By Ayo Balogun BALTIMORE, MD (AFRICAN EXAMINER) – President Muhammadu Buhari will Tuesday host an Extraordinary Summit of the Economic Community of West African States (ECOWAS) Authority of Heads of State and Government, in Abuja. In a statement issued Monday by Buhari’s SSA on Media and Publicity, Garba Shehu, the main item on the agenda […]
By Our Reporter with Agency Reports BALTIMORE, MD (AFRICAN EXAMINER) | A general close to ousted strongman Blaise Compaore took the lead in a Burkina Faso coup and promised elections would be held “soon”, as the death toll from gunshots fired at protesters rose to three. The latest unrest hit the landlocked west African nation […]
Ayodele Afolabi, Abuja – The Speaker of the Parliament of the Economic Community of West African States, ECOWAS, Senator Ike Ekweremadu, has announced with a deep sense of loss the passing on of the Acting Secretary-General of the Community Parliament, Dr. Cheikh Abdelkader Dansoko in Abuja in the evening of September 6, 2015 after a […]
Car hire app Uber has been the target of protests and legal action by taxi drivers around the world and faces bans or crackdowns by regulators in Asia, Europe and the US. Despite the challenges it keeps on expanding, and it is now making inroads into Africa, where the controversy continues. In recent weeks, drivers […]
President Muhammadu Buhari said Wednesday in Abuja that Nigeria and Sao Tome & Principe must sit down soon to review the activities of their Joint Development Authority with a view to making it more efficient and productive. Speaking at a meeting with the Prime Minister of Sao Tome & Principe, Patrice Emery Trovoada, President Buhari […]
A hurricane with winds of up to 120km/h (75mph) has hit the island nation of Cape Verde, off the coast of West Africa. The government grounded all flights as heavy rain and winds lashed north-western islands in the archipelago. No hurricane has ever been recorded further east in the tropical Atlantic. Late on Monday Fred […]
Health officials in Sierra Leone released the country’s last confirmed Ebola patient from the hospital Monday, beginning a 42-day countdown to being declared free of the virus. Adama Sankoh left an Ebola treatment center on the outskirts of the city of Makeni after receiving her second negative test result for the virus. Medical staff celebrated […]
Agabus Pwanagba, Jos – In its continuous peace building efforts the European Union (EU) said it has budgeted the sum of €4.5 million for the second phase of its peace building and conflict prevention project in the two States – Plateau and Kaduna. This was disclosed Thursday, by the body’s Head of Political Governance, Allah […]
* Measures To Check Trend Underway By Our Reporter With Agency Report – The illegal migration from Africa to Europe rages, as the number of migrants who were languishing at the borders as at July, jerked up and estimated at over 100,000. The situation according to the EU officials is most likely to be compounded as […]
South Sudan President Salva Kiir declined to sign a peace deal proposed by regional leaders on Monday, saying he required more time, the mediator of the crisis said. South Sudan, which gained independence from Sudan in 2011, descended into chaos in December 2013 when a political row between Kiir and his deputy Riek Machar spiralled […]
A Libyan Court has sentenced to death son (Saif al-Islam) of the late country’s strongman, Muamma Gaddafi over 2011 crisis. Saif who was absent in court, but sent his evidence through video link was convicted Tuesday with eight others. They were sentenced for their roles in about 10 months civil unrest that engulfed the country […]
The US President Barack Obama’s visit to East Africa continued Monday with commendation to the Ethiopian Government on coordinated fight against the al-Shabab militant group and call for improvement on Human rights record. While describing Ethiopia as an “outstanding partner” in the anti-terrorist war, President Obama after audience with his host PM Hailemariam Desalegn, indicated […]
By Ayo Balogun – President Pierre Nkurunziza has emerged the winner of Burudian controversial Presidential election for the third term. The provisional result available with the embattled eastern African country’s Electoral Commission, indicated that incumbent Nkurunziza won about 70 per cent of the total valid vote cast, leaving the opposition candidate, Agathon Rwasa winning about 19 per […]
Despite pronounced opposition to his ambition and call for the postponement, Burundian President Pierre Nkurunziza is standing for the East African country Presidential Election, which still underway amidst fear and tension in various part of the country. Voting commenced at 06:00 local time (04:00 GMT), after a night of gunfire as well as explosions which […]
By Agency Reporter – The South African (SA) President, Jacob Zuma was Saturday hospitalized when he went for a scheduled procedure to remove gallstones. Sources from the SA Presidency indicated that the gallstones were discovered about two months ago, during one of the Zuma’a routine medical check-up. Similarly, a statement from the President’s office confirmed […]
The United States has warned its citizens in Kenya that there is a risk of that President Obama’s visit next week could be a “target for terrorists”. It singles out the Global Entrepreneurship Summit in the capital, Nairobi, which opens on 24 July which Mr Obama is due to address. “As with all large public […]
At least 39 people, mostly foreigners, have been killed and 36 injured in an attack on a beach in the Tunisian resort town of Sousse, officials say. Video footage showed the body of a suspected gunman lying in a street. Tunisians, Britons, Germans, Belgians, French and at least one Irish citizen are among the dead […]
The top U.N. envoy to Mali asked the Security Council on Tuesday to provide the country with a “peace dividend” following last week’s peace agreement with Tuareg rebels. Mongi Hamdi called on the council to quickly approve funds for water, electricity and schools for Malians. Hamdi said re-establishing basic social services is crucial as thousands […]
A prominent South African opposition lawmaker says President Jacob Zuma’s government flouted the constitution by refusing to carry out a court order that sought to prevent Sudanese President Omar Al-Bashir from leaving the country following the recent African Union summit held in Johannesburg. South Africa’s parliament plans to open a debate on Tuesday about the […]
A Tanzanian government minister described elephant poaching on Thursday as a national disaster, and urged China to curb its appetite for ivory. The east African nation’s elephant population shrank from around 110,000 in 2009 to a little over 43,000 in 2014, a fall of 60 percent, according to a census released this month, with conservation […]
