Baltasar Engonga jailed in Equatorial Guinea over embezzlement charges
Equatorial Guinea jails Baltasar Engonga for eight years over embezzlement.
Africa
Nigeria leads Africa’s millionaire exodus – Report
Nigeria tops Africa’s millionaire losses, but countries like Mauritius, Rwanda, and Morocco recorded strong wealth growth, the African Wealth Report shows
Nnamdi Kanu petitions Trump, AU, seeks global intervention for release
IPOB leader Nnamdi Kanu has petitioned U.S. President Donald Trump, the African Union, and other international bodies, seeking urgent intervention for his release from what he calls unlawful detention since June 2021.
Activist urges ECOWAS to adopt Hausa as trade language
Jari urged ECOWAS and Nigeria to adopt Hausa as a unifying language for commerce and national identity.
Burkina Faso, Mali boycott African military summit in Nigeria
Burkina Faso and Mali skipped a major African military summit hosted by Nigeria, as tensions persist between junta-led Sahel nations and their regional neighbours.
South African opposition leader Malema warns Africa against World Bank, IMF ‘debt trap’
Julius Malema, Muhammad Sa’ad Abubakar III, the Sultan of Sokoto, and Governor Peter Mbah used the NBA conference in Enugu to caution Africa against debt, corruption, and weak justice systems.
Guinea suspends opposition parties ahead of constitutional referendum
Guinea’s junta has suspended three major opposition parties ahead of a constitutional referendum, sparking accusations of a political crackdown.
Missing Texas woman found with ‘lost African tribe’ in Scottish forest
A missing Texas woman, Kaura Taylor, was discovered living in a Scottish forest with the self-proclaimed “Kingdom of Kubala,” a group led by former opera singer Kofi Offeh claiming to be a lost African tribe reclaiming stolen land.
African Union pushes for world map that better reflects Africa’s dimensions
AU joins call to end use of Mercator map in favor of accurate projection
APC, PDP classified as terrorist groups by Canadian court
Canadian authorities cited intelligence linking both parties to electoral violence, killings and subversion of democracy.