(1 min read) Is Nigeria becoming an Islamic state? According to one Nigerian lawyer who wants Arabic words removed from currency, it is. A court in Nigeria’s commercial city of Lagos is due to hear a case filed by a lawyer against the Central Bank of Nigeria to demand the removal of Arabic inscriptions in…
(2 mins read) Alex Song; an ex-Arsenal and Barcelona player has surprisingly signed with the Djibouti football club; Arta Solar 7. The 33-year-old has been without a team since March when he and eight other players were dismissed by Swiss club FC Sion for refusing a pay-cut amidst the Covid-19 pandemic. So it came as…
(1 min read) Somalia is facing a desert locust invasion, the latest in a string of invasions in the last year. East Africa is bracing for a third outbreak of desert locusts, with billions of the destructive insects about to hatch and threaten food supplies in a region already reeling from damaging rains and the…
(5 mins read) Ethiopia is an incredibly diverse country with over 80 ethnic groups and 100 million people. The Oromo people are the largest ethnic group making up 35% of the population. The Amhara are the second-largest ethnic group making up 26% of the population. The Somali and Tigray ethnic groups both makeup 6% of…