Japan Government To Reduce Energy Consumption
Japan’s government warned of a power crunch as extreme heat hits the country, with temperature records toppling and Tokyo’s rainy season declared over at the earliest date on record. The Japan Meteoro...
29 Jun 202253s
African Fund Pledges $3bn For Vaccine Self-sufficiency
The Africa Development Bank has pledged that $3bn will be invested over the next 10 years to end vaccine dependency across the continent. The plan includes a new pharmaceutical centre for research, de...
29 Jun 202252s
Ethiopia Sets Up Team For Tigray Peace Talks
The Ethiopian government says it has set up a seven-member committee to hold peace talks with Tigrayan forces in a bid to end the 19-month civil war. It is to be chaired by the country's deputy prime ...
29 Jun 202252s
Ivory Coast To Spend $430m In Anti-Jihadism Campaign
Ivory Coast says it would spend around $430 million in a three-year campaign to support young people in border regions at risk from Sahel jihadists. Youth Minister Mamadou Toure says as part of the fi...
29 Jun 202254s
Nigerian Government Probes Organ Donor’s Data Privacy Breach
The Federal Government is investigating the breach of the data privacy of David Nwamina, a young Nigerian at the centre of an allegation of organ harvest against a former Deputy Senate President, Ike ...
29 Jun 20221min
Gun Acquisition Directive To Complement Security Forces
Zamfara State Governor Bello Matawalle has clarified that his directive urging people to acquire firearms is for them to complement the efforts of security forces in the ongoing war against insurgency...
29 Jun 202251s
Nigeria’s FX Policy Targeted at Preserving Naira Value
Emefiele stressed that the central bank’s foreign exchange regime further seeks to ensure external balance without compromising the need for internal balance and the overall goal of macroeconomic stab...
29 Jun 202257s
Nigerian Government Urged To Accept Call For Self-Defence
The Ondo State government says the call for self-defence by the Zamfara State government has again emphasised the importance of establishing state police to adequately tackle the insecurity bedevillin...
29 Jun 202253s
