Nigerian News Leader
First with details then facts 
Aminatta Diof (NewsLeader West Africa Bureau Chief, in Abidjan)
President of the African Development Bank (AfDB), Akinwunmi Adesina, has said Africa must leverage investment to unleash the potential and ingenuity of its youth, its most important asset.
By Abdel Rahman Aamir (NewsLeader North Africa Bureau Chief, in Cairo)
The Global trade expected to contract by 9.2% this year, having fallen by 2.9% in 2019; Africa’s share of global trade was 2.7% in 2019, below the 4% figure of the 1970s; informal cross-border trade which is a key component of intra-African trade is wide-spread in its composition; the African Trade Report estimates that in Eastern African ICBT is very high and could be worth as much as 80% of the value of formal trade in some countries; South Africa was the biggest contributor to Intra-African trade, accounting for 23% of total trade, in 2019.
Togo’s President Faure Gnassingbe on Monday named the first ever female prime minister to head the government in the West African nation.
By Babaca Ousmane (Newsleader Correspondent, in Mali)
Ba N’Daou, Mali’s former Defence Minister, Ba N'Daou, were on Friday, sworn in as new President of the transition government, while coup leader, Colonel Assimi Goita, was sworn in his Vice President.
By Osmond Okoye (Foreign Affairs Reporter)
The UK Government has said it is surprised by the federal government’s position, that it would consider disrespectful to Nigeria’s sovereignty, for any outside authority to sit in judgment over the conduct of its citizens and apply punitive measures such as visa restriction, unilaterally.
By Yosef Perez (NewsLeader Middle East Correspondent, in Tel Aviv)
News Report on Sunday, said Leaders of Lebanon’s Hezbollah and the Palestinian Hamas movement, both enemies of Israel, have met to discuss the recent diplomatic normalisation between the Jewish state and Arab countries.
