LAGOS, Nigeria (MNTV) — The United States has revoked the visa of Nigerian author and Nobel laureate Wole Soyinka, the first African to win the Nobel Prize in Literature, amid a sweeping immigration crackdown under President Donald Trump’s renewed administration. Speaking Tuesday at his Lagos gallery, Kongi’s Harvest, Soyinka read aloud from a...
KHARTOUM, Sudan (MNTV) — Sudan’s Foreign Ministry on Tuesday declared two senior officials from the World Food Program (WFP) persona non grata and ordered them to leave the country within 72 hours, according to the state-run SUNA news agency. The ministry said Laurent Bukera, head of the WFP office in Sudan, and Samantha Chattaraj, the [&helli...
KHARTOUM, Sudan (MNTV) — Reports of large-scale atrocities surfaced Tuesday from the western Sudanese city of El-Fasher following its capture by the Rapid Support Forces (RSF), with army-linked groups alleging that more than 2,000 civilians were executed during the takeover. According to the Joint Forces, allied with Sudan’s army, RSF fighters...
MOGADISHU, Somalia (MNTV) — Türkiye has donated modern cameras and live broadcast equipment to Somalia’s national media to strengthen the country’s communication and public broadcasting capacity, officials said Sunday. The equipment was handed over by Turkish Ambassador to Somalia Alper Aktaş during a ceremony in Mogadishu, attended by Somali ...
OGUN STATE, Nigeria (MNTV) — China’s Stellar Steel Company Limited is investing $450 million in the construction of a steel mill in Nigeria’s Ogun state, Governor Prince Dapo Abiodun announced Monday. The project, implemented by subsidiaries of China’s Galaxy Group and RSIN Group from Fuzhou, is expected to become operational by mid-2026. Once...
KHARTOUM, Sudan (MNTV) – Over 1,000 civilians have fled Sudan’s El-Fasher city amid escalating battles between the army and the Rapid Support Forces (RSF), according to a local civil society group. The Displaced Persons Coordination said 1,117 people from 360 families reached Tawila on Sunday, bringing the total number of displaced families th...
LAGOS, Nigeria (MNTV) – On a narrow stretch of Lagos coastline, Nigerian conservationist Chinedu Mogbo is leading a determined community effort to save endangered sea turtles threatened by pollution, poaching, and rapid urban growth. Through his organization, the Greenfingers Wildlife Conservation Initiative, Mogbo has rescued and rehabilitate...
KHARTOUM, Sudan (MNTV) – Sudan and Egypt have agreed to expand cooperation in healthcare as Sudan’s conflict-driven humanitarian crisis deepens. Sudan’s Health Minister Haitham Ibrahim Awadallah met his Egyptian counterpart Khaled Abdel Ghaffar in Cairo to discuss emergency support, epidemic control, and capacity-building in Sudan’s health sec...
NAIROBI, Kenya (MNTV) — Kenya is positioning itself as a continental leader in artificial intelligence (AI) education through its AI Skilling Initiative (AINSI), a government-backed program designed to strengthen digital capabilities and prepare the workforce for Africa’s rapidly expanding tech-driven economy. With AI projected to create up to...
MOGADISHU, Somalia (MNTV) — Somali leaders, researchers, and humanitarian experts have urged the development of locally driven, research-backed strategies to tackle the country’s escalating climate and disaster challenges, emphasizing national self-reliance as global aid declines. The appeal was made during the ongoing Somali Resilience Confer...
