In 2018, Nigeria overtook India as the country with the largest number of people living in extreme poverty, with an estimated 87 million Nigerians, or around half of the country’s population, thought to be living on less than $1.90 a day. President Muhammadu Buhari’s government has launched a series of initiatives and interest-free loans it says will significantly reduce poverty… Read More

The March 10 crash On March 10, the world was hit by the news that a passenger aircraft operated by Africa’s top national carrier had crashed. The reference point for the information was solely the office of Ethiopian Prime Minister Abiy Ahmed. It remained the most quoted source for hours before the flier, Ethiopian Airlines, confirmed with further details of… Read More

The Senegalese city of Diamniadio is a hotbed of diplomatic activity as African leaders join citizens for the investiture of President Macky Sall. Sall emerged winner of elections held on February 24. Beating four other aspirants with 58% of votes cast. The opponents rejected the results but said they were not going to contest it. In keeping with the electoral… Read More

Authorities in Sierra Leone on Monday started implementing a one-month ban on fishing in the country’s territorial waters, in addition to halting of exports by major fishing companies, in a bid to shore up stocks. The government also decreed an April 1-30 halt to exports by major fishing companies “to protect our fish stock from depletion”, said a statement from… Read More

Africa’s Sahel region, which has an influx of military forces including the United Nations, European Union and French troops, has seen a huge surge in civilian deaths in the past five months because of attacks by Islamist militants and ethnic militias, researchers said last week. The Armed Conflict Location & Event Data Project (ACLED), which is financed in part by… Read More

On this edition of Football Planet, we talk about how Raja Casablanca ended a 19 year wait to lift the CAF Super Cup in Doha, Qatar. Also, the CAF Champions League as African heavyweights face off in the quarter finals. Plus, Togolese international Emmanuel Adebayor hints at retirement again after another disappointing qualifying campaign. Presenter Johnson Wahany Sambou delves deeper… Read More

Embattled Algerian president Abdul Aziz Bouteflika will resign his post on April 28, state media in the north African country suggested on Monday. The president will take “steps to ensure state institutions continue to function during the transition period… resignation would occur before April 28, 2019”, a statement from his office says, AFP news agency reports. The ailing 82-year-old leader… Read More

Cyclone Idai tore through central Mozambique flooding an estimated 700,000 hectares of agricultural land leaving many farmers with nothing to harvest, plunging hundreds of rural communities into a food crisis. Fulai Joaquim has enough food to feed his 10 children for another week, maybe two. The cyclone ripped his cassava crop from the ground, leaving the roots to rot in… Read More