Democracy In The Making, Or More Of The Same?
Fifteen days after Cameroon’s presidential election concluded, the country’s Constitutional Council unsurprisingly declared that 85-year-old Paul Biya had been re-elected for a seventh seven-year term. Now wearing the crown of ‘Africa’s oldest dictator,’ the end result was really never in doubt. But despite winning with a miraculous 71% of the vote, President Biya’s external legitimacy […]
833 children released by Nigeria militia group says U.N.
A militia group fighting against the Islamist militant group Boko Haram in northeast Nigeria has released 833 children from its own ranks, some as young…
#NigeriaAt58 – No More Shady Oil Deals, Theft of Billions – Buhari
President Muhammadu Buhari says his administration is making progress in the fight against corruption as shady oil deals and the brazen theft of billions of…
Why This 48-Year-Old Woman Salma Okonkwo Is Building Ghana’s Biggest Solar Farm
For more than a decade, one 48-year-old entrepreneur in Ghana has been quietly building up a multimillion-dollar oil and gas outfit called UBI Group. Salma…
Boko Haram Fuelled By Shrinking Lake Chad – UN Deputy Chief
UN Deputy Secretary-General Amina Mohammed has attributed the Boko Haram terrorism in Northeast Nigeria largely to the drying up of the once thriving Lake Chad,…
Cameroon 2018 Elections – Relocation of Polling Stations Afoot
Elections Cameroon (ELECAM) and the administrative authorities are working on measures to ensure that the October 7 election…
Sira Labs’ Django Bathily On Building a Network of Incubators Across Francophone Africa to Address Market Scaling Problems for Start-Ups – First Up Burkina Faso and Senegal
There’s no easy way to break out of a small country market but it’s essential for a start-up…
‘Trash is Gold’ As Benin Community Turns Waste Into Biogas
Benin — Garbage has never smelled so sweet for a small village in southern Benin since it opened…
Buhari to Trump – I’m Fit, Sprightly and Not Lifeless
President Muhammadu Buhari has fired back at the United States President, Donald Trump over alleged claims by the…
“I Never Want To Meet Someone So Lifeless Again” – Trump told White House Aides after Meeting With Buhari
Donald Trump said he “never wants to meet someone as lifeless” as Nigeria’s Muhamadu Buhari again in a…
