Diaspora

Sidi Ould Tah of Mauritania has been elected as the next President of the African Development Bank (AfDB), succeeding Nigeria’s Dr. Akinwumi Adesina, whose decade-long leadership ends this year. The announcement was made during the Bank’s Annual Meetings held in Abidjan, Côte d’Ivoire. Tah, a former Mauritanian Minister of Economic Affairs and Development, secured the […] More

U.S. President Donald Trump has threatened Apple with an import tariff of 25 per cent on iPhones sold but not manufactured in the United States. “I have long ago informed (chief executive) Tim Cook of Apple this,” he wrote on his Truth Social platform on Friday. “I expect their iPhones that will be sold in […] More

Hours after the Department of Homeland Security ordered the storage of Harvard University’s enrollment of foreign students, the institution has sued the Donald Trump administration and filed a restraining order to temporarily block the decision. “We condemn this unlawful and unwarranted action,” President Alan Garber of Harvard University wrote to the school’s community on Friday. […] More

Russia has confirmed it has received a list of Ukrainian prisoners of war proposed for release in a landmark prisoner swap involving 1,000 captives from each side — the largest such exchange since the war began more than two years ago. Kremlin spokesperson Dmitry Peskov told Russian news agency Interfax that Moscow received the list […] More

Since its founding in 1999, the ECOWAS Bank for Investment and Development (EBID) has poured more than $2.5 billion into over 300 development projects across West Africa, reinforcing its role as a cornerstone of economic progress in the region. This was made known during an interactive session between EBID officials and members of the ECOWAS […] More

President Bola Ahmed Tinubu will depart Abuja for Rome, the capital of Italy, on Saturday at the invitation of Pope Leo XIV. Accompanied by top Catholic leaders, President Tinubu will attend a solemn mass marking the beginning of the Pontificate of His Holiness Pope Leo XIV, the 267th Bishop of Rome and the new leader […] More

The World Bank’s board of executive directors approved $270 million in financing on Thursday to bolster Bangladesh’s flood recovery efforts and enhance its resilience to future disasters. It included support for constructing and rehabilitating critical infrastructure, strengthening the agricultural system and improving livelihoods in areas devastated by the August 2024 floods. The Bangladesh Sustainable Recovery, […] More

Pope Leo XIV was elected as the new Pontiff of the Catholic Church on Thursday, May 8 Pope Leo XIV was elected as the new Pontiff of the Catholic Church on Thursday, May 8 The Pope, as the supreme leader of the Roman Catholic Church, commanded the spiritual devotion of over a billion Catholics worldwide. […] More

Elon Musk’s wealth dropped below $300 billion on Monday for the first time since last year, as the impacts of recent Tesla backlash and sweeping new tariffs collided. The richest man in the world was worth $298 billion as of market close Monday, according to the Bloomberg Billionaires Index. Since the beginning of the year, […] More

Americans protesting against spending cuts by the Elon Musk’s Department of Government Efficiency, DOGE, and President Donald Trump’s policies have vowed not to back down. On Saturday, tens of thousands of the protesters stormed Washington, New York City, Philadelphia and Los Angeles in rallies against Musk and Trump. The protesters vowed that they would make […] More