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Suicide Bomber Kills 3 In Borno

By Sahel Standard Magazine December 19, 2020 212 Post a comment

A teenage girl killed at least three people when she blew herself up in a crowd in Borno state, militia and humanitarian sources told AFP Saturday. “We evacuated three dead bodies and two people who were seriously injured from the scene,” said aid worker Abubakar Mohammed. The attack happened in the town of Konduga, about […]Continue Reading

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Experts Say Second Wave Of Covid-19 Could Be Worse In West and Central Africa As Weather Cools

By Sahel Standard Magazine December 18, 2020 151 Post a comment

A second wave of coronavirus infections is hitting West and Central Africa, and experts are warning it could be worse than the first. Nigeria, Niger, Mauritania, Burkina Faso, Mali, Togo and Democratic Republic of Congo are all at or near record levels of infection. Infections in Senegal are also rising fast. Compared to the United […]Continue Reading

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Oolu Solar Raises $8.5 million In Series B Round With RP Global as Lead Investor, All On And Persistent Energy, Among Others

By Sahel Standard Magazine December 14, 2020 143 0

Oolu, a leading solar distributor in West Africa, has closed a $8.5 million Series B investment round led by independent renewable energy developer RP Global. Additional participating investors included Persistent Energy Capital, Shell-seeded impact investor All On, Gaia Impact Fund, and DPI Energy Ventures. Oolu’s mission is to provide affordable energy access to rural Continue Reading

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Ameachi Calls For Improved Sensitization To Curb Spread of Sexual Gender Based Violence

By Sahel Standard Magazine November 28, 2020 166 0

The Minister of Transportation, Rt. Hon. Rotimi Ameachi on Friday called for improved enlightenment of the public on sexual and gender based violence to curb spread. Ameachi who was represented by his Aide Dr. Israel Ibeleme while speaking in Abuja at the 2020 Nigeria Meritorious Service Award organized by West African freelance journalist noted that […]Continue Reading

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Global Coalition To Meet Against ISIS

By Sahel Standard Magazine November 10, 2020 95 0

The United States and Nigeria according to the United States Department of State look forward to convening a virtual meeting with members of the Global Coalition to Defeat ISIS today to affirm the Coalition’s commitment to countering the threat of ISIS and its branches worldwide, including in West Africa, and to supporting ongoing international efforts […]Continue Reading

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ECOWAS Agrees Transition Programme With Mali’s Military Junta

By Sahel Standard Magazine August 30, 2020 194 0

The Economic Community of West African States  (ECOWAS) and the Malian military junta have reached an agreement on transition programme. The junta, which had earlier held on to a three-year programme have now settled for the formation of a civilian transitional government to run the affairs of the country in the next 12 months. This […]Continue Reading

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ECOWAS Delegation Team Meet With Ousted President, Junta Leaders

By Sahel Standard Magazine August 24, 2020 149 0

A Delegation of Economic Community of West African States (ECOWAS) mediating in the crisis rocking Mali met on Sunday with ousted President Ibrahim Boubacar Keita. The team also met with the leader of the military junta Col. Assimi Goita. It pressed for the release of the 75-year-old Keita. The high-level delegation is led by Nigeria´s […]Continue Reading

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An Asylum Seeker In The UK: Staying Alive Is A Full-Time Job

By Sahel Standard Magazine August 21, 2020 192 0

Ahmed Zaha, whose name has been changed to maintain his anonymity, is in his late 20s. He was born in a country in West Africa, where he lived for most of his life. Then, a few years ago, he attended a pro-democracy demonstration, which led to his detention and torture at the hands of the state. […]Continue Reading

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Ghana Takes Lead in Race to Anchor West African Auto Hub

By Sahel Standard Magazine August 17, 2020 183 0

West Africa, with about 380 million people, is the final frontier for global automakers looking to increase manufacturing capacity in a region where they currently have little presence.  While local assemblers in Nigeria, home to nearly half of the region’s population, have partnered with companies such as Volkswagen AG to make vehicles in the Continue Reading

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#Austrian W/African Trade Office Tasks Businessmen on Due Dilligence

By Sahel Standard Magazine May 17, 2020 272 0

….Concludes Trade Mission to Ghana,Sierra Leone West Africans planning any business deals with Austrians citizen or companies have been encouraged to relate with AdvantageAustria organisation located within the Austrian mission in Lagos Nigeria. The embassy in Lagos covers the whole of West Africa namely Nigeria, Benin, Equatorial Guinea, Cameroon, Democratic Continue Reading