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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 […]
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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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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
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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
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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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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
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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
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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 […]
Posted by Eric Ojo
African News, Latest Headlines
Saturday, October 22nd, 2022
(AFRICAN EXAMINER) – A frontline Pan-African feminist group, Nala Feminist Collective (Nalafem) will on Monday launch its first Five Year Strategy. Nalafem is a front of feminist leaders with a mission to Foster, Embolden and Mobilize (FEM) women and girls from Africa and the Diaspora for transformative feminist change. The group uses multi-track diplomacy and […]
Posted by Eric Ojo
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Friday, October 21st, 2022
(AFRICAN EXAMINER) – Affirmative Finance Action for Women in Africa (AFAWA), an initiative of the African Development Bank (AfDB), in collaboration with the Alliance for Financial Inclusion has introduced a new programme aimed at increasing financial inclusion for women-led enterprises across the African continent. The new initiative was presented to African Finance Ministers and Central […]
Posted by Eric Ojo
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Thursday, October 20th, 2022
(AFRICAN EXAMINER) – The United Nations (UN) has harped on the need for a robust donor support system which is required to help low-income countries reach self-reliance. UN Deputy Secretary-General, Amina Mohammed made the observation in her video message to the first ministerial meeting of the School Meals Coalition Task Force which was held in […]
Posted by Eric Ojo
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Thursday, October 20th, 2022
(AFRICAN EXAMINER) – Managing Director of International Monetary Fund (IMF), Ms. Kristalina Georgieva has said that there is so much the African continent can do for its member states just by removing obstacles to growth on the basis of African integration. Ms. Georgieva noted that it is so important that Africa does not waiver from […]
