Nigerian Leader Reiterates Commitment to Curbing Copyright Violations And Piracy

Nigerian President Umaru Yar’adua has reiterated his government’s commitment to strengthen relevant government agencies for the challenge of curbing piracy and violation of copyright laws. Receiving a delegation of the World Intellectual Property...

United States to Operate Unmanned Aerial Vehicles Above Seychelles’ Territorial Waters

The United States will operate unmanned aerial vehicles to increase surveillance of Seychelles’ territorial waters and help Seychelles enhance its counter-piracy capabilities. In a statement released on Thursday, Seychelles President James Michel said...

5th Round of Polio Immunization Starts in Northern Nigeria

More than 800,000 children below five years have been targeted in Sokoto State in northern Nigeria, as the 5th round of the “sub-immunization plus days” against polio starts in 19 states in the north. The Sokoto government, which is to cover...

Kenya’s Government Commits $22m to Fight Youth Unemployment

President Mwai Kibaki has announced that government has allocated 1.75 billion shillings ($22 million) with a commitment to allocate a further 500 million shillings ($6.3million) during this financial year to enable five million unemployed Kenyan youths...

Tony Blair on “low Key” Visit to Sierra Leone

Former British Prime Minister Tony Blair, on Monday began a two-day visit to Sierra leone after arriving in the country late Sunday evening. Blair, flanked by Sierra Leone’s President Ernest Koroma, told media executives at State House that “Sierra...

Mauritania: Ould Ahmed El Waghev Becomes New Premier

Mauritanian President Sidi Mohamed Ould Cheikh Abdallahi on Tuesday appointed a new Prime Minister, Yahya Ould Ahmed El Waghev, who was previously minister and Chief Presidential Secretary.