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Ivory Coast’s Allassane Ouattara Sworn In For 3rd Term

Ivorian President Allassane Ouattara has been sworn in for a third term in office in a ceremony that was attended by 13 African counterparts...

Security Council Ends Mandatory Scrutiny Of Burundi Citing May Elections

The United Nations Security Council on Monday struck Burundi off its political agenda citing peaceful elections recently conducted in the country. In a statement presented...

Senegal Court Jails Three Fathers For Pushing Sons To Migrate To Europe

A Senegalese court on Tuesday handed down jail terms to three fathers accused of pushing their sons to migrate to Europe by sea, sending...

AFCON 2021: Gambia Fined For Letting Gabonese Team Sleep On Airport Floor

Gambia has been fined $100,000 for the unsporting reception accorded to the visiting Gabonese national team in November. In its ruling published on Tuesday, the...

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CBN Holds Interest Rate At 26.5% As MPC Cites Global Risks And Inflation Concerns

The Central Bank of Nigeria (CBN) has retained the country’s benchmark interest rate, the Monetary Policy Rate (MPR), at 26.5 per cent, following the conclusion of the Monetary Policy Committee (MPC) meeting in Abuja. CBN Governor Olayemi Cardoso, who announced the committee’s decision on Tuesday, said the move reflected the...

144 Migrants Dead Or Missing Off Mauritania’s Coast, UN Says

The UN refugee agency reported on Tuesday that 144 migrants are dead or missing after attempting to reach Europe via the waters off Mauritania, following three separate rescue operations carried out between July 14 and 18. The heaviest toll came from a single boat that departed Bufaloto, Gambia,...

ECOWAS Demands Release Of Detained Opposition Leader In Guinea-Bissau

The Economic Community of West African States (ECOWAS) has called on Guinea-Bissau's military-led government to unconditionally free all detained political figures, including opposition leader Domingos Simoes Pereira, according to a statement issued after a summit of regional heads of state in Sierra Leone. Freeing the political prisoners would...