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Nigeria’s Afrobeat pioneer Fela Anikulapo Kuti has been posthumously honoured with a Grammy Lifetime Achievement Award, becoming the first African artist to receive the distinction. The award will be presented in Los Angeles during a special ceremony held on the eve of the main Grammys gala.

In the forests of Ethiopia’s largest region, a shadow war grinds on. Hunted by government drones, Oromo Liberation Army (OLA) commander Jaal Marroo denies his fighters target civilians.

Oliver Andrews' company has just closed a $330m senior debt facility to develop a gold mine in Sierra Leone.

The leaders of Egypt and Jordan on Sunday renewed their rejection of any attempts to displace Palestinians as Israel announced that it was partially reopening the Rafah crossing between the Gaza Strip and Egypt.

After months of isolation, residents of Gaza are cautiously optimistic about the reopening of the Rafah crossing with Egypt.

Often overlooked in conversations about African technology and venture capital, Mauritania is quietly laying the foundations of a startup ecosystem. Still small, underfunded and constrained by structural challenges, the country nonetheless offers early-mover opportunities for investors and technology partners willing to look beyond the continent's established hubs.

Italy’s most famous carnival opened in Venice with a floating parade on the Grand Canal. Crowds watched as decorated boats and rowers in costume passed by. The carnival, themed “Olympus,” is tied to the 2026 Winter Olympics and runs until 17 February.

Bad Bunny made history by winning album of the year at the 2026 Grammy Awards, the first Spanish language album to do so. Billie Eilish and Kendrick Lamar also won big.

The CPPE has warned that the recent sharp drop in food prices, while easing consumer pressure, is inflicting heavy losses on farmers and could undermine Nigeria’s food security. The post CPPE urges farm price stabilisation, farmer income protection framework appeared first on Premium Times Nigeria.

The News Agency of Nigeria reports (NAN) that gas output will also decline by 150 million standard cubic feet per day during the maintenance period. The post Nigeria’s oil exports to drop as Bonga FPSO undergoes maintenance appeared first on Premium Times Nigeria.