The China Media Group Africa, in collaboration with the University of Abuja, has held a Global Media Dialogue in Abuja, the Nigerian capital, which focused on “Enhancing China-Africa Cooperation in New Quality Productive Forces to Realize High-Quality Growth.” The media parley, centered on enhancing China-Africa cooperation and maximizing development opportunities, drew over fifty participants from […]
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Nigeria has secured $1.3 billion in funding to complete a railway project connecting Kano, the largest city in the north, to Maradi in neighbouring Niger, the transport ministry said. The railway line will build on existing economic and social ties to boost trade and cultural cooperation between the two countries. Funding will come from a […]
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Niger’s government announced on Saturday that it was breaking off “with immediate effect” its military cooperation agreement with the United States. The declaration came just a day after a senior US delegation left Niger, following a three-day visit to renew contact with the military junta that ousted the president and moved closer to Russia. […]
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Ghana’s High Commissioner to Nigeria, Rashid Bawa has passed on, Ghana News Agency Reports. He is said to have died in Nigeria on Thursday 14 March, 2024, the News Agency said. The 83-year-old is expected to be flown to Ghana for burial in accordance with Islamic culture. Mr. Rashid Bawa also served as Ghana’s ambassador […]
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Without critical action, nearly 230,000 children and new mothers in war-ravaged Sudan are “likely to die from hunger”, Save the Children warned on Wednesday. Nearly 11 months of fighting between the forces of two rival generals has killed thousands and displaced eight million people in the northeast African country, the United Nations says. The bombing […]
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PRESIDENT Bola Ahmed Tinubu has directed the opening of Nigeria’s land and air borders with the Republic of Niger and the lifting of other sanctions against the country with immediate effect. This was disclosed in a statement by the Special Adviser, Media and Publicity to the President, Ajuri Ngelale, Wednesday. According to the statement, the […]
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“This despicable act is a further illustration of the pervading threat posed by terrorism to the peace of the Nigerian State.” The African Union Commission, AUC, has on Sunday, called for the immediate and unconditional release of the abducted schoolchildren and teachers in Kaduna. In a statement released by the Commission, the Chairperson, Moussa […]
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CONCRETE barriers are being built along a stretch of the South Africa-Mozambique border to prevent people crossing over to steal and smuggle vehicles. South African authorities have budgeted close to $2.7m (£2.1m) to build the wall. It’s made up of three sections: Building works on the Tembe Elephant Park section “are currently underway,” according to […]
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The National Commission for Refugees Migrants and Internally Displaced Persons (NCFRMI) said on Friday over 6.1 million Nigerians were displaced by insecurity and natural disasters in the country. The NCFRMI Federal Commissioner, Alhaji Tijjani Aliyu, disclosed this when he visited the Katsina State Governor, Dikko Radda at the Government House in Katsina. He said: “Today, I can […]
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Rwanda’s ruling party on Saturday picked President Paul Kagame as its candidate for the July election, teeing up a contest widely expected to return the longtime leader to office for a fourth seven-year term. The 66-year-old has ruled over the landlocked African nation with an iron fist for decades and won the presidency in elections […]
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