Four political parties in Benin pocketed Monday close to $2.5 million in form of state funding for political movements having representatives in the legislature or local governments. Bloc Republicain (BR), Union Progessiste Le Renouveau (UPR), Force Cauris pour le Benin Emergent (FCBE) and Les Democrates (LD) received the fund from the Chairman of National Autonomous […]
Nigeria’s presidency on Tuesday said the West African nation will sign the Africa free trade agreement at the coming African union summit. According to a statement posted on the presidency’s Twitter feed, Nigeria would sign onto the deal at the upcoming African Union extraordinary summit in Niamey, Niger. The Summit is taking place to celebrate […]
Six Egyptian nationals held in an irregular detention center in western Libya have set free, Egypt’s oreign ministry announced. “According to the information received from our embassy in Tripoli, the six Egyptians have been released,” Foreign Ministry spokesman Ahmed Abu Zeid said on Twitter Sunday. “We are following their safe return to the homeland,” he […]
