Editorial Staff
Liberia seeks US assistance in tracking missing millions
THE US government is considering helping Liberia track down more than $100 million in missing cash, an embassy spokesman said, in a case that...
Tanzanian president orders arrests of ferry management after Lake Victoria disaster
TANZANIAN President John Magufuli on Friday ordered the arrest of the management of a ferry that capsized in Lake Victoria, as the death toll...
Trump proposed Sahara desert wall to curb migration – Spanish minister
SPANISH foreign minister Josep Borrell has disclosed that US President Donald Trump had given his country an advice on how to curb the rising...
New Liberian law gives land to generations-old occupants
LIBERIA has passed a landmark law that will help communities fight foreign land grabs by giving them ownership of ancestral territory, officials and activists...
Tanzania suspends US-funded family planning ads on radio, television
TANZANIA has suspended broadcasting of family planning advertisements by a US-funded project, a health ministry letter showed, a fortnight after President John Magufuli said...
Aubameyang’s father named new co-coach of Gabon
ARSENAL striker Pierre Emerick-Aubameyang’s father, Pierre Aubame, and Daniel Cousin, both former captains of Gabon’s national football team, have been named as co-coaches of...
Remittance income will drive economic growth for Africa
DESPITE an economic slowdown, most African countries are reported to have a positive economic outlook, says the latest report by the institute of Chartered...
WorldRemit launches digital money transfers within Africa
LEADING international money transfer company WorldRemit has launched a new digital service within Africa, making it easier to send and receive money across the...
Liberia $104m cash scandal: Sirleaf’s son, officials banned from travelling
LIBERIA’S government has released a list of people that are barred from leaving the country including the son of former president Ellen Johnson Sirleaf,...
Equatorial Guinea demands VP’s $16m seized in Brazil
THE Equatorial Guinean government has asked that Brazil releases over $16 million worth of cash and luxury watches seized from a delegation accompanying the...