Pope Francis will pay his respects to Ugandan Christians martyred for their faith in the 19th Century on the latest stage of his trip to Africa. Up to two million people are expected at an open-air Mass at Namugongo, near Kampala, where many of the 45 Anglican and Catholic martyrs were burned alive. Their execution […]
By Eric Ojo, Abuja Policy makers in Africa have reaffirmed their commitment to accelerate infrastructure development, strengthen regional integration and boost economic growth across the continent. Deliberations on the need for countries in Africa to develop closer partnerships across borders and cooperate more effectively in efforts geared towards fast-tracking development in the continent has been […]
By Mustapha Abdul Salaam The African Union Standby Force (ASF) is a unifying and standing force that has the mandate to respond to insecurity and emergency situations in African continent, said, the Nigerian Chief of Defence Staff (CDS), Gen. Abayomi Gabriel Olonisakin. Gen. Olonisakin made this known Tuesday, while receiving the country’s contingent of ASF, […]
By Mustapha Abdul Salaam BALTIMORE, MD (AFRICAN EXAMINER) – As part of the measures to weaken trans-border activities of the dreaded Boko Haram insurgents, the Chadian Government has declared state of emergency in Lake Chad region. Speaking on the latest approach, Chad’s Minister of Communications, Hassan Sylla Bakari, Monday explained that the state of emergency […]
By Eric Ojo President of African Securities Exchanges Association (ASEA), Oscar Onyema has attributed Africa’s impressive economic transformation in recent times to the major role being played by the capital markets across the continent. Onyema said capital markets have been the key drivers of economic progress in Africa and have continued to play a central […]
By Eric Ojo, Abuja The Common Market for Eastern and Southern Africa (COMESA) has entered an agreement with Microsoft to promote access to technology, improve regional trade, develop public sector Information Communication Technology (ICT) skills and promote local innovation for better service delivery in its 19 member states. COMESA through its Business Council (CBC) unit […]
By Eric Ojo BALTIMORE, MD (AFRICAN EXAMINER) – Stakeholders in the Life Sciences, Healthcare and Pharmaceutical industry in Africa have expressed their worry over the inherent challenges in the transportation of medicines across the African continent. Key players in the healthcare supply chains and other actors in the sector are confronted with manifold challenges that […]
By Eric Ojo, Abuja BALTIMORE, MD (AFRICAN EXAMINER) – Media Rights Agenda (MRA) has applauded the Governments of Nigeria, Angola and Morocco for co-sponsoring a resolution passed by the Executive Board of the United Nations Educational, Scientific and Cultural Organization (UNESCO). The resolution is basically recommending to the forthcoming UNESCO General Conference to proclaim September […]
Guinea’s incumbent President Alpha Conde won the country’s second democratic election, but Guinea’s opposition parties have rejected the results and called for demonstrations. Bakary Fofana Fofana, the head of Guinea’s Independent National Electoral Commission, announced President Alpha Conde’s re-election victory late Saturday. Fofana said before the constitutional court’s final validation of the results, the electoral […]
The leader of last month’s short-lived coup in Burkina Faso has been charged with crimes including threatening state security and murder. Gen Gilbert Diendere is expected to face trial before a military tribunal. Interim President Michel Kafando was reinstated two weeks ago after intervention from the army and West African leaders. The presidential guards’ unit […]
Ayodele Afolabi, Abuja BALTIMORE, MD (AFRICAN EXAMINER) – The Speaker of the Parliament of the Economic Community of West African States, ECOWAS Parliament, Senator Ike Ekweremadu has commended the ECOWAS Authority of Heads of State and Government for ensuring the reinstatement of the interim President of Burkina Faso, Michel Kafando who was recently sacked […]
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 […]
