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By Ebi Kesiena A band of suspected Islamic State militants are on the run in Pakistan after escaping a police raid that killed six other members of the group. Counterterrorism police said in a statement on...

By Emmanuel Nduka Nigeria’s National Information Technology Development Agency (NITDA), through its subsidiary, the National Centre for Artificial Intelligence and Robotics (NCAIR), is partnering Japan International Cooperation Agency (JICA), to launch iHatch, a startup incubation programme...

By John Ikani The Central Bank of Nigeria (CBN) has stated that excessive borrowing by the Federal Government from the CBN’s Means and Ways Advances window could frustrate CBN’s Monetary Policy. This was disclosed in the...

By Ebi Kesiena Uganda ended the world’s longest school closure on Monday, ordering millions of students back to the classroom nearly two years after learning was suspended because of the coronavirus pandemic. Some 15 million pupils...

By John Ikani West African leaders on Sunday backed tough new sanctions on Mali including border closures and a trade embargo, saying the military regime's delays to a return to civilian rule were "totally unacceptable". The...

By Ebi Kesiena At least six people, including a diver, have been killed in flash flooding from torrential rains in South Africa’s Eastern Cape province, a senior regional official said on Sunday. Oscar Mabuyane, the Eastern...