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Carrefour is partnering with Sheikh Mohammed Hussein Al Amoudi's Queens Supermarket as it targets franchise expansion in Ethiopia.

Malami, who is accused of stealing and laundering public funds worth 8.7 billion naira, was being held in prison since December.

Every evening, crowds in Shinjuku watch Tokyo Night & Light, a large-scale projection on the Tokyo Metropolitan Government Building, using 40 solar-powered projectors.

The Ogun State Government has said that ongoing tree-planting activities in forest reserves across the state have made the forests inhospitable to kidnappers, militant groups and land grabbers. Commissioner for Forestry, Engr. Taiwo Oludotun, who made this statement in Abeokuta The post Ogun tree planting drive forces kidnappers, militants out of forest reserves – Commissioner appeared first on The Guardian Nigeria News - Nigeria and World News.

The US has halted all assistance to Somalia's federal government, accusing it of destroying an American-funded warehouse and stealing food aid that was stored there. It comes as the Trump administration has ramped up criticism of Somali refugees in the US.

Zambia has withdrawn its request for a one-year extension of its Extended Credit Facility with the International Monetary Fund, the IMF said on Wednesday.

Africa's startup ecosystem has entered a more mature and self-assured phase. The question is no longer whether the continent can produce billion-dollar companies, but where the next wave of unicorns will emerge from and what distinguishes those that break out from the many that do not.

Initial projections for the year stood at 30.53 million barrels.

Brigitte Bardot was laid to rest in Saint-Tropez after her death from cancer at 91.

In a memorandum signed on Wednesday, the White House said the move aligns with Trump’s “America First” agenda. The list includes 31 United Nations bodies and 35 non-UN organisations, many of them focused on climate change, global governance, labour issues and development—areas the administration has