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London had agreed to transfer sovereignty of the strategic Indian Ocean archipelago back to Mauritius

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Its chairperson called on politicians and parties to convert their political ideas into 'ballot paper and not bullets'.

The International Criminal Court on Wednesday found rebel commander Mahamat Said Abdel Kani guilty of abusing and torturing prisoners while running a detention facility in the Central African Republic.

CCA-Bank is reorganizing its governance as it moves to expand beyond Cameroon, backed by a balance sheet that reached CFAF 1,304 billion at the end of August 2026, nearly six times its level at the end of 2018. The banking group said Paul Essimi Ngono has been designated Board Chair of CCA Bank Cameroon, effective January 1, 2027, subject to approval by the Central African Banking Commission, COBAC. Founder Albert Nkemla will focus on chairing the wider CCA Bank Group and overseeing its expansion across Africa. The appointments follow meetings of the Group’s boards of directors held in Douala on September 17 and 18.…

Airtel Money has reaffirmed its longstanding intention to list on the London Stock Exchange as early as today after its plans were delayed earlier this year.

An art show in Ikoyi, Lagos, exhibited works by young Nigerians with anarchic influences including punk, skating and Dennis the Menace. When I received the invitation to attend Wake Up! 2, the second of a series of youth art exhibitions curated by Awele Onwordi (pictured above right), I thought it would be a typical art soirée where the guests would leisurely sashay from one artwork to the next. Imagine my surprise when I stepped into the Angels and Muse gallery at Ikoyi and was greeted by sights and sounds that made me think I had accidentally crashed a house party. All around were young people dressed in casual wear, accessorised with tattoos and piercings.…

Mineral resources including copper are the defining economic question of Zambian President Hakainde Hichilema's second term.