Understanding the Shiites and the federal government of Nigeria’s face off

Aigboje Aig-Imoukhuede, the Chairman of Access Holdings says the move by the group to raise $1.5 billion over five years reflects the financial institutions growth plans. Speaking with CNBC Africa's Kenneth Igbomor, Aig-Imoukhuede reiterates that the decision for a rights issue was in line with the role of its shareholders in the growth of the bank over the years.

Infusions, anti-aging creams or anti-stress drops made from cannabis are some of the food supplements that Morocco will begin to market imminently and that are already on display at the International Agriculture Exhibition (SIAM) inaugurated this Monday, after legalization of this plant in 2021 for pharmaceutical and industrial uses.

Since 2015, the number of malaria cases worldwide have stalled and ― in some areas, they're even increasing. That's after two decades of falling numbers. What's going on?

Turkey's president Recep Tayyp Erdogan was in Iraq this Monday - his first official visit in years, where he signed a raft of deals to try and reset rocky relations. High on the agenda was the water issue, stemming from Turkey's construction of dams on the Tigris and Euphrates rivers that reduced the supply downstream to Iraq.

A book by Frank-Walter Steinmeier titled 'We' searches for diversity in the face of division, though it's a difficult balancing act for the head of state.

North Korean state media has claimed Pyongyang tested a "nuclear trigger" simulation drill as a "warning signal" to the US and South Korea.