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Rwanda on Friday rolled out the East African Community (EAC) electronic passport in an effort to boost faster border clearance as well as part of a wider regional strategy to enhance integration. Rwanda now joins other EAC states—Uganda, Kenya and Tanzania—that have already issued the electronic passport to their citizens. …

The President of Ghana, Nana Addo Dankwa Akufo-Addo, says, contrary to some assertions, Ghana is not a xenophobic State, and has no problems with fellow Africans living and working in the country. According to President Akufo-Addo, “there is no xenophobia in Ghana, we are not a xenophobic State. We are …

1,864 Nigeria women still in Russia Human traffickers under the guise of the 2018 World Cup recruited Nigerian women for jobs in Russia and later exploited them for sex work, the United States 2019 Trafficking in Persons report has said. The report, published by the US Department of State on …

The Foreign and Commonwealth Office (FCO) of the United Kingdom has cautioned British nationals against travelling to 21 states in Nigeria. In a statement on its website “updated June 17, 2019” and “still current at June 18, 2019,” the FCO listed the states as: Borno, Yobe, Adamawa, Gombe, “riverine areas …

More than 27,000 people have been killed in attacks in northeastern Nigeria since 2009, the United Nations said. “The humanitarian crisis in northeast Nigeria is one of the most severe in the world and is first and foremost a protection crisis,” Edward Kallon, the UN humanitarian coordinator in Nigeria, said …

Alcohol blocks blood vessel growth in placenta even at conception Babies whose mothers drank alcohol during their pregnancies – even as early as at conception – are at greater risk of being born with low birth weights, a new study suggests. The new research, from scientists in at the University …

A total of 142 foreigners, mostly Nigerians, were detained following several raids in Gombak and Subang Jaya, says the police. Selangor CID chief Senior Asst Comm, Fadzil Ahmat, said the special operation was conducted at Kompleks Apartment Desa Aman Puri, Desa Jaya, Gombak and Vista Millennium Apartment, Bukit Puchong, Subang …

Queen Elizabeth II on Saturday celebrated her 93rd birthday with a parade, a cause for Meghan, the duchess of Sussex and wife of Prince Harry, to make her first official engagement since the birth of their son Archie in May. Elizabeth II is the Queen of the UK and the …

British Prime Minister Theresa May steps down as leader of her Conservative Party on Friday, formally triggering the race for a successor who will try where she failed to deliver Brexit. May will remain prime minister until a new leader is chosen, likely in late July, but has relinquished control …

Lennart Johansson, who was president of European football body UEFA from 1990 to 2007, has died at the age of 89, the Swedish football federation said on Wednesday. “Swedish football is in mourning. Lennart Johansson has died. He passed away on the evening of June 4 aged 89 after a …