APA
In yet another massive intervention, the Aliko Dangote Foundation Monday officially launched a major philanthropic programme in Zamfara State, doling out food items running into several millions of naira to support victims of the insurgency.
Mozambique’s Revenue Authority (AT) has announced the seizure of smuggled goods seized, especially sugar, on the borders of Zobue Cuchamano which borders Zambia and in the districts of Changara and Moatize at the border with Malawi.
The government of Somalia and aid agencies launched the 2019 Humanitarian Response Plan (HRP) on Monday this week (January 21), calling on donors to provide sufficient and early funding to sustain aid operations in Somalia in 2019.
S/Sudan’s Minister of Information Makuei Lueth pointed out in Juba (Monday ) that the international community of undermining the country’s return to normalcy four months into the latest peace deal.
The government of Benin and the Kuwaiti Fund for Arab Economic Development on Monday signed a CFA10billion loan agreement meant for financing a project to strengthen drinking water supply systems in the cities of Boukoumbe (North), Cove and Zagnanado (Center).
A former President of the Nigerian Bar Association, Mr. Olisa Agbakoba, has sent a petition to the National Judicial Council against the Acting Chief Justice of Nigeria, Justice Tanko Muhammed, who was sworn in last Friday by President Muhammadu Buhari.
The Seme area command of the Nigeria Customs Service (NCS) has embarked on a joint meeting and sensitisation programme at the border region as part of efforts to promote ECOWAS Common Trade Policy with countries in the sub-region.
Italy has approved a €5.8 million donation to support the commercial development of specialty coffee on the island of Ibo in Mozambique’s northern province of Cabo Delgado, APA can report on Monday.
Nigeria’s former Vice President Atiku Abubakar has said that the unlawful suspension of the Chief Justice of Nigeria, Justice Walter Onnoghen, constitutes a flagrant breach of the constitution and a frontal assault on the nation’s democracy.
The Botswana Federation of Trade Unions (BFTU) on Monday said they have written to Zimbabwean President Emmerson Mnangagwa calling on him to release protesters who were recently detained following a protest action against steep fuel prices.