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Burkina Faso’s ruling junta, led by Captain Ibrahim Traoré has pulled the plug on a high-profile malaria experiment backed by U.S. billionaire Bill Gates, halting the release of genetically modified mosquitoes that were meant to outsmart one of Africa’s deadliest killers. Traoré recently announced that Target Malaria, the research consortium behind the project, must “cease.

Femi Adesina, the former special adviser on media and publicity to late ex-president Muhammadu Buhari, staunchly defended his “senior friend” and boss’ long-time public insinuation that he was a religious bigot. Adesina spoke during an interview on Channels TV on Sunday, hours after news broke that Buhari had died in a London clinic after a.

The Nigerian government has affirmed that it will not accept the President Donald Trump administration’s proposal to force a controversial asylum deal on it, which was one of the reasons Nigeria was slammed with new visa restrictions. According to multiple sources, the U.S. had proposed to ship some undocumented migrants in the US to some.

Africa’s richest man, Aliko Dangote, has voiced strong doubts about the future of Nigeria’s four refineries, managed by the Nigerian National Petroleum Corporation (NNPC), saying they may never work again. The refineries in Port Harcourt, Warri, and Kaduna, with a combined production capacity of 445,000 bpd, have gulped no less than $18 billion, but are still.

President Bola Tinubu has reaffirmed Nigeria’s commitment to regional cooperation amidst growing political fractures in West Africa. Tinubu made these remarks on Thursday in Abuja while receiving Cheick Oumar Coulibaly, Mali’s ambassador to Nigeria. The meeting comes as tensions mount between the Economic Community of West African States (ECOWAS), Chaired by Tinubu, and the breakaway.

Nigeria’s Senate has approved two of the four sweeping tax reform bills aimed at overhauling the country’s outdated revenue framework, following months of debate and public scrutiny. The Nigeria Tax Administration Bill 2024 and the Nigeria Revenue Service (Establishment) Bill 2024 were passed on Wednesday, May 7. The remaining two, the Nigeria Tax Bill 2024.

Rumours that Namibia is deporting U.S. citizens (over 500) without visas have gone viral across African social media. Posts circulating on Facebook, Instagram, WhatsApp, and X (formerly Twitter) claim that Namibia’s President, Netumbo Nandi-Ndaitwah, has ordered the removal of more than 500 Americans for entering the country without proper visas. However, a thorough fact-check reveals.

Canada is opening doors for immigrants through a new cybersecurity training program that combines technical education with job placement opportunities in Calgary. The government-funded initiative is tailored to newcomers and offers a direct pathway into the cybersecurity workforce, one of the country’s fastest-growing tech sectors in the country. Launched by the Alberta Ministry of Jobs,.

US President Donald Trump has put 22 African nations, including Angola, Benin, Republic of Congo, Liberia, and Zimbabwe, on a travel ban list that’s near enforcement. The proposed travel ban rules divide countries into three categories—red, orange, and yellow—each with different levels of restrictions. Red List: No Entry Allowed Countries like Libya, Somalia, and Sudan.

Rwanda has severed diplomatic ties with Belgium, ordering all Belgian diplomats to leave the country within 48 hours. This move comes as tensions between the two nations escalate over their roles in the conflict in the Democratic Republic of Congo (DRC). Rwanda’s decision is rooted in its belief that Belgium has consistently undermined its sovereignty,.