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COVID-19: Price Of Timber Exports From CEMAC Countries Down By 1%
The COVID-19 pandemic continues to have a negative effect on the economies of the Central African Economic and Monetary Commission…
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COVID-19: Cameroon’s Oil Seeds Refining Drops By 50%
Companies refining oilseeds in Cameroon have been forced to curtail production by 50 per cent due to the negative effects…
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Central African Republic: Former Anti-Balaka Chief Threatens Attack After Abduction Of Daughter By 3R Rebels
The former chief of the Anti-Balaka movement in Nana-Mabere, in the Central African Republic, has threatened to take up arms…
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DR Congo: Mbau-Kamango Road Reopened Even As ADF Attacks Continue
Democratic Republic of Congo’s Defense Minister has authorized civilians to start using the highway between Mbau and Kamango, situated north…
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Hacker Unveils The Worst Passwords Of 2020
A research conducted by a Turkish ethical hacker Ata Hakçıl has unveiled the worst passwords people use to protect their…
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DR Congo Army Blocks Mai-Mai Rebels From Hoisting Katanga Flag In Lubumbashi
Over 60 fighters of the Mai Mai rebel movement invaded Lubumbashi, in Haut-Katanga province, DR Congo on Saturday, September, 26.…
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Ex-Boko Haram Fighters, Eluding Detection, Start A New Life In Kaduna, Kano, And Abuja
He was in the senior commanding cadre among the revered elite jihadist corps in the Islamist terrorist group, Boko Haram.…
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Borno Govt Confirms Ambush, Offers Sympathies To Bereaved Families
Governor of Borno State, Babagana Umara Zulum, has confirmed the ambush and killing of security forces escorting a state convoy…
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Cameroon 2nd Most Active Country On Forestry Transparency Portal
Cameroon has been listed as the second most active country in the world after the United States (U.S.) on the…
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Baga: Military, Borno Govt, Boko Haram Battle For Control
An ambush coordinated by Islamist insurgents on Friday against security forces escorting Borno state officials en route Baga has further…
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Kano Residents Hiring Pricey Outfits To Assume False Identities
Kano State is known as the centre of commerce because of thriving economic activities in its communities that have made…
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COVID-19: Malians Avoid Health Centres
Misinformation and rumours about the COVID-19 pandemic in Mali have forced the public to avoid attendance of health facilities, health…
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18 Security Officials Killed During Boko Haram Ambush Of Zulum’s Convoy
Borno governor’s convoy was ambushed on Friday by members of Boko Haram, who killed at least 18 people, including eight…
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Nigerian Army Redeploys Officers
The Nigerian Army Headquarters has approved new deployment and posting of officers to different formations, units and study engagements in…
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Investigation: Ticketing Corruption by Railway Staff, Soldiers, Policemen Derailing Abuja-Kaduna Rail Project
Estimated Reading Time: 22 When I arrived at the Idu Railway Station in Abuja at exactly 6:17am and was quickly…
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Use ICT Tools To Curb Insecurity – CITAD to FG
The Centre for Information Technology and Development (CITAD) has called on the Federal government of Nigeria to use ICT tools…
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Lake Chad Heritage Status Suffers Setback
The multinational attempt to list Lake Chad and its wetlands as a world heritage site has suffered a setback as…
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Premium Times Investigation: Inside the bloody Southern Kaduna carnage where all sides are casualties
Unguwan Gankon, August 18, 2020. After she was forced to strip, pregnant Hanatu Kefas, with her three-year-old girl, was locked…
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Francophone Opposition Leader Rallies Protesters Against Biya’s Presidency
Since 2017, September 22 has come to mean different things for different political interests in Cameroon. To the English-speaking Cameroonian,…
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NYSC, Police On Collision Course Over Alleged SARS Brutality On Corps Member
The National Youths Service Corps (NYSC) and the Nigeria Police Force in Anambra State, Southeast Nigeria, are on collision course…
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Outrage Among Troops As Army Fail To Recognize Soldiers Slain With Col Bako
Sunday, September 20, turned out to be one of the most depressing days for troops of the Nigeria Army, particularly…
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Zamfara Govt Cautions Against Paying Ransoms To Kidnappers
The Zamfara State government has urged residents not to pay ransoms to secure the release of victims of kidnapping, arguing…
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10 Die In Tanker Fire in Lokoja
Some 10 persons were suspected killed when a tanker ran into vehicles, exploded and caught fire in Lokoja, Kogi State,…
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A Legacy of Peacekeeping As UN Marks 75 Years
(Photo credit: REUTERS/Mohamed Nureldin Abdallah) The United Nations (UN) marked its 75th anniversary on Monday following its formation on October…
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Burkina, Beninois Ivory Traffickers Arrested In Gabon
The Gabonese Directorate General of Research and the Provincial Directorate of Water and Forestry have just announced that five suspected…
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Insecurity: Zamfara, Borno Hardest Hit As Nigeria Records 122 Deaths In 2 Weeks
Violent incidents, including ongoing insurgency in Nigeria’s northern region, claimed the lives of at least 122 people in the past…
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Congo Basin Countries To Ban Exportation Of Log Timber By 2022
Countries of the Congo Basin have decided to ban the exportation of log timber by January 1, 2022. The decision…
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Families, Institutions Hindering Fight Against Sexual Violence – Investigation
Family disposition, law enforcement and institutional structures as well as ignorance are among factors hindering the campaign against Sexual and…
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12 Suspected 3R Rebels Captured In Central African Republic
Twelve suspected members of the rebel Retour, Réclamation, et Réhabilitation (3R) movement were last Saturday, September 19, arrested by elements…
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Police HQ Slammed Over Controversial Arrest Of Anambra Community Leader
The police headquarters in Abuja has been criticised over its arrest of a prominent community leader in Anambra State, Chigozie…
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