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Gambia website to auction Yahya Jammeh luxuries

2nd July 2018

Gambia's government plans to auction the luxury planes and cars of ex-President Yahya Jammeh online, the AFP news agency reports. Regional countries intervened to force Mr...

‘Abacha Loot’ to be given to poor Nigerians

30th June 2018

Money looted by Nigeria’s former military ruler Sani Abacha is to be distributed to poor families, the government says. The distribution is to start next...

Six dead in the attack against the G5 Sahel force HQ in Mali

29th June 2018

The Malian headquarters of an anti-terror task force, the G5 Sahel, in Sévaré, central Mali came under attack on Friday. Six people were killed leaving many...

Otedola bridge fire: One of them, who was on fire, fell down … –...

29th June 2018

It was black Thursday in Lagos yesterday, as a fully-loaded 33,000-litre fuel tanker exploded on Otedola Bridge along Lagos-Ibadan Expressway, killing many people and...

Otedola bridge tanker fire, one of Nigeria’s greatest tragedies – Buhari

29th June 2018

President Muhammadu Buhari has described the fuel tanker fire experienced in Lagos on Thursday evening as one of the greatest tragedies witnessed in the...

Rwanda unveils first home-built car

27th June 2018

Rwanda unveiled its first home-built car at Volkswagen’s new factory in the capital, Kigali, on Wednesday. The Polo is the first model being made at...

Akon to build new city in Senegal with own currency called AKoin

26th June 2018

Grammy-nominated artist Akon is planning to build a futuristic city in Senegal and base its entire economy around a new cryptocurrency named after himself,...