Sudan fuel prices double as all subsidies removed
Sudan has removed all subsidies for imported fuel, doubling the price of petrol and diesel. The price of petrol will rise from 150 Sudanese pounds ($0.35; £0.25) per litre to 290 pounds while diesel will now cost 285 pounds a litre from 125 pounds, according to the finance ministry. The statement said subsidies cost the […]
Donald Trump hails Buhari for Twitter ban
Former US president Donald Trump has praised Nigeria’s government for banning Twitter after it deleted President Muhammadu Buhari’s post for breaching its rules. “Who are they to dictate good and evil, if they themselves are evil?” Mr. Trump said in a statement urging other countries to ban Twitter and Facebook for not allowing “free and […]
Ghana’s greening project on course
Weeks after the promulgation of the Green Ghana programme yet to be launched nationally, the agenda is spreading like wildfire across the country. While launching the programme in Tema last week, the Greater Accra Regional Minister, Mr. Henry Quartey said it was a wake-up call. The First Lady Mrs. Rebecca Akufo-Addo in the programme launch […]
Second-hand underwear banned in Zambia
A non-profit organisation in Zambia has called for a ban on the importation and selling of second-hand underwear. The national co-ordinator of Zambia National Men’s Network for Gender and Development, Nelson Banda, said that the clothes, which are popular with men and women, were a health hazard. Despite being banned in 2017, officials never implemented […]
