#Mali creates body to open talks with Islamist militants

Mali’s government has created a body to open talks with Islamist militants whose insurgency has made vast portions of the country ungovernable, the interim prime minister said on Friday, in the face of objections by France.

A year ago ousted former president Ibrahim Boubacar Keita said his government was prepared to negotiate with al Qaeda-linked militants. National talks in the aftermath of the August coup that overthrew Keita endorsed that policy.

#NIGERIA: #IMOSTATE:

▪Imo People Call On Governor Hope Uzodimma To Recover Old IBC Now Converted To Rochas College Foundation.

#Read below as Chairman, Governing Board, IBC, Mr. Ifeanyi Olumba recounts what happened when Old IBC was taken by Rochas Okorocha... “Let Governor Uzodimma move fast and recover that IBC, Orji land. I wept as Chairman, Governing Board, Imo Broadcasting Corporation, Owerri, the day our aged retirees, Imo sons and daughters, who served our dear State meritoriously, were forced out of their homes from that place.

#ETHIOPIA: Tigray's ousted leaders 'set conditions for talks'

Ousted leaders of the former ruling party in Ethiopia’s northern Tigray region, who have been on the run for more than three months, have issued conditions for peace talks. The TPLF’s list of demands include:

• The withdrawal of Eritrean troops from Tigray. Both Ethiopia and Eritrea deny Eritrea's involvement in the Tigray conflict

• The withdrawal of other "invading forces". Amhara forces have also been fighting in Tigray, and are in control of

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IMO STATE " We Visited To Express Our Happiness With Gov. Hope Uzodimma~Vice Chancellor.

The Vice Chancellor of the Federal University of Technology, Owerri Prof. Francis Chukwuemeka Eze and his Management team has paid a courtesy visit to His Excellency Gov. Hope Uzodimma at the Government House Owerri.

Prof. Eze who spoke on behalf of the team appreciated the governor and expressed joy over the leadership styles of the governor and his giant strides and accomplishments despite the meltdown occasioned

#Nigeria to sell 36 properties to finance 2021 budget

The Nigerian government is planning to sell a number of properties to finance its 2021 national budget.

The government has categorized 36 properties into five departments.

The Industries and communication department has 8 projects, Development institutions and Natural Resources departments have six projects, Energy has nine projects while the Development institutions and Natural Resources departments have six projects.

The projects are expected to be concessioned or sold between January 2021 and

#Senegal’s ex-finance minister to head World Bank’s private sector unit

Former Senegal finance minister to head IFC, World Bank declares

The announcement comes just days after the World Trade Organisation selected Nigeria's former finance minister Ngozi Okonjo-Iweala as its new director-general, the first African and first woman to serve in that role.

The World Bank has selected former Senegal finance minister Makhtar Diop to lead the agency responsible for private sector finance at a critical time for the global recovery. He would be the first African