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Nigerian President Muhammadu Buhari on Friday approved an amended electoral law that will allow electronic transfer of vote results during the 2023 elections in a bid to improve transparency. Ballots in Nigeria have often been marred by electoral fraud claims and court challenges since the country returned to civilian rule in 1999. The bill allows the INEC election commission to… Read More

Last updated: 2 hours ago Terrified that Russia could attack the capital city at any moment, many Ukrainians late Thursday took shelter deep underground, in Kyiv’s metro system. Within an hour of it turning dark, the metro stations were full of families and children, chatting, playing and eating dinner. People had brought along their own sleeping bags and blankets, their… Read More

Many residents from Manono, a town in the southeast of the DRC make a living from an old cassiterite quarry. Australian company AVZ Minerals has discovered huge lithium reserves in the region. As they wait for an exploitation license, the project kindles hope for locals to secure their livelihoods. Every day, the old quarry of Manono in the southeast of… Read More

Tropical Cyclone Emnati is the fourth tropical storm, in as many weeks, to hit the island of Madagascar. Brian Lander, deputy director emergencies operations for the United Nations World Food Programme, says “we need to think about how they are going to adapt to this new reality for them.” The storm, which passed just north of the Indian Ocean islands… Read More

A commission set up in early February by the military junta that took power a month ago in Burkina Faso has proposed a 30-month transition before a return to constitutional order. The report, a draft charter and agenda for the transition, was presented Wednesday to the head of the junta, but its content has not been made public. It will… Read More

Kenya will host the 5th session of the UN Environment Assembly starting on Mondaym February 28th. Curbing plastic pollution will be a hot topic. Ocean Sole, a Kenyan enterprise recycles discarded flip flops and other plastic garbage found on beaches and waterways into colourful sculptures and children’s toys. Pristine white-sand as far as one can behold. But it is only… Read More

Seven African heads of state gathered in Kinshasa on Thursday to assess a 2013 agreement aimed at cementing peace in the Democratic Republic of Congo’s violence-torn east and the Great Lakes region. The Peace, Security and Cooperation Framework aims at fostering efforts to stabilize the region. Millions of people died from violence, disease or starvation in the 1996-7 and 1998-2003… Read More

France is looking for other alternatives for its Barkhane forces that are leaving Mali following the fallout with the current regime. France has announced it will position its soldiers in the other Sahel countries including Chad to help in the fight against jihadists in the region. Several groups are still withdrawing from three main different camps in Mali. “We are… Read More

Football activities have now been suspended for Nigerian forward Michael Stephen after Russian President Vladimir Putin launched a military invasion of Ukraine on Thursday. Six Nigerian players have been directly affected by this war because they play their football in Ukraine, three in the top-flight and three more in the second division. Meet the six Nigerian Ukraine-based players who have… Read More

Last updated: 8 hours ago Radar arrays, vehicles and other equipment were seen burning on Thursday at a Ukrainian military facility outside the eastern city of Mariupol, after Russia launched a wide-ranging attack on Ukraine on Thursday, hitting cities and bases with airstrikes or shelling. Ukraine’s President Volodymyr Zelenskyy has declared martial law, saying Russia has targeted Ukraine’s military infrastructure.… Read More