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Nigerian President Bola Tinubu on Thursday signed four landmark bills into law aiming to overhaul the country’s tax system, after backing away from more controversial tweaks that would have upended revenue sharing among states.The west African economic powerhouse has a tax-to-GDP ratio of 13.5 percent, according to government figures, which is below the continental average. The …

Nigeria’s Tinubu signs major tax overhaulThu, 26 Jun 2025 15:52:21 GMT Read More »

Twenty-nine students taking their high school exams in the Central African Republic died in a stampede sparked by an exploding power transformer, the health ministry told AFP Thursday.Just over 5,300 pupils were sitting the second day of the baccalaureat exams at the time of the explosion early Wednesday afternoon in Bangui, the capital of the …

29 pupils taking high school exams killed in C.Africa crushThu, 26 Jun 2025 15:41:09 GMT Read More »

South Africa’s Mamelodi Sundowns head out of the Club World Cup with their heads high and the firm belief that they have made a mark on the global stage.The club, established in a black township during the apartheid era, drew 0-0 with Brazilian giants Fluminense in their final group game having beaten South Korea’s Ulsan …

South Africa’s Sundowns make impact felt at Club World CupThu, 26 Jun 2025 15:23:22 GMT Read More »

South Africa’s Foreign Minister Ronald Lamola warned Thursday that growing global fragmentation was fuelling unprecedented turmoil and disproportionately harming poorer nations, urging a united G20 response. The remarks come as international cooperation is under increasing strain, with multiple devastating conflicts and humanitarian crises.”State rivalries are fuelling fragmentation, with economic decoupling, and proxy conflicts undermining global stability,” …

G20 president S.Africa warns global turmoil hurts poorer nationsThu, 26 Jun 2025 13:51:46 GMT Read More »

The UN’s air service which flies humanitarian workers and cargo to hard-to-reach corners of the world has been forced to slash its global fleet by almost a quarter due to funding cuts, the World Food Programme (WFP) told AFP. WFP, which manages the United Nations Humanitarian Air Service (UNHAS), received 45 percent of its funding from …

UN air service slashes fleet by nearly a quarterThu, 26 Jun 2025 13:20:50 GMT Read More »

At least 16 people died in protests across Kenya on Wednesday, Amnesty International said Thursday, as businesses and residents were left to clean up the devastation in the capital and beyond.The marches had been called to mark one year since anti-tax demonstrations that peaked when a huge crowd stormed parliament and dozens were killed by security …

16 dead, thousands of businesses destroyed after Kenya protestsThu, 26 Jun 2025 12:41:52 GMT Read More »

Members of the Senegal women’s national basketball team hustled across the court in central Dakar, dribbling and pivoting as the scuffing noise of their trainers echoed across the empty arena.Originally slated to train in the United States this week, Les Lionnes are instead practising in their home country, an abrupt change of plans highlighting the …

For Senegal women’s basketball team, show goes on without US visasThu, 26 Jun 2025 12:06:57 GMT Read More »

At least 16 people died in the previous day’s protests across Kenya, Amnesty International said on Thursday, as businesses and residents were left to clean up the devastation in the capital and beyond.Burned-out buildings, smashed windows, looted shops — thousands of businesses in downtown Nairobi, the epicentre of Wednesday’s anti-government protests, were destroyed.  The marches had …

16 killed, thousands of businesses destroyed after Kenya protestsThu, 26 Jun 2025 11:00:08 GMT Read More »

Under the din of traffic from the highway bridge that cuts over his fields, Bala Haruna inspects corn, cassava and okra on his family farm.A pump pulls up water from a nearby stream and is diverted through trenches dug through cropland wedged between four-lane roads — fields which were here long before the nearby hotel, …

Nigerian farms battle traffic, developers in downtown AbujaThu, 26 Jun 2025 05:26:28 GMT Read More »

The bedroom of 74-year-old Cherifa Attia smells like burnt rubber. The vast phosphate processing plant beside her home has been belching out toxic fumes into the atmosphere, blighting this Tunisian city.”This is killing us,” said Cherifa as the foul air permeated her home. “That’s all we breathe. Day and night.” Residents of Gabes, a city of …

Tunisia U-turn on phosphate plant sparks anger in blighted cityThu, 26 Jun 2025 02:12:29 GMT Read More »