By Joe Udo TUNIS (CONVERSEER) – Tunisia has announced plans to significantly expand its main international airport in a project estimated to cost about $1 billion, as authorities seek to strengthen the country’s tourism-driven economy. According to the country’s transport ministry, the proposed development will quadruple the airport’s passenger handling capacity as part of broader…
By Joe Udo JONGLEI (CONVERSEER) – South Sudan’s fragile healthcare system is under renewed scrutiny after a state governor reportedly travelled abroad for treatment, highlighting the deepening crisis within the country’s public health sector. Riek Gai Kok, the governor of Jonglei State, recently flew to Nairobi in neighbouring Kenya for treatment after suffering high blood…
By Our Reporter LAGOS (CONVERSEER) – An international crackdown coordinated by Interpol has resulted in the arrest of 651 suspects and the seizure of more than $4.3 million across 16 African nations as part of a major effort to combat cybercrime and transnational financial fraud. The operation code-named “Red Card 2.0” was carried out between…
By Our Reporter BORKOU (CONVERSEER) – Four Chadian army officers lost their lives following a confrontation with suspected highway robbers in Borkou province, according to security and local sources. The incident reportedly began Tuesday night with an ambush along the road between Faya and Kouba Oulanga, during which a travel agency driver was fatally shot….
Africa’s energy deficit is often framed as a development crisis, but in 2026 it should also be seen as one of the continent’s most compelling structural investment opportunities CAPE TOWN (APO, CONVERSEER) – Nearly 600 million people across Africa still lack access to electricity, with electrification progress barely keeping pace with population growth and leaving…
Russia ultimately has nothing to lose and everything to gain while France has lots to lose and will struggle to retain its influence there. By Andrew Korybko CALIFORNIA (CONVERSEER) – Le Monde reported in late December that “The Indian Ocean has become a new arena for France-Russia rivalry”. According to them, Russia helped amplify anti-French…
By Joe Udo KILIFI (CONVERSEER) – A self-proclaimed Kenyan preacher, Paul Mackenzie, has been charged over the deaths of at least 52 more people, in a case linked to one of the world’s deadliest cult-related tragedies. The charges were filed on Wednesday, according to Kenya’s Office of the Director of Public Prosecutions, and relate to…
…and what it says about African music By Ebube Bruno CALABAR (CONVERSEER) – Yeah! Yeah! It’s actually sweet to be a Tyla or Davido fan. Or anyone’s fan for that matter. Celebrities give us something to talk about, to be excited about! As humorist Fran Lebowitz said in the 2021 American documentary series Pretend It’s…
BORNO (CONVERSEER) – The first batch of 300 Nigerian refugees in neighbouring Cameroon Republic has arrived in Pulka town of Gwoza Local Area of Borno. Their arrival marked the commencement of the fourth phase of a sustained repatriation exercise of people displaced for 11 years by the insurgency in Borno. The 300 were part of…
By Joe Udo KAMPALA (CONVERSEER) – Uganda’s army chief has claimed that at least 30 opposition supporters were killed and about 2,000 people arrested following the country’s recent presidential election. The comments were made on Friday by Muhoozi Kainerugaba, head of the Ugandan army and son of newly re-elected President Yoweri Museveni. The statements came…
