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Despite pressure on Rwanda’s finances brought on by ongoing global shocks linked to the prolonged impact of the Covid-19 pandemic, the war in Ukraine, and the appreciation of the US dollar, Rwanda has successfully repaid its $400 million Eurobond. The whole payment, which was due this week, was successfully completed, …

Nigeria’s food and drug control agency (Nafdac) says it is taking “swift action” to investigate a popular brand of noodles over alleged presence of a substance associated with increased risks of cancer. The agency said in a statement it was conducting “random sampling and analysis of Indomie noodles, including the …

Cuba’s communist government has cancelled Monday’s traditional May Day parade because of acute fuel shortages. Every year hundreds of thousands of people are bussed in from across the island to fill Havana’s Revolution Square on International Workers’ Day. It is the first time since the 1959 revolution that the celebrations …

On the issue of migration, President Nana Addo Dankwa Akufo-Addo has bemoaned the high numbers of young people engaged in it. The president said “Africans taking distressing risks across the Sahara and around the Mediterranean trying to reach a better life in Europe, whilst we strive to provide the youth …

India will overtake China to become the most populous country in the world by the end of this week, the United Nations has said. India’s population is expected to reach 1,425,775,850 people by the end of April, the new data shows. A different United Nations (UN) body last week predicted …

Ghanaian students in Sudan have been left stranded and caged in their hostels due to the war currently going on in Sudan. They are, therefore, calling on Government to put measures in place for an emergency evacuation. This was revealed in a post on social media by media personality Nana …

Adamawa State Governor, Ahmadu Fintiri of the Peoples Democratic Party, PDP, has won his second term. Collation of Officer of the State, Prof Mohammed Mele announced Fintiri winner after he defeated Aishatu Dahiru of the All Progressives Congress, APC. Aishatu, popularly known as Binani, was earlier illegally announced winner by …

Governor Ahmadu Fintiri of Adamawa State has reacted to his victory in the just-concluded governorship election. Fintiri assured the people of the state that nobody would be left behind. On his official Twitter handle, the governor said his re-election was a victory for the people of Adamawa State. According to …

Russian opposition leader, who is also a journalist Vladimir Kara-Murza has been sentenced to 25 years in jail in Russia for charges linked to his criticism of the war in Ukraine. He was found guilty of treason, spreading “false” information about the Russian army and being affiliated with an “undesirable …

Ghana has once again popped up in a damning investigative documentary conducted into some of Zimbabwe’s gold smuggling and money laundering syndicates. In the concluding episode of the four-part series conducted by Aljazeera, undercover journalists posing as Chinese gangsters interact with one of the key parties, Alistair Mathias to help …