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Friday, November 4th, 2022
(AFRICAN EXAMINER) – Chair of the United States House of Representatives Foreign Affairs Subcommittee on Africa, Global Health, and Global Human Rights, Rep. Karen Bass (D-CA), has applauded the intervention of the African Union (AU) in the search for peaceful resolution of the violent conflict in the Tigray region of Ethiopia. The escalation of the […]
Posted by Eric Ojo
African News, Business News
Friday, November 4th, 2022
(AFRICAN EXAMINER) – The European Investment Bank (EIB) Group has said that it will launch a new initiative in collaborations with its partners to finance climate action and environmental sustainability projects during the United Nations Climate Change Conference (COP27), beginning in Sharm El Sheikh, Egypt, this weekend. The EIB is the long-term lending institution of […]
Posted by Eric Ojo
African News, Latest Headlines
Friday, November 4th, 2022
(AFRICAN EXAMINER) – Secretary General of the United Nations (UN), António Guterres has said that the 27th Conference of the Parties (COP27), beginning in Sharm el-Sheikh, Egypt, this weekend, should be leveraged to rebuild trust and re-establish the ambition needed to avoid driving our planet over the climate cliff. Guterres made the observation on Thursday […]
Posted by Eric Ojo
African News, Latest Headlines, News Across Nigeria
Tuesday, November 1st, 2022
(AFRICAN EXAMINER) – Ahead of the 27th Conference of the Parties (COP27) of the United Nations Framework Convention on Climate Change (UNFCCC) holding Egypt this month, a coalition of Nigerian and African Civil Society Organisations (CSOs) have canvassed for concrete action to address climate change. The CSOs gave the charge at the Abuja Climate Caravan, […]
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Tuesday, November 1st, 2022
(AFRICAN EXAMINER) – Tanzanian President Samia Suluhu Hassan on Monday announced the east African nation’s latest population as 61,741,120 people. Hassan made public the country’s latest population in the capital Dodoma, following the National Population and Housing Census held from Aug. 23 to Sept. 4, this year. A statement by the Directorate of Presidential Communications […]
Posted by African Examiner
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Tuesday, November 1st, 2022
(AFRICAN EXAMINER) – The UN Secretary-General, Antonio Guterres, has expressed deep concern over the increase in the fight between government troops in the Democratic Republic of the Congo (DRC) and the 23 March Movement (M23) rebels in the east. The fight, in 10 days, has seen multiple civilians killed, “massive displacement” and four peacekeepers from […]
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African News, Latest Headlines, South Africa, Southern Africa
Saturday, October 29th, 2022
(AFRICAN EXAMINER) – South Africa’s government has expressed disapproval of a US alert warning of a possible terrorist attack in the former. President Cyril Ramaphosa of South Africa at a press conference on Thursday described as unfortunate the alert issued by the US which he said was done without consulting the South African government. The […]
Posted by Eric Ojo
African News, Latest Headlines
Saturday, October 29th, 2022
(AFRICAN EXAMINER) – The Intergovernmental Panel on Climate Change (IPCC) has reassured that it will have a strong footprint during the 27th Conference of the Parties (COP27) of the United Nations Framework Convention on Climate Change (UNFCCC) in Sharm el-Sheikh in Egypt. IPCC is the UN body for assessing the science related to climate change. […]
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Friday, October 28th, 2022
(AFRICAN EXAMINER) – Nigerians have taken a big swipe at the controversial governor of the central bank of Nigeria (CBN), Godwin Emefiele over the introduction of the new notes even at this time the Naira’s value is at free fall, and the economic hardship bites harder. Recall that the CBN has announced the redesigned 200, […]
Posted by Eric Ojo
African News, East/Central Africa, Latest Headlines
Friday, October 28th, 2022
(AFRICAN EXAMINER) – Education Cannot Wait (ECW), the United Nations (UN) global fund for education in emergencies and protracted crises, the United Nations Children’s Fund (UNICEF) and partners have canvassed for substantial increase in funding for crisis-affected children in the Democratic Republic of the Congo (DRC). There are currently about 5 million internally displaced persons […]
Posted by Oludare Fase
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Wednesday, October 26th, 2022
(AFRICAN EXAMINER) – Chief Executive Officer, of the National Petroleum Authority (NPA) of Ghana, Mustapha Abdul-Hamid, said the coming onstream of 650,000 barrels-per-day (bpd) Dangote Petroleum Refinery will transform the Ghanaian downstream sector through the reduction in the cost of importation of petroleum products into Ghana. Speaking at the 16th Oil Trading and Logistics Expo […]
Posted by Eric Ojo
African News, Business News, Latest Headlines
Wednesday, October 26th, 2022
(AFRICAN EXAMINER) – Acting Chief Economist and Vice President of the African Development Bank (AfDB), Prof Kevin Urama has urged world leaders to take seriously climate finance and just energy transitions in Africa. Prof. Urama also called on industrialized countries to fulfill the pledge made at the 2009 Conference of Party (COP) meetings to provide […]
Posted by Eric Ojo
African News, Latest Headlines, News Around Africa, North Africa
Wednesday, October 26th, 2022
(AFRICAN EXAMINER) – European Union (EU) adopted a new programme worth €115 million yesterday to support the ecological, inclusive and innovative development of Morocco’s agricultural and forestry sectors. The programme “Terre Verte” aims to contribute to the national strategies of Morocco “Green Generation” and “Moroccan Forests” covering the period 2020-2030 by promoting an ecological transition […]
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Tuesday, October 25th, 2022
(AFRICAN EXAMINER) – The first formal peace talks aimed at ending two years of war between the Ethiopian army and forces from the country’s northern region of Tigray started in South Africa on Tuesday and will end on Sunday, the South African government said. At stake is an opportunity to end a conflict that has […]
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African News, Latest Headlines, North Africa
Tuesday, October 25th, 2022
(AFRICAN EXAMINER) – Sudanese demonstrators began gathering on Tuesday ahead of protests on the one-year anniversary of a coup that halted a democratic transition. Internet services were blocked, according to monitoring group Netblocks, as protests were planned in many cities and towns, including a march to the presidential palace in the capital, Khartoum. The military […]
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Tuesday, October 25th, 2022
(AFRICAN EXAMINER) – Ugandan health minister on Monday said nine more ebola cases had been confirmed in the capital Kampala, bringing the total number of known infections to 14 in the last two days. The outbreak began in September in a rural part of central Uganda and spread to Kampala, a city of more than […]
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Monday, October 24th, 2022
(AFRICAN EXAMINER) – A top Pakistani news anchor, Arshad Sharif, was shot dead in Kenya, his wife said on Monday, just months after he fled his home country to avoid arrest over sedition charges. Sharif was a frequent critic of the powerful military establishment and supporter of former prime minister Imran Khan, who was ousted […]
Posted by Eric Ojo
African News, Latest Headlines, News Around Africa
Monday, October 24th, 2022
(AFRICAN EXAMINER) – Representatives of Civil Society Organizations (CSOs) in Africa, have urged governments on the continent to promote and advance human rights-respecting approach in drafting their cybersecurity law and policy-making. The African CSOs said the adoption of approach is very important because cybersecurity issues have the potential to affect peoples’ well-being, rights and other […]
Posted by Eric Ojo
African News, Business News, Latest Headlines
Saturday, October 22nd, 2022
(AFRICAN EXAMINER) – African Development Bank (AfDB) has approved a €5.76 million grant to the Comoros to increase food production and enhance the resilience of its food system. The move comes as the country has experienced rising food prices due to the war in Ukraine. The grant funds will come from the African Development Bank’s […]
Posted by Eric Ojo
African News, Business News, Latest Headlines
Saturday, October 22nd, 2022
(AFRICAN EXAMINER) – The third edition for the Finance in Common summit ended on Thursday amid calls on the delegates to turn their commitments to do more in development financing for Africa into actions. This is coming ahead of the 2022 United Nations Climate Change Conference (COP27) next month. The public development banks meeting in […]
