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Nigeria's central bank will comply with a court order earlier this month by allowing old bank notes to remain legal tender until the end of the year, giving expectations that this would help the economy's severe cash shortages, according to…

Nigeria's election commission has promised to hand over immediately to the opposition all material linked to last month's disputed presidential poll. The chairman of the commission, Mahmood Yakubu, said it had nothing to hide. The…

US Secretary of State Antony Blinken is traveling to Africa for a two-nation tour - the latest in a series of visits to the continent by top American officials. Security, a ravaging drought, and the jihadist threat in the Sahel will be…

Eritrean President Isaias Afwerki has urged Sudan to be wary of foreign "meddling" and solve their problems by themselves, the state television (ERi-TV) reported on Monday. President Isaias made the comments during talks in Asmara with…

According to an update to the UK's strategic foreign and defense policy blueprint, the UK regards China as an "era challenge" to the global order and believes that the security of the UK and Europe depends on Russia's failure to succeed in…

The South African Labour Appeal Court has ordered striking state healthcare employees to cease a week-long walkout that has disrupted services in some of the country's major hospitals. The Health Department stated that the court's order…

The Royal Cabinet reframes the SG of the PJD by reminding him that foreign policy is a prerogative of the Sovereign. The General Secretariat of the Justice and Development Party (PJD) recently issued a statement containing "irresponsible…

Volcanologists say they have observed a glow at the top of the Nyamulagira volcano in the eastern Democratic Republic of Congo. It's been caused by a movement of lava at shallow depths towards the central crater of the Nyamulagira…

The Central Bank of Nigeria (CBN) says old banknotes will remain legal tender until the end of the year in line with a judgement made by the supreme court earlier this month. Banks have also been directed to comply with the court's…

US President Joe Biden has sought to dispel fears over a potential financial crisis following the rapid collapse of two major United States banks, saying customers would be protected and can trust that the country’s banking system is…