Africa
Senegal cancels Akon’s $6bn futuristic city over inaction, missed payments
Senegal has cancelled Akon’s $6 billion plan to build a futuristic “Akon City” on the country’s Atlantic coast, after years of inaction and missed...
Trump courts African leaders for investment
United States President Donald Trump, on Wednesday, hosted Presidents of Gabon, Guinea-Bissau, Liberia, Mauritania and Senegal at the White House in Washington, D.C.
The meeting...
ValueJet Lagos World Para Table Tennis Open returns for seventh edition
All is set for the seventh edition of the ValueJet Lagos World Para Table Tennis Open, slated to run from July 9 to 11...
Blaze at Cairo data centre kills 4, injures 22
Four workers were killed and at least 22 others were injured in a fire that broke out on Monday at a key data centre...
10 killed, hundreds arrested as anti-government protests rock Kenya
At least 10 people have been killed in protests in Kenya, according to a state-run human rights body – the latest in a wave...
