11+ hour, 40+ min ago   (427+ words) Prominent Nigerians, including Africa's richest man, Alhaji Aliko Dangote, Governor Ahmadu Umar Fintiri and former Governor Umar Jibrilla Bindow, have attended the funeral prayers of elder statesman Bamanga Tukur held at Lamido's Palace Mosque, The former governor of defunct Gongola…...

11+ hour, 46+ min ago   (494+ words) Maputo — Mozambique's Southern Regional Water Board (ARA-Sul) has announced an investment estimated at four million US dollars in the rehabilitation of Massingir Dam following the floods recorded this year on the Elefantes River. The floods forced the automatic activation of…...

11+ hour, 49+ min ago   (796+ words) Across Africa, people are restoring and managing mangroves, grazing lands and urban green areas in the face of increasing threats from climate change. Increasingly they make decisions based on climate-related information supplied by governments, funders and researchers. But are they…...

11+ hour, 49+ min ago   (447+ words) UN Secretary-General António Guterres told leaders of a bloc of major emerging economies in New Delhi on Sunday that a more balanced global order requires an overhaul of the institutions built after the Second World War, including the UN Security…...

11+ hour, 49+ min ago   (705+ words) On the Congo River, plastic is becoming the catch of the day. Some fishermen around Kinshasa, capital of the Democratic Republic of Congo, can now make more money pulling plastic from the water than catching fish, as declining catches and…...

11+ hour, 49+ min ago   (324+ words) [Daba Finance] Nigerian stocks fell in the week ended September 11 as investors sold banking, insurance and industrial shares ahead of the Dangote Refinery IPO subscription window which opens Monday, September 14. The NGX All-Share Index dropped 1.60% to 243,052.74 points from 246,992.44 a week…...

11+ hour, 49+ min ago   (742+ words) Ties That Predated the Tender Carla Trindade, Mário Martins's wife, co-ordinated preparation of the bid. She teaches at the Universidade Católica Portuguesa, where she directs postgraduate courses on tax matters. José Leiria completed a master's degree in tax law at…...

11+ hour, 47+ min ago   (813+ words) When five tonnes of chilli shipped to Italy in March were rejected and destroyed, horticulture exporter Robert Rukundo was left counting losses that went far beyond the value of the produce. The shipment followed a similar rejection in Switzerland in…...

11+ hour, 49+ min ago   (842+ words) In Part I of this investigation, Maka Angola reported that Carla Trindade received tender documents before the announcement, discussed changes with AGT officials and wrote to the shareholders: "We were the ones who drafted the tender rules." After the formal…...

3+ day, 1+ hour ago   (222+ words) Malawi is on the brink of a digital identity revolution, with the government confirming it will launch the long-awaited Nzika Digital ID wallet next week -- seven months after President Professor Arthur Peter Mutharika ordered officials to bring the country's identity…...