US navy official apologises for calling captain behind coronavirus memo ‘naive or stupid’
The US acting navy secretary has apologised for calling the ousted captain of the USS Theodore Roosevelt “too naive or too stupid” to be in […]
Articles by Karyokie Peeco Conway
Liberia’s miracle oil brings farmers only empty promises
The sign at the entrance to the palm oil plantation in Grand Bassa has faded thanks to Liberia’s relentless cycle of scorching sun and torrential rain. Even […]
Turkish parliament to vote on sending troops to Libya
Turkey’s parliament is to vote on Thursday on whether to send troops to Libya to back the UN-supported government in Tripoli in its fight against […]
Nigeria: Buhari Unveils Made in Nigeria Armoured Vehicles
President Muhammadu Buhari on Tuesday unveiled locally produced mine resistant ambush protected vehicles named Ezugwu and other armoured vehicles designed to carry out insertion and […]
African countries a ‘new frontier for child sexual exploitation’, warns report
Weak laws regulating sexual exploitation in travel and tourism are turning the African continent into a “new frontier for child sexual exploitation”, according to a […]
Ivory Coast law could see chocolate industry ‘wipe out’ protected forests
The Ivory Coast’s dwindling rainforests could be “wiped out” under a new law that will see legal protections removed from thousands of square miles of […]
Niger’s president blames explosive birth rate on ‘a misreading of Islam’
A misreading of Islam led to Niger’s explosive birth rate, hampering the country’s fight to adapt to the climate crisis and preserve its shrinking resources, […]
Pomp, thin crowds and mixed feelings as Robert Mugabe is buried
At just before 11.30am, the thousands of mourners in the vast bowl of Zimbabwe’s national stadium stood and the casket carrying the mortal remains of […]
STITCH HIM UP Tyson Fury rushed to hospital for surgery on two horrific cuts with dad John fearing for his career
The Gypsy King, 31, was hurt badly by a left hook which caught him flush above the right eye. He managed to battle on for […]
African Union summit: Boosting trade to raise standards of living
“It is too expensive to import things into Nigeriabecause of the high customs duties.” Bikola Alamu said while tending to her small beauty shop in Lagos. […]