Youth-led African enterprises awarded $800,000 COP28
Eight dynamic African young women-led businesses emerged as winners of the 2023 YouthAdapt challenge. Each company will receive grant funding of up to $100,000. They will also receive comprehensive mentorship and coaching as part of a 12-month accelerator program. Since its launch in 2021, the YouthADAPT initiative (https://apo-opa.co/49ZU0zH) has provided more than $5 million to
Senegal seizes three tonnes of cocaine
By Adama Makasuba Senegal’s navy has seized nearly three tonnes of cocaine from a ship that was off to the country’s coast of Senegal. It is one of the most prominent drug hauls by Senegal’s navy. The region is a transit point for Latin American cartels trafficking drugs to Europe and elsewhere. However, the navy
President Bio imposed a nationwide curfew to detain leaders of the attackers
By Mustapha Jallow Julius Maada Bio, Sierra Leone’s president, has declared a nationwide curfew after gunmen attacked military barracks in the West African capital, Freetown, raising fears and chaos of a breakdown of order amid a surge of coups in the region. Freetown has seen political violence and unrest since the re-election of the current
South African parliament suspends six EFF lawmakers a month
By Adama Makausba South African opposition leader Julius Malema and five other MPs from his Economic Freedom Fighters (EFF) party were on Wednesday punished with a one-month suspension without pay from parliament. The parliament’s powers and privileges committee found them guilty of contempt of parliament for storming the stage during President Cyril Ramaphosa’s State of