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Eskom has warned of a "very high" risk of rolling blackouts around the country, but is doing everything it can to avert it, Nigerian unions begin a second day of nationwide strikes today to protest...
Nigerian unions begin a second day of nationwide strikes on Tuesday to protest against the removal of fuel subsidies, as President Goodluck Jonathan and workers remain in deadlock after three...
Nigerian President Goodluck Jonathan on Thursday unveiled an ambitious $10 billion plan to harness the country's vast gas reserves and develop a petrochemical and fertiliser industry, weeks before...
A white paper released by the International Foundation for Electoral Systems (IFES) in 2002 defines electoral conflict and violence as “any random or organised act or threat to intimidate,...
The majority of countries around the world that still criminalise homosexuality are former British colonies or territories. Sodomy laws are a common feature in 16 of the 18 African Commonwealth...
JOHANNESBURG – Amnesty International says that human rights abuses committed in the weeks before the June run-off elections in Zimbabwe are going unpunished....
An outbreak of the H5N1 bird flu virus has been found in two Nigerian poultry markets, the first discovery in almost 10 months in Africa's most populous nation, the agriculture ministry said on...
A Nigerian court allowed the federal government on Wednesday to serve a summons on US-based drug maker Pfizer Inc to defend itself against a $6,5-billion lawsuit over a drug trial.