After the exit from ECOWAS: Burkina Faso, Mali and Niger endorsed the formation of a confederation

By Brian M’Bowe- NEW AFRICA DAILY NEWS (NADN) Denver Colorado USA- In 2023 of September, the three military Administrations founded the Alliance of Sahel States a defensive and economic agreement. Burkina Faso’s Defense Minister – General Kassoum Coulibaly, asserted that, the negotiations in Ouagadougou were reliefs to forward the implementation of “instruments, mechanisms, and procedures” as well as the “legal architecture for the confederation”. General Salifou Modi, from Niger confirmed the procedures will “allow our alliance and the confederation to function efficiently and to the great joy” of the three nations’ inhabitants. During a summit in December 2023 in the Malian capital – Bamako, the three nations foreign ministers enhanced the formation of a confederation as...
Posted On 19 Feb 2024
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Ethiopia: Bans the Import of Petrol and Diesel Vehicles replacing it by the Adoption of Electric Vehicles

By Abdul Rahman Bangura- NEW AFRICA DAILY NEWS (NADN) Freetown, Sierra Leone– Ethiopia is being the first Nation in the world to take such decision. The Ethiopian Ministry of Transport and Logistics disclosed this development. Alemu Sime – Minister of Transport and Logistics, divulged Ethiopia’s Logistics Master Plan that will involve implementing “Green Transport” solutions in the nation. The minister was presenting to the Urban Development and Transport Standing Committee in the Ethiopian Parliament. Sime said, “A decision has been made that automobiles cannot enter Ethiopia unless they are electric ones.” As the new policy limits the import of internal combustion engine (ICE) vehicles in Ethiopia, it does not completely resolve the problem for its people. Electric...
Posted On 17 Feb 2024
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Liberia: Drug Enforcement Agency (LDEA) arrested an Officer of the Liberia Immigration Service on allegation of Trafficking Narcotic Drug “Kush”

By Abdul Rahman Bangura- NEW AFRICA DAILY NEWS (NADN) Freetown, Sierra Leone– The officer dubbed as Cyrus David, was apprehended in Tappita on February 6th, 2024, on allegations of trafficking narcotics – “Kush”. It is alleged that; David was using his uniform for secretly making use of drug-related activities — allegedly trafficking about 7.54 grams of the narcotic substance known as “Kush”. Thomas Saye, the LDEA Nimba County Commander, informed the Media that, Officer Cyrus David and co-host, Joseph Kollie, have been charged with diverse offenses, encircling unlicensed distribution, transportation, possession, and trafficking of narcotic drugs — drugs crimes that contravene Section 14.103, 14.107, and 14.111 of the amended panel law of Oct. 17, 2014. “He was caught red-handed by my...
Posted On 16 Feb 2024
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Fifteen African Nations Agriculture Ministers are in Kenya: Under the Auspices of Kenya Agriculture Ministry to Dialogue on Food Challenges

By Abdul Rahman Bangura- NEW AFRICA DAILY NEWS (NADN) Freetown, Sierra Leone– In revamping agricultural research in Eastern and Central African countries, the East Africa nation of Kenya is hosting a regional conference C.S Mithika Linturi being the patron of the Council of Ministers in the 15 member nations remarked, they are advocating to formulate centres of excellence for selected and priority commodities in Africa. This is by way of promoting biofortified crops for enhanced food and nutrition security in Eastern and Central Africa. The CS remarked during a media briefing on the third council meeting of the Association for Strengthening Agricultural Research in Eastern and Central Africa (ASARECA). Linturi stated, the fifteen members states invited; will dialogue on how to enhance...
Posted On 15 Feb 2024
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