Djibouti — Pakistan’s ambassador to Djibouti, Aqsa Nawaz, met with Somalia’s ambassador to Djibouti, Ahmed Abdullahi, and Ahmed Khayre, the consul responsible for political affairs and the Intergovernmental Authority on Development, or IGAD, to discuss strengthening bilateral cooperation and regional security. The meeting focused on ways to build on the longstanding ties between Somalia and…
ZARP Stablecoin co-founder Simon Dingle South Africa should scrap exchange control altogether, according to Simon Dingle, co-founder of rand stablecoin ZARP, who said the country’s capital controls have achieved the opposite of what they were designed to do. “Ultimately, South Africa has to abolish foreign exchange control,” Dingle told TechCentral. “Unfortunately the damage has already…
The maiden investment summit is set to take place in Toronto from 10 to 15 August 2026 Zamfara State Governor, Dauda Lawal, some other state governors, and the President’s Chief of Staff will represent Nigeria at the Canada-Africa Summit on digital rails and inclusive growth. The maiden investment summit is set to take place in…
Tactile Technologies and FEITIAN will be at Seamless Africa on 8 and 9 September at the Sandton Convention Centre. (Image source: iStock) Seamless Africa returns to the Sandton Convention Centre on 8 and 9 September 2026, and Tactile Technologies will be there again, sharing a stand with global payments technology brand FEITIAN. It is a…
On 25 March 2026, the United Nations General Assembly (UNGA) adopted a Ghana-led resolution declaring the trafficking and racialised chattel enslavement of Africans the gravest crime against humanity. It passed by 123 votes to three, with 52 abstentions. Argentina, Israel and the United States voted against it, while the United Kingdom and European Union member…
A young Kenyan man recently sent this anonymous message to a chatbot late at night: “Mbogi wanasema mimi si mwanaume nisipolala na huyo mama… tangu lini mtu ashajiita mwanaume kwa sababu ya kulala na wanawake?” (“My crew tells me I’m not a man if I don’t sleep with her. Since when did sleeping with women…
Nigeria Army Rescues 33 Kidnapped Victims in Zamfara The Nigerian army has said that it has rescued 33 people who were kidnapped by armed men while travelling through Zamfara state in the northwest. Troops and police responded to the abduction in Tsafe. They intercepted the kidnappers as they moved the hostages, forcing the gunmen…
More than 2,500 years after Homer’s epic was first told, Christopher Nolan’s blockbuster retelling of The Odyssey has brought the journey back to big screens worldwide. But, behind the sweeping plot is another character facing an odyssey of its own: the Mediterranean Sea. Since Homer’s day, the Mediterranean has been much more than a beautiful…
“I’ve gone through almost the same thing they are going through. And I just decided that I’m not…” Veteran Nigerian galala singer John “Daddy Showkey” Asiemo has expressed disappointment over the long-running feud between P-Square singers Peter and Paul Okoye and their elder brother and former manager, Jude Okoye. Daddy Showkey made the remarks during…
The Horn of Africa is once again facing the danger of military and political escalation as renewed manoeuvring involving Eritrea, illegal TPLF-led political and military actors, and other regional and external forces threatens to undermine the fragile peace achieved after years of devastating conflict. At the centre of these concerns is Tigray, a region still…
