Politics and society

Nigeria’s Lagos state authorities expanded their ban on motorcycle taxis, locally known as okadas, to a further four local government areas and local council development areas, local media reported. The commissioner for transportation, Frederic Oladeinde, said the expansion of the ban was for security reasons and the best interests of …

Authorities in Japan are venturing down an unexpected path to make up for their budgetary shortfall: reviving alcohol consumption among young people. To achieve this goal, tax authorities launched a campaign to collect ideas from young people aged 20 to 39 to make the drink popular again. Decline in alcohol …

Emirates airline announced that it will suspend flights to Nigeria from the start of September as Nigeria has been unable to repatriate its money from Nigeria. The problem arose because Nigeria restricted access to foreign currency, Reuters news agency reports. In a statement, Emirates said it made considerable efforts to …

World Health Organization chief Dr Tedros Adhanom Ghebreyesus said racism is at the root of the lack of international attention given to the ongoing civil war in Ethiopia’s Tigray region. Calling it the “worst humanitarian crisis in the world”, with 6 million people unable to access basic services, Dr Tedros …

Zimbabwe’s Anti-Corruption Commission has arrested ruling Zanu PF MP, Justice Mayor Wadyajena on allegations of fraud and money laundering involving $5m (£4.1m) sterling), reports the official Herald newspaper. Mr Wadyajena was arrested on Tuesday alongside four others who include suspended officials of the Cotton Company of Zimbabwe (Cottco). The anti-corruption …

Authorities in UK launched a scheme to cut taxes on hundreds of products from some of the world’s poorest countries to try to boost trade links, the BBC reported. The preferential terms, which come into effect early next year, will affect products ranging from food to textiles. Under the Developing …

Mozambique has banned people from filming accident or disaster scenes before calling in the emergency authorities to provide assistance, the BBC reported. The move is aimed at changing the attitudes of citizens who only take photos of accidents or other emergency situations and publish them on social media. The measure …

Belgians traveled to France in order to get vaccinated against monkeypox, as there is a lack of doses in their country, RTBF reported. Faced with the lack of available doses, conditions for access to the monkeypox vaccine are restricted in Belgium. Sex workers, people who contracted two sexually transmitted infections …

One of the UN investigators apologized on Thursday for having spoken of the “Jewish lobby” in an interview, remarks which had been strongly denounced by Israel and Western diplomats in Geneva. In an interview published on July 25 on the Mondoweiss website, Miloon Kothari said: “We are very discouraged by …

Salary of primary school teachers in Rwanda will increase from 31,620 to 59,450 FCFA from this month, the Education ministry announced. This new salary increase since March 2019 is part of an incentive program to improve the well-being of teachers and promote the quality of education in public schools. “Salaries …