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By John Ikani Burkina Faso’s former President, Blaise Compaore, the main defendant in a long-awaited trial on the 1987 assassination of his predecessor, Thomas Sankara, will boycott the upcoming proceedings, according to his lawyers. “President Blaise...

By John Ikani  Tanzanian writer, Abdulrazak Gurnah has won the 2021 Nobel Prize in Literature. The 10 million Swedish kronor ($1.5 million Cdn) prize, which has been given out since 1901, recognizes authors who have "in...

By John Ikani  As part of new efforts towards fighting corruption in the country, Transparency International (TI) has called for strengthening of the Code of Conduct Bureau (CCB) to enable it to properly verify the assets...

By John Ikani  Data from the United Nations (UN) has revealed that rising energy costs have added to the supply chain disruption and crop failures to worsen an already dire situation with global food prices. According...

By Emmanuel Nduka A group hiding under the platform of Host Communities of Nigeria’s Oil and Gas Producing Area (HOSTCOM) Bayelsa State Chapter, has failed in its latest attempt to blackmail the Engr Simbi Wabote-led Nigerian...

  By Ebi Kesiena Ethiopian Prime Minister, Abiy Ahmed has announced plans of a government reshuffle marked by the replacement of the Ministers of Defence and Peace. The reshuffle takes place against the backdrop of a...