Drugs with a street value of almost 100 million euros have been seized in operations in Africa and the Middle East, including two significant busts
Category: Africa
Nigerian army chief, 10 others die in military plane crash.
Nigeria’s military boss, Lieutenant General Ibrahim Attahiru died in a plane accident on Friday on an official visit to the northern province of Kaduna, which
Ascent Capital, Kenyan private equity firm raises $100m in second fund.
Kenya-based private equity firm, Ascent Capital, has raised more than $100 million in a subsequent fund, it said on Tuesday, to put resources into small
Macron, African leaders discuss financing Africa’s post-pandemic recuperation.
French President Emmanuel Macron hosts African leaders and the heads of multilateral loan agencies in Paris on Tuesday to discover methods of financing African economies
Clicks, S.Africa to buy retailer Pick N Pay’s pharmacies.
South African drug specialist Clicks said on Monday it intended to acquire 25 in-store drug stores, their medication stocks and staff from retailer Pick N
SAfrica gets first instances of Covid variation from India.
South Africa’s health ministry said on Saturday it had recognized the initial four instances of another Covid variation that arose in India and was liable
Nigeria’s central bank takes over First Bank of Nigeria, First Holdings.
Nigeria’s central bank on Thursday terminated the Board of Directors of First Bank of Nigeria and appointed new Directors, the regulator said in a briefing,
Nigeria reinstates Addax’s renounced oilfields, overriding regulator.
Nigeria’s president returned four oilfield licenses to Addax, an organization controlled by China’s Sinopec, his office said in a press release, overruling a previous revocation
France justifies Chad military takeover as necessary to guarantee stability.
France’s foreign minister on Thursday justified military takeover in Chad in spite of complaints from the opposition there, saying it was essential for security in
Chadian president killed after 30 years in power.
Chadian President Idriss Deby Itno, who governed the central African country for over thirty years, was killed Tuesday on the front line in a battle
