News Burkina Faso Plateau-Central: Nigeria: Hunger Looms, As Potato Disease Blights Crop, Threatens Value Chain in Plateau
THE production of Irish Potato, a staple food in the country, has run into trouble with a strange disease that now ravages the crop and threatens to render farmers jobless and trigger hunger and starvation in the process. Farmers in the state are worried because potato cultivated in Plateau State has been used for local consumption an export before the attack was reported in the state this year.
News Burkina Faso Plateau-Central: All you need to know about moving to Cote d’Ivoire
Cote d'Ivoire, which is also known as Ivory Coast, is a French-speaking West African country, with its capital in Yamoussoukro, and largest ...
News Burkina Faso Plateau-Central: Nigeria: Ill-Advised State Pardon
The decision of President Muhammadu Buhari, on the advice of the National Council of State, to grant pardon to two former governors convicted of corruption, has not gone down well with most Nigerians. Former Plateau State governor, Joshua Dariye and his Taraba counterpart, Jolly Nyame, were among the 159 inmates convicted of various crimes, including financial crimes and treason, granted presidential pardon. State pardon has the effect of restoring the beneficiaries to society as if they never committed an
News Burkina Faso Plateau-Central: Pardons for Ex-Governors Threaten Nigeria's Anti-Corruption Drive
President Muhammadu Buhari controversially pardoned two former state governors who were jailed for stealing public funds in 2018 and were yet to serve half the length of their jail terms. The former governors - Joshua Dariye of Plateau State and Jolly Nyame of Taraba State - who governed their respective states between 1999 and 2007, were among the 159 convicted persons whose pardon was approved by the Council of State. The Civil Society Legislative Advocacy Centre (CISLAC), and Transparency International (TI) Nigeria have condemned the pardon, saying it would send wrong signal and encourage corruption in the system. In February 2022, the Attorney-General of the Federation, Abubakar Malami, blamed the Nigerian judiciary for the problem of delays in the determination of high-profile corruption cases in court. Malami insisted that the fight against corruption could only be assessed by the number of prosecutions and convictions, saying the fact that the Economic and Financial Crimes Commission, EFCC, could record, over 2,000 convictions within a year showed that the present administration has done well in the fight against corruption.
News Burkina Faso Plateau-Central: BBC News
Africa Live: Children among 26 dead in latest Nigeria gang raid Gunmen also burn homes and steal cattle in attack on villages in Plateau state - and more. Gunmen also burn homes and steal cattle ...
News Burkina Faso Plateau-Central: Nigeria, 34 Others Benefit From AFC’s $9.9bn Investment In Agric, Infrastructure
To this end, in its 2021 financial year, AFC provided a US$200 ... AFC also increased member States by five to 33, with the accession of Burkina Faso, Democratic Republic of Congo, Egypt, Morocco ...
News Burkina Faso Plateau-Central: Coronavirus: New York and five states to co-ordinate on reopening plan — as it happened
The list of countries that would benefit from the IMF’s debt service relief plan include: Afghanistan, Burkina Faso ... because of their central position in the financial system.
News Burkina Faso Plateau-Central: Local Humanitarian Action in Burkina Faso: Translating rhetoric into action
Burkina Faso has been facing since 2015 an expansion of the armed conflict from central Mali and across the tri-border area between Mali, Niger and Burkina Faso. The number of people in need of ...
News Burkina Faso Plateau-Central: One picture, one country, one year
America in 2021: A selection of one image from every week this year across the United States.
