The feared extinction of the northern white rhino has been heightened after the death of the world’s last remaining male northern white rhino named Sudan. He died on Monday at the age of 45 after months of age-related illness at the Ol Pejeta Conservancy in Kenya where he leaves behind the only two females ofContinue reading “RIP Sudan: The world’s last male northern white rhino dies in Kenya at 45”
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China to build West African regional body’s $31.6m headquarters
The West African regional bloc ECOWAS has approved China’s request to build its headquarters building in Nigeria’s capital Abuja with a grant of $31.6 million from the Chinese government. The building will house offices and conference complex building, as well as road facilities, electrical equipment, parking lots and security posts within the proposed site ofContinue reading “China to build West African regional body’s $31.6m headquarters”
Botswana justifies death penalty after hanging suspected murderer
Botswana’s president Ian Khama has justified death penalty a month after hanging a 28-year-old suspected murderer who is accused of killing his girlfriend and her three-year-old son in 2010. Khama told heads of diplomatic missions accredited to Gaborone that it is Botswana’s sovereign right to maintain the position that the death penalty is a criminalContinue reading “Botswana justifies death penalty after hanging suspected murderer”
Ghana to join East African countries in banning shisha smoking
Shisha, hookah or waterpipe has become very popular among the youth in Africa, and a few countries have taken steps to ban its use after the World Health Organisation (WHO) outlined its lethal health effects in 2015. Kenya, Tanzania and Rwanda are the only African countries that have banned shisha smoking which is reported to be more harmful thanContinue reading “Ghana to join East African countries in banning shisha smoking”
$12.3 billion in Gaddafi’s frozen account in Belgium ‘disappears’
Local Belgian media has revealed that about 10 billion euros ($12.3 billion) have disappeared from four frozen Euroclear Bank accounts belonging to two Libyan state agencies. The accounts containing 16.1 billion euros of state funds were frozen since March 2011 in accordance with a United Nations resolution as part of sanctions against the late MuammarContinue reading “$12.3 billion in Gaddafi’s frozen account in Belgium ‘disappears’”
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