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The East African Federation ( Swahili: Shirikisho la Afrika Mashariki) is a proposed political union of the eight sovereign states of the East African Community in the African Great Lakes region – Burundi, the Democratic Republic of the Congo, Kenya, Rwanda, South Sudan, Tanzania, Somalia and Uganda – as a single federated sovereign state. [6]
May 8, 2024 at 12:25 PM. LAGOS (Reuters) - Microsoft is closing down its Africa Development Centre in the continent's most populous nation Nigeria, which will lead to job losses, a spokesperson ...
In 2022, the largest company in Africa was Sonatrach with revenue of US$77 billion. List [ edit ] Below are the 100 largest companies by revenue in 2022 (mostly for fiscal year 2021).
Nigerien crisis (2023–2024) On 26 July 2023, a coup d'état occurred in Niger, during which the country's presidential guard removed and detained President Mohamed Bazoum. Subsequently, General Abdourahamane Tchiani, the Commander of the Presidential Guard, proclaimed himself the leader of the country and established the National Council for ...
Lagos ( / ˈleɪɡɒs / LAY-goss; [10] [11] also US: / ˈlɑːɡoʊs / LAH-gohss; [11] [12] Yoruba: Èkó) or Lagos City is the most populous city in Nigeria (Self-proclaimed [13] ), with an estimated population of 21 million [14] [15] [16] in 2015. Lagos is the most populous urban area in Africa. [17] Lagos was the national capital of Nigeria ...
The East African Crude Oil Pipeline (EACOP), also known as the Uganda–Tanzania Crude Oil Pipeline (UTCOP), is a 1,443 km crude oil pipeline in planning since 2013, with a foundation stone nominally under construction since 2017 and intended to transport crude oil from Uganda's Tilenga and Kingfisher oil fields to the Port of Tanga, Tanzania on the Indian Ocean.
CARLOS MUREITHI. May 23, 2024 at 6:18 PM. NAIROBI, Kenya (AP) — The impact of the calamitous rains that struck East Africa from March to May was intensified by a mix of climate change and rapid ...
In Business Africa. In Business Africa is a BBC news programme broadcast on BBC World News globally and on local partner channels of the BBC in African countries. [1] The programme is presented by Nancy Kacungira in Lagos, Nigeria and Lerato Mbele in South Africa. [2] The programme gives an indepth look at the economic trends shaping the ...