Politics

Ex president Gbagbo form a united opposition front in Ivory Coast

Saad Huzaifa June 21, 2025

Ivory Coast The two opposition parties excluded from the forthcoming presidential election in Ivory Coast have formed an alliance demanding to be allowed to participate in the polls. The alliance aims to demand that its leaders, Laurent Gbagbo and Tidjane Thiam, be allowed to run in the next

Business

Niger to nationalize uranium venture

Saad Huzaifa June 20, 2025

Niger Rebublic Niger’s government said Thursday it would nationalize the Somaïr uranium venture operated by French company Orano and accused it of taking a disproportionate share of the uranium produced at the site. The announcement comes as military authorities in the west African country tighten their grip on foreign companies and civil society. Tensions have […]

Politics

Alleged Overthrown of President: Rwandan opposition leader arrested

Saad Huzaifa June 20, 2025

Rwanda Rwandan opposition leader Victoire Ingabire has been arrested and charged with inciting public disorder and creating a criminal organisation. Ingabire appeared before a court in the country’s capital Kigali on Thursday for questioning in a case involving nine people accused of training to overthrow President Paul Kagame. Among the suspects is a journalist

Entertainment

Nigerian Court sentences TikToker to one year in prison over video

Saad Huzaifa June 20, 2025

Nigeria A magistrate court in Nigeria’s northwest Kano State presided over by Magistrate Hadiza Muhammad Hassan of Court No. 21, has sentenced popular TikTok content creator, Abubakar Usman Kilina, to one year in prison. The court also gave him the option of paying a fine of ₦100,000, in addition to a compensation fee of ₦30,000 […]

News

Hotel Attack: Kenya court sentences two to jail

Saad Huzaifa June 19, 2025

Kenya A court in Kenya on Thursday sentenced two men to 30 years in prison for aiding al-Shabaab militants in a 2019 attack on a Nairobi luxury hotel complex. In January that year, gunmen shot their way into the Dusit hotel and office complex, killing 21 people in a siege that lasted 19 hours. All five […]