Politics and society

Nigerian President Muhammadu Buhari has expressed disappointment over the mistreatment of Nigerian students at the Ukrainian border following the Russian invasion of the country. A total of 4,000 Nigerian citizens remain stranded in Ukraine as they attempt to flee the country. The president’s office said in a statement on Twitter, …

Some 1,000 Ukrainian tourists are stranded in Tanzania’s semi-autonomous islands of Zanzibar after the Ukrainian airspace was closed to civilian flights following Russia’s military action in the country. Zanzibar’s government says it is liaising with the Ukrainian embassy in neighbouring Kenya to evacuate the tourists to Poland. Tourism Minister Leila …

The World Food Program (WFP) on Thursday held a meeting with local officials in Mozambique’s Cabo Delgado province over food aid recipients who accused community leaders involved in the relief distribution of demanding sexual favors . The head of the UN agency in Mozambique, Maurício Bortee, expressed concern about the …

The Nigerian government has announced that it will evacuate its citizens wishing to leave Ukraine as soon as airports reopen in the country. The Nigerian Ministry of Foreign affairs says the country “has received with surprise” the reports of Russia’s invasion of Ukraine. The ministry’s spokeswoman, Francisca Omayuli says it …

Kenyan Education Minister George Magoha has called on teachers to call off a planned strike ahead of national exams and encouraged the government commission that hires teachers to engage them in talks to avert the strike. The national union issued a strike notice after pay talks with the government failed. …

A London court will on Wednesday begin to hear a lawsuit launched by Nigeria against U.S. bank JP Morgan Chase, claiming more than $1.7 billion for its role in a disputed 2011 oilfield deal, Reuters reports. The civil suit filed in the English courts in 2017 relates to the purchase …

Ugandan Prime Minister Nabbanja Robinah was seen in a video where she attended the latest African Union meeting. What sparked reactions on the internet was that she participated in the summit on the side of the road. The picture is going viral. In a viral video, the Prime Minister is …

Uganda plans to impose fines on people who refuse to be vaccinated against COVID-19 and those who fail to pay could be sent to prison under a new public health law which lawmakers are scrutinising, parliament said on Tuesday. Only 16 million Ugandans have received their doses out of a …

A federal high court in Nigeria has upheld the police force’s decision to sack an unmarried officer who fell pregnant last year, the BBC reports. Justice Inyang Ekwo said he found no compelling reason “to disrupt the discipline of the force”. “Any person who joins the force must abide by …

Somalia’s President Mohamed Farmaajo has rejected an oil revenue sharing deal signed by the petroleum ministry and an American firm, the BBC reports. Coastline Exploration said it had signed seven deals related to offshore oil and gas exploration. “Somalia contains the largest remaining unexplored set of basins situated in warm …