A British judge has ruled that Nigeria's Bodo community, which has been involved in a protracted legal battle with Shell over the clean-up of two 2008 oil spills, should retain the ... Read more »
The government says the majority of Burundians voted in favour of a new constitution that could keep current President Pierre Nkurunziza in power until 2034. But rights groups have ... Read more »
Western Cape Minister of Education Debbie Schäfer has instructed Equal Education to stop operating in the province's schools after sexual misconduct allegations surfaced ... Read more »
Tijjani Bande, Nigeria's Permanent Representative of Nigeria to the United Nations, has told the Security Council that 14.8 million people have been affected by the crisis. He said ... Read more »
Hundreds of Christians gathered at the National Christian Center, Abuja, for a peaceful protest against killings across the country. They expressed their disgust over the many ... Read more »
A new report by maritime watchdog One Earth Future has said that piracy incidents off the Horn of Africa doubled in 2017 compared to 2016, indicating that criminal networks are ... Read more »
Lawmakers led by Senate President Bukola Saraki, were appointed by their colleagues to discuss with President Muhammadu Buhari the controversy surrounding the actions of the ... Read more »
The Bodo oil spills has been the subject of years of legal wrangling. In 2015, Shell accepted liability for the spills, agreeing to pay U.S.$83 million to villagers, and to clean ... Read more »
The Communications Authority of Kenya, in a drive that could kickstart a campaign to phase out fake cellphones, will now demand that the imported devices should have the capacity ... Read more »
Petitioners are faulting the ministry of health for withdrawing standard guidelines on safe abortions and barring health workers from accessing medical information through ... Read more »
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