Lagos enforces ban on motorbike taxis

Nigeria’s Commissioner of Transportation explains why the clampdown on the “two-wheel” taxi riders is deemed as necessary, citing surging crime and road accidents. The Rwandan government responds to the recent cross-border tensions between Rwanda and neighbouring DR Congo. And the African Union special envoy for the Horn of Africa, Olusegun Obasanjo, insists the regional body is taking mediation efforts between the Ethiopian government and the Tigray People’s Liberation Front very seriously.