ECOWAS leaders took the decision at a meeting in Abuja, Nigeria. Beginning in January 2020, countries within the West African sub-region will be able to use a single currency called ECO. The currency was adopted by the Authority of ECOWAS Heads ... Read More

Kofi Annan Former Secretary-General of the United Nations, Kofi Annan has been posthumously awarded the 2018 ECOWAS Prize of Excellence. Another prominent Nigerian medical professional Dr Ameyo Adadevoh was also posthumously awarded the same prize. Madam Germaine Acogny, a Senegalese dancer and choreographer ... Read More

Mr Kanyi was recorded saying the comments in a video which has been widely shared on social media A Kenyan MP has been arrested after saying he would beat up foreign traders if they did not leave the country. Charles Njagua ... Read More

Internet connectivity has been cut in most parts of Mauritania, online rights group, NetBlocks; reported on Tuesday. The group said the outage was linked to post-election incidents in the country. “Mauritania is in the midst of a near-total internet blackout as ... Read More

The Zimbabwe dollar was scrapped after it became almost completely worthless Zimbabwe has banned the use of international currencies such as the US dollar, South African rand and British pound. Zimbabwe has not had its own fully fledged currency since 2009 ... Read More

As the dust settles on what authorities in Ethiopia have described as an attempted coup in the Amhara region, many questions remain unanswered as to what exactly caused the death of five top officials. Ethiopia’s army chief, the president of Amhara ... Read More

Chinese State Councilor and Foreign Minister Wang Yi held talks or meetings here Sunday with foreign ministers from eight African countries, who are here to attend the upcoming coordinators' meeting on the implementation of the Forum on China-Africa Cooperation (FOCAC) ... Read More

Gen Seare Mekonnen's death was confirmed by TV channels The chief of staff of the Ethiopian army, Gen Seare Mekonnen, has been shot dead by his own bodyguard in the capital, Addis Ababa. He and another officer died trying to prevent ... Read More

A Tunisian navy unit on Monday rescued seven Tunisians aged between 25 and 35 off the coastal city of Sfax in eastern Tunisia, the Agence Tunis Afrique Presse (TAP) reported. The migrants set sail on Sunday night from the coast of ... Read More

The decision by the African Union (AU) to declare 2019 as the “Year of Refugees, Returnees and Internally Displaced Persons (IDPs)” is a very laudable one and must be applauded by everybody. The Union’s chosen theme "Refugees, Returnees and Internally Displaced ... Read More