APA
Four German tourists had died after a plane they were travelling in crashed in Namibia, APA learnt on Wednesday.
The Group Chief Executive Officer, Nigeria National Petroleum Corporation Limited NNPC Ltd, Mr. Mele Kyari, has said that the Corporation will supply the yet to be commissioned Dangote Refinery with about 300,000 barrels of crude oil per day for the next 20 years.
The Ethiopian ambassador in Khartoum has been summoned by the government to explain claims he made that a plane shot down by his country’s military had originated from Sudanese airspace, APA can report on Wednesday.
Five people died when a South African Police Service (SAPS) aircraft crashed at the Rand Airport in Gauteng Province shortly after take-off on Tuesday, SAPS spokesperson Athlenda Mathe announced on Wednesday.
An airlift of relief loaded with 30 tonnes of humanitarian aid, including essential food and medical supplies, arrived in Sudan on Wednesday from the UAE for those affected by the floods that hit several parts of the country recently.
The report that the Auditor-General has uncovered financial irregularities amounting to about GH¢17.5 billion in the 2021 audit report of public boards and corporations and other statutory institutions is one of the leading stories in the Ghanaian press on Wednesday.
The report that Nigeria’s manufacturing sector has continued to navigate through hard times as the nominal GDP growth of the industry in the second quarter of 2022 was recorded at 5.21 per cent on a year-on-year basis is one of the trending stories in Nigerian newspapers on Wednesday.
Nothing much has been reported about Ugandan warlord Joseph Kony over the past few years, fuelling speculations about the whereabouts of Africa’s most elusive rebel leader of the past 35 years.
Japan and the African Development Bank (AfDB) have pledged to devote up to US$5 billion, or CFAF 3,274 billion, to the African private sector.
At least 19 people have been reported killed following a demonstration in the Madagascan town of Ikongo, located in the southeast of the country, APA has learnt on Tuesday.