Africa

Africa

How much teams make at AFCON 2025 – and what Nigeria takes home

Olawale Afolabi -
The 2025 Africa Cup of Nations enters its final weekend with the third-place playoff...
Africa

AfDB, UK seek private capital to close Africa’s $402bn funding gap

Eric Ojo -
The African Development Bank (AfDB) Group and the United Kingdom government are stepping up...
Africa

Visa-free travel in Africa up by 8% in 2025

Eric Ojo -
Visa-free travel was up minimally by 8% in 2025, enabling millions more Africans to...
Africa

IMF releases $385 million to Ghana as reforms unlock $2.8bn lifeline

Eric Ojo -
Ghana has secured an immediate $385 million injection from the International Monetary Fund, reinforcing...
Africa

Burkina Faso frees Nigerian air force personnel after landing dispute

Plu Team -
Burkina Faso has released 11 Nigerian military personnel who were briefly detained after a...
Climate

Climate Change: Six failed rains push North Africa into deepening drought

Eric Ojo -
Parts of North Africa endured an unprecedented drought in 2024 after six consecutive failed...
Africa

Ghana’s Mahama says no plans for mass deportation of Nigerians

Plu Team -
Ghana’s President John Dramani Mahama has moved to douse tensions over recent viral videos...
Africa

Nigerians’ trust in their president drops to lowest in two decades

Plu Team -
Public trust in the presidencies of over a dozen African nations, including Nigeria’s, has...
Africa

Tanzania bans agric imports from South Africa, Malawi

Plu Team -
Tanzania has halted all agricultural imports from South Africa and Malawi, escalating a trade...
Africa

Sudan War: UN appeals for $6 billion to help millions facing hunger

Eric Ojo -
The United Nations on Monday urged donors to provide $6 billion in aid for...
Africa

Moghalu slams African leaders’ focus on GDP over citizens’ wellbeing

Plu Team -
Kingsley Moghalu, former deputy governor of the Central Bank of Nigeria, has criticized African...
Africa

At least 100 dead in South Africa’s illegal mining tragedy

Jane Kalu -
At least 100 illegal miners have died underground in an abandoned gold mine near...
Africa

U.S. declares genocide by Sudan’s RSF, sanctions leader Hemedti

Plu Team -
The United States has declared that Sudan’s Rapid Support Forces (RSF) committed genocide during...
Africa

EIB supports infrastructure projects in Africa with $80 million

Eric Ojo -
The European Investment Bank (EIB) has committed $80 million in equity to finance infrastructure...
Africa

Russian fertilizer giant sees 41% rise in exports to Africa

Plu Team -
Russian fertilizer producer PhosAgro has reported a 41% increase in exports to Africa in...
Corruption

Ambitious investigation shows NSCDC only Nigerian security agency not extorting travellers

Ibanga Isine -
In Part I and Part II of this series, GuardPost, a Pluboard partner, revealed...
Africa

Boko Haram attack kills 40 soldiers in Chad, near Nigerian border

Plu Team -
An attack by Boko Haram overnight has claimed the lives of approximately 40 Chadian...
Africa

How security forces prey on travellers between Nigeria, Ghana – Part II

Ibanga Isine -
In the first part of this report, we exposed the excessive number of checkpoints...
Africa

How security forces prey on travellers between Lagos and Accra

Ibanga Isine -
In the heart of West Africa, a long stretch of road connecting Lagos, Cotonou,...
Business & Economy

Nigeria’s gold smuggling triples official production, study finds

Ini Ekott -
Gold smuggled out of Nigeria is three times the country’s official recorded production, according...
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