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Kenya is expected to join 44 other countries across the world as a net exporter of crude oil, with Tullow Oil initially expected to produce 2,000 barrels of crude oil per day for export.
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Although some of the girls have since been released and others managed to escape, as at January, at least 195 girls were still said to be in captivity.
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Friday's rescues come a day after a shipwreck left at least 97 migrants feared drowned off Libya.
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These advertisements are part of a campaign against drunk driving and walking, and use languages and images that seem to represent certain South Africans, specifically in the Western Cape. On the one hand, they could be criticised for stereotyping some groups as drunken gangsters, appropriating slang - "Don't be dof (stupid). Alcohol and roads don't mix. My bra (friend)."- and showing the Xhosa word meaning evildoers/witchcraft. On the flipside, they could be an
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The Federal High Court in Lagos has granted the request of the Economic and Financial Crimes Commission that the U.S.$43,449,947, £27,800 and N23,218,000 recovered from an Ikoyi, Lagos, apartment be forfeited to the federal government.
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U.S. military officials say dozens of soldiers have been deployed to Mogadishu to train and equip Somali and AMISOM forces fighting extremism.
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Lieutenant-General Yolisa Matakata has been appointed as the new Acting Chief of the Hawks, a priority crime investigation unit of the South African Police Services. She takes over the reins from the disgraced former head, Berning Ntlemeza, whose appointment was ruled invalid by a high court.
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To change that narrative and convince Nigerians on its commitment to the anti-graft war, Kaduna state Governor Nasir El-Rufai has challenged the National Assembly to disclose details of its budget which have not been known to the public for seven years.
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It is not clear whether it was Sudhir Ruparelia's decision to relinquish the licenses voluntarily or Bank of Uganda's decision not to renew them. However, a source within Bank of Uganda has told us that the central bank was suspicious of some "laundered money" being channeled through the forex bureaus, and was, therefore, reluctant to renew the licenses writes Alon Mwesigwa for The Observer.
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The UN Special Representative for Central Africa, François Louncény Fall, has called on authorities to examine diligently the difficulties experienced by citizens and entrepreneurs living in the English-speaking regions
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