African Affairs Network https://validator.w3.org/feed/docs/rss2.html NIGERIA: Traffic Clears After Six-Hour Gridlock on Lagos-Ibadan Expressway WHO Clears Uganda of Ebola as Congo Outbreak Kills More Than 2,700 Guinea President Dismisses 173 Troops, Including Ex-Coup Ally, Citing Desertion Nigeria: Presidency Faults Contractor as Benin-Agbor-Asaba Gridlock Leaves Motorists Stranded for Days China Tells Citizens to Leave Eswatini Over Rising Crime and Security Concerns Russian Chess Official Dies of Suspected Malaria After Nigeria Trip Former Head of Rwanda’s Presidential Guard Dies in Prison 12 Years After Arrest NIGERIA: Family Announces Dates for Completion of Late Ogogo’s Burial Rites Nigerian Government Orders Review of Major Road Concessions on Benin-Asaba Expressway NIGERIA: Lagos Shuts Oke-Afa Bridge Over Rehabilitation Works ATHLETICS: Tobi Amusan Leads Team Nigeria Contingent to Final Diamond League Uganda’s Army Chief Muhoozi Kainerugaba Says He Will Run for President in 2031 NIGERIA: Atiku Vows to Restore Fuel Subsidy if Elected President NIGERIA: Awoniyi Scores, Assists as Coventry Beat Plymouth 4-2 in Carabao Cup NIGERIA: Dangote Refinery Raises Petrol Price to N1,200 Per Litre Veteran Nigerian Journalist Dotun Oladipo Dies at 56 Nigeria: Lagos Deputy Governor Hamzat Vows Legislation on Parental Responsibility, Pushes Skills for Youths Main 65 More Nigerians Set to Leave South Africa as Xenophobia Concerns Continue Liberia Court Denies Bail, Remands Ex-VP Jewel Howard-Taylor in Drug Trafficking Case Guinea-Bissau Votes to Concentrate Power in the Presidency Ahead of December Elections Nigeria: Goje Shuts Down Defection Rumors, Declares APC “Our House” Ahead of 2027 Nigeria: Sunday Igboho Allegedly Blocks Police Attempt to Arrest Isese Advocate Tani Olohun in Ibadan Nigeria: UNIZIK Suspends Professor for 3 Months as Panel Probes Sexual Molestation Allegation Ghana Bans Exports of Unrefined Artisanal Gold From Sept. 1 in Push to Keep More Value Local Tanzania Vice President Emmanuel Nchimbi Resigns Nigeria, Somalia Move to Strengthen Bilateral Cooperation Lagos Pays N168.2bn to Over 48,000 Retirees Since 2007 – Government NIGERIA: Ogun Police Bust Baby Factory, Rescue Pregnant Women, Children US Deepens Security Ties With Nigeria, Trains Troops in Bauchi State DR Congo Opposition Leader Urges President Tshisekedi to Abandon Third-Term Bid Two UN Peacekeepers Killed in South Sudan Ambush NIGERIA: Minister of Works to Inspect Benin-Asaba Road Over Gridlock Ethiopia Submit Bid to Host 2028 AFCON Tournament Eid-el-Maulud: First Lady Urges Muslims to Embrace Peace, Compassion NIGERIA: DSS, NIA Probe NFF Officials Over Alleged National Security Threat Obi Accuses Nigerian Government of Mismanaging Fuel Subsidy Savings Four Arrested After Former World Boxing Champion Zolani Tete Shot Dead Outside His Home Zambia Shuts Courts as Deadline for Presidential Election Petition Nears VIDEO: Nollywood Veteran Ogogo Laid to Rest in Ilaro at Age 66 NIGERIA: Yinka Quadri, Jide Kosoko, Others Arrive Ilaro For Ogogo’s Burial At Least 31 Killed as Rubbish Dump Collapses Onto Homes in Guinea Nigeria: Bindow Returns to APC Ahead of 2027, Pledges to Work for Party Victory Ogogo: Veteran Actor Taiwo Hassan to Be Buried on Monday in Ilaro BREAKING: Veteran Nollywood Actor Ogogo Dies at 66 Nigeria: (VIDEO) 101-Year-Old Grandma Arrested as NDLEA Finds Cocaine Hidden in Fufu Nigeria: Suspected Lakurawa Fighter Mar Dego Linked to Mosque Attack in Borgu LGA of Niger State Gunmen Kidnap Worshippers at Niger State Mosque Jama’at-ul Islamiyya Launches Centenary School Drive, Installs New Leaders at Lagos Conference on Security and Values NIGERIA: PocoLee To Appear in Court September Over Assault