Yearly Archives: 2017
Mugabe, Mugabe, Mugabe
Peter Olorunnisomo - The ripples of the Zimbabwean political currents remained ripples to the amazement of the world. It was becoming quite the expectation, particularly...
Any ace for December Brexit talks?
When Theresa May visits Brussels on Friday, EU negotiators will be listening intently for signs the British prime minister is preparing to risk a...
Nigeria queries Italy over hurried burials
The government has condemned the burial of 26 migrants found dead on a Spanish ship on the Mediterranean Sea and demanded explanations from the...
Argentina’s submarine feared missing
Argentina's navy is investigating reports of a loud noise detected a few hours after a submarine went missing.
The ARA San Juan disappeared last Wednesday...
Declining income, yet declining
The impact of the budget on families does not look as hopeful as many UK families might hope for as an analysis of the...
£15bn sale of RBS to boost coffers
Britain will re-privatise bailed-out lender Royal Bank of Scotland by selling 15 billion pounds of shares, according to budget documents released on Wednesday, in...
All hail Africa’s 1st bobsled team to Olympics
The Nigerian women's bobsled team was celebrating on Friday after becoming the first from Africa to ever qualify for the Winter Olympics.
The Bobsled and...
New Nigeria Cinema hits National Film Theatre Southbank
Nigeria's first and only movie about the art of surfing set on the idyllic island of Tarkwa Bay will show at the National Film...
Zimbabwe’s stocks lose $billions
Investors dumped Zimbabwe stocks since the military seized power in the country on November 15 making the stock market to shed nearly a third...
Ethiopia shuns finance support for power supply biz
The Ethiopian government says it will not require external assistance to complete its flagship hydroelectric dam, the Grand Ethiopian Renaissance Dam (GERD) project.
Prime Minister...