russia who went to the polling …

The Ghana Football Association (GFA) is set to reappoint its former coach, Otto Addo, as head coach of the Black Stars. Otto Addo, 48, will leave German Bundesliga club Borussia Dortmund, where he is a talent coach, at the end of the season. The Ghana Football Association (GFA) said on …