LAGOS JANUARY 11TH (NEWSRANGERS)-Fuel prices across Africa in 2025 reflect a diverse energy environment influenced by local production, subsidies, and imports. Countries like Libya and Angola, with abundant oil reserves, maintain low fuel prices, while nations such as Ethiopia and Liberia, which depend on imports, face higher costs. As global oil prices fluctuate, these nations…
LAGOS OCTOBER 23RD (NEWSRANGERS)-Russia’s embassy in Sudan has said it is investigating reports that a cargo plane with Russian crew was shot down in Darfur, a key battle ground in the civil war between the army and the paramilitary Rapid Support Forces (RSF). The aircraft, identified as a Russian-made ilyushin Il-76, was on a mission…
LAGOS JUNE 13TH (NEWSRANGERS)-Rwanda, Sudan and Comoros, all fifth seeds in six-nation 2026 World Cup qualifying groups, were shock table toppers in Africa on Tuesday after matchday four. Former qualifiers Egypt, Cameroon, shock 2022 World Cup semi-finalists Morocco, African champions Ivory Coast, Algeria and Tunisia lead the other mini-leagues. Qualifying from Africa is a 10-round…
LAGOS SEPTEMBER 12TH (NEWSRANGERS)-Air strikes on Sunday (Sep. 10) on an open market south of Sudan’s capital, Khartoum, killed at least 46 people, activists and a medical group said. Over 50 others were wounded in the attack in Khartoum’s May neighborhood, where paramilitary forces battling the military were heavily deployed, the Sudan Doctors’ Union said…
LAGOS MAY 2ND (NEWSRANGERS)-One of the buses conveying stranded Nigerians from Khartoum, Sudan, to Port Sudan caught fire in the early hours of Monday, The PUNCH learnt. 26 buses conveying the stranded Nigerians left Al Razi around 12 am on Monday for Port Sudan where they will move into Saudi Arabia. According to the Chairman, Nigerians…
LAGOS APRIL 25TH (NEWSRANGERS)-Foreign governments evacuated diplomats, staff and others from Sudan on Sunday as rival generals battled for a ninth day with no sign of a truce that had been declared for a major Muslim holiday. While world powers like the U.S. and Britain airlifted their diplomats from the capital of Khartoum, Sudanese desperately sought to…
LAGOS APRIL 16TH (NEWARANGERS)Fighting in the Sudanese capital raged into the early hours of Sunday after a day of deadly battles between paramilitaries and the regular army that left at least 27 people dead and 170 wounded. Explosions and gunfire rang out on the deserted streets of Khartoum, according to witnesses, after the paramilitaries said…
LAGOS APRIL 15TH (NEWSRANGERS)-Heavy gunfire and explosions were heard in Sudan’s capital Khartoum following days of tension between the army and a powerful paramilitary group. Shooting and blasts took place on Saturday in the vicinity of Sudan’s army headquarters and the defence ministry in central Khartoum, as well as the presidential palace and airport. Columns…