Gambia lifts cement import tax, but prices remain high
BANJUL, Dec 19 (The African Portal) - The Gambian government has lifted the D180 excise tax imposed earlier on imported...
Togo begins ratification of UN High Seas Biodiversity Treaty
LOME, Dec 19 (The African Portal) - Togo is taking steps to strengthen its environmental commitments by launching the ratification...
Trump administration suspends US green card lottery
WASHINGTON, Dec 19 (The African Portal) - US homeland security chief Kristi Noem suspended a green card lottery on Thursday,...
Farmers call for mass vaccination
MANZINI, Dec 19 (The African Portal) - Livestock farmers and butchery owners are calling upon government to roll out foot-and-mouth...
Euro democracy in US crosshairs, meddling threat in Russian elections: Lavrov statements
MOSCOW, Dec 18 (The African Portal) - The West may try to influence the 2026 elections to the State Duma,...
Ghana seeks US extradition of ex-finance minister over corruption charges
ACCRA, Dec 18 (The African Portal) - Ghana’s Attorney-General and Minister for Justice has confirmed that the government has formally...
Nigeria oil regulators resign amid Dangote refinery dispute
ABUJA, Dec 18 (The African Portal) – Nigeria’s petroleum sector was jolted on Wednesday after the heads of the country’s...
Social media pressure blamed as divorce cases surge in Chitipa
LILONGWE, Dec 18 (The African Portal) - The growing influence of social media is being blamed for a sharp rise...
NAMIBIA: Govt gives overstaying foreign nationals one month’s amnesty
WINDHOEK, Dec 18 (The African Portal) - The government has announced a month-long amnesty period for foreign nationals who have...
The business of local governance: How MCE John Desmond Sowah Nai is orchestrating Ga West’s ‘Great Reset’
ACCRA, Dec 18 (The African Portal) - ​It is a rare and compelling moment when a new political leader assumes...