Colin Stewart

Nigeria teams up with Pakistan to confront rising drone threat

Nigeria is facing a new and dangerous phase in its battle against terrorism, as the Islamic State West African Province (ISWAP) begins deploying armed drones in its insurgency campaign. In a recent attack in Borno State in Northeast Nigeria, the group used modified drones carrying locally made grenades, injuring five soldiers and signaling a major […]

Nigeria’s rebased GDP rises, but Africa’s richest title remains elusive

Nigeria’s economy has officially grown larger — at least on paper — but the West African country still remains the continent’s fourth-largest economy, behind South Africa, Egypt, and Algeria. Following a long-awaited GDP rebasing, the National Bureau of Statistics (NBS) revised the country’s nominal output for 2024 to ₦372.8 trillion ($243 billion), up from ₦314 […]

Congo’s Sassou-Nguesso Deplores Absence of Morocco at Berlin Conference on Libya

President of Congo, Denis Sassou Nguesso, who is the chairman of the African Union High Level Committee on Libya deplored that Morocco was not invited to the Berlin Conference, and recalled that “it is in Skhirat (in Morocco) that the United Nations had set up the Libyan institutions currently recognized by the international community.” The […]