Posted by Nwa Diokpa
African News, East/Central Africa, Latest Headlines, News Around Africa
Friday, April 22nd, 2022
(AFRICAN EXAMINER) – Mwai Kibaki, who served as Kenya’s third president from 2003 to 2013, has died aged 90, President Uhuru Kenyatta said on Friday. Kibaki is credited with reviving Kenya’s then ailing economy, but his tenure was marred by deadly violence that erupted following his disputed re-election in December 2007. Kenyatta ordered a mourning […]
Posted by African Examiner
African News, Latest Headlines, News Around Africa, Southern Africa
Friday, April 22nd, 2022
(AFRICAN EXAMINER) – UN Peacekeeping chief, Jean-Pierre Lacroix, has raised concern about “trust deficit” between the two main communities in the disputed Abyei region between Sudan and South Sudan. Lacroix told the Security Council on Thursday at UN headquarters, New York that trust between the two communities had continued to be a great concern. The […]
Posted by Eric Ojo
African News, Latest Headlines, News From The State
Friday, April 22nd, 2022
(AFRICAN EXAMINER) – Things are looking up for women farmers in Women Farmers in Cote d’Ivoire as the newly launched digital platform in the West African nation, is aimed at helping them gain more access to the markets. The platform is part of a United Nations (UN) Women project in Cote d’Ivoire to strengthen women’s […]
Posted by Eric Ojo
African News, East/Central Africa, Latest Headlines
Thursday, April 21st, 2022
(AFRICAN EXAMINER) – Kenyan President, Uhuru Kenyatta has expressed his excitement over the forthcoming 9th edition of the Africities Summit holding from May 17 to 21 in Kisumu, Kenya. Organized every 3 years over a 5-day period, alternately in the different regions of Africa, the Africities Summit is the largest democratic gathering organized on the […]
Posted by African Examiner
African News, Latest Headlines, News Around Africa, Southern Africa
Thursday, April 21st, 2022
(AFRICAN EXAMINER) – Many Sudanese social media users have reacted angrily to a video that emerged of deposed President Omar al-Bashir walking around a hospital ward. Al Bashir was admitted to the hospital on the grounds that he was too ill for prison, although some voiced support for the ex-general. Bashir, deposed just over three […]
Posted by Eric Ojo
African News, Latest Headlines, News Around Africa
Thursday, April 21st, 2022
Agriculture and transport sectors of the Ghanaian economy is currently enjoying remarkable improvement, courtesy of the 2019-2023 Strategy for Ghana initiative which is driven by the African Development Bank (AfDB). Mid-term results for the AfDB’s Country Strategy Paper for Ghana 2019-2023 clearly indicate that both sectors have recorded significant progress and growth so far. The […]
Posted by African Examiner
African News, Latest Headlines, News Around Africa, Southern Africa
Wednesday, April 20th, 2022
(AFRICAN EXAMINER) – Uganda’s air transport regulator on Wednesday reported that a RwandAir plane veered off the runway at Uganda’s Entebbe International Airport but all passengers were safe. Uganda Civil Aviation Authority (UCAA) said in a statement that the aircraft, numbered 464, skidded off the runway on landing due to bad weather. “All the passengers […]
Posted by African Examiner
African News, Latest Headlines, South Africa
Wednesday, April 20th, 2022
(AFRICAN EXAMINER) – At least 10,000 South African soldiers are expected in the coastal region of KwaZulu-Natal on Wednesday, to help clean up after a major storm that has claimed at least 448 lives. Dozens remain missing as President Cyril Ramaphosa declared a national emergency in the storm’s wake. According to officials, about 40,000 people […]
Posted by African Examiner
African News, Latest Headlines, News Around Africa
Wednesday, April 20th, 2022
(AFRICAN EXAMINER) – Kenya’s Ministry of Health on Wednesday said that it had intensified a campaign toward the elimination of the malaria epidemic by the year 2030. Mutahi Kagwe, cabinet secretary in the Ministry of Health, said that in the last decade, the east African nation had reduced the burden of malaria by 50 per […]
Posted by Eric Ojo
African News, Latest Headlines, News Around Africa
Tuesday, April 19th, 2022
(AFRICAN EXAMINER) – African Development Bank (AfDB) has approved an equity investment of €9.8 million to support venture capital investments in African start-ups, from seed to growth stages The Bank’s investment which is aimed at driving technologies in the wake of COVID-19, is expected to accelerate the creation of a new class of successful African […]
Posted by Eric Ojo
African News, Latest Headlines, News Across Nigeria
Tuesday, April 19th, 2022
(AFRICAN EXAMINER) – Nigeria’s Minister of Mines and Steel Development, Olamilekan Adegbite has said that the West African nation is currently looking towards exporting barite to some African countries. Barite is a non-metallic mineral which is simply barium sulfate (BaSQ4) and is largely used by the oil and gas industry as a weighting agent in […]
Posted by African Examiner
African News, Latest Headlines, South Africa
Tuesday, April 19th, 2022
(AFRICAN EXAMINER) – South African President Cyril Ramaphosa on Monday declared a national state of disaster over the deadly floods on the east coast, warning that rebuilding even basic services would take time. “This is a humanitarian disaster that calls for a massive and urgent relief effort. “The lives, health and wellbeing of thousands of […]
Posted by African Examiner
African News, Latest Headlines, News Across Nigeria, News Around Africa
Tuesday, April 19th, 2022
(AFRICAN EXAMINER) – Nigeria and Mauritius have retained their seats to serve for another four years in the UN Committee on Economic, Social and Cultural Rights (CESCR) from 2023 to 2026. The UN correspondent of the News Agency of Nigeria (NAN) reports that the candidates from the two countries are re-elected to occupy the two […]
Posted by Eric Ojo
African News, Latest Headlines, News Around Africa
Saturday, April 16th, 2022
(AFRICAN EXAMINER) – African Development Bank (AfDB) has approved the establishment of a €4 million Africa Circular Economy Facility (ACEF) to strengthen efforts aimed at achieving nationally defined contribution (NDC) targets across the continent. The Facility, a multi-donor trust fund, will drive integration of the circular economy into African efforts to achieve NDC targets. It […]
Posted by Eric Ojo
African News, Latest Headlines, News Around Africa
Saturday, April 16th, 2022
(AFRICAN EXAMINER) – The German government called on countries around the world to help keep people in parts of Africa from going hungry as a result of rapidly rising food prices and climate change. German Foreign Minister Annalena Baerbock gave the charge during a visit to the Ouallam refugee camp in Niger Republic. A former […]
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African News, Latest Headlines, News Around Africa
Thursday, April 14th, 2022
(AFRICAN EXAMINER) – President Alassane Ouattara on Wednesdays said that Ivorian Prime Minister, Patrick Achi, has tendered his resignation and that of his government. Speaking at the opening of outgoing Prime Minister Patrick Achi’s last cabinet meeting, Ouattara stated that he had accepted the government’s resignation and would “from next week appoint a new prime […]
Posted by Nwa Diokpa
African News, Latest Headlines, News From The State
Thursday, April 14th, 2022
(AFRICAN EXAMINER) – The number of coronavirus infections in Africa has been dwindling in the last four months, the World Health Organisation announced on Thursday. According to the report, the number of COVID-19 cases registered each week had steadily declined over the past 16 weeks, while the number of deaths drastically reduced in the last […]
Posted by Eric Ojo
African News, Latest Headlines, News Across Nigeria, News Around Africa
Tuesday, April 12th, 2022
(AFRICAN EXAMINER) – North-East Development Commission (NEDC) has decried the impact of Boko Haram insurgency, saying that it has affected over 23 million people in Cameroon, Chad, Niger and Nigeria. Managing Director and Chief Executive Officer (CEO) of NEDC, Mohammed Alkali said the insurgency alone has gravely affected people in these four countries surrounding the […]
Posted by Eric Ojo
African News, Latest Headlines, News Around Africa
Tuesday, April 12th, 2022
(AFRICAN EXAMINER) – African Development Bank (AfDB) and African Union (AU) have signed protocol of agreement for the execution of AU Institution capacity building project. The new agreement was signed in Addis Ababa on Monday by the Deputy Chairperson of AU Commission, Monique Nsanzabaganwa and the AfDB Development Bank Group’s Acting Vice President for Regional […]
Posted by Eric Ojo
African News, Europe, Latest Headlines, News Around Africa
Tuesday, April 12th, 2022
(AFRICAN EXAMINER) – The German Government has reiterated its commitment to continue supporting the fight against terrorism in the Sahel region of Africa. German Defence Minister, Christine Lambrecht gave the assurance during her recent visit to West African country of Niger. Germany is part of the European Union Capacity Building Mission in Niger, which helps […]
