(AFRICAN EXAMINER) – At least 201 people died and 98 injured, in violence in West Darfur state in Sudan, an official working for the governor of the region said on Monday. The Norwegian Refugee Council (NRC) reported that tens of thousands of people have been displaced from their homes by the violence. It added that […]
(AFRICAN EXAMINER) – African Development Bank Group President Dr. Akinwumi Adesina has said Africa, which currently has lowest Gross Domestic Product (GDP) growth rates, had lost as many as 30 million jobs on account of the COVID-19 pandemic. Speaking about Africa’s priorities, as a guest at the Atlantic Council’s Africa Center on Friday, Dr. Adesina […]
(AFRICAN EXAMINER) – African Development Bank (AfDB) said the focus of its Annual General Meetings thus year, will be on the impact of climate change on Africa and the need for a just energy transition on the continent. The event which is the 57th Annual Meetings of the AfDB and the 48th Annual Meeting of […]
(AFRICAN EXAMINER) – Six soldiers were killed and 20 injured in simultaneous attacks targeting three army bases in central Mali Sunday, the army said. Targets in Sevare, Niono, and Bapho were all hit by “armed terrorist groups (who) used suicide vehicles packed with explosives”, the Malian army said in a statement. A group linked to […]
(AFRICAN EXAMINER) – The Sahel and West Africa Club (SWAC), the United Nations Economic Commission for Africa (ECA) and the African Development Bank (AfDB) will on Tuesday jointly launch the new report on Urbanisation dynamics in Africa. The 2022 edition of the report entitled, “Africa’s Urbanisation Dynamics: The Economic Power of Africa’s Cities” provides a […]
(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 […]
(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 […]
(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 […]
(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 […]
(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 […]
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 […]
(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 […]
(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 […]
(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 […]
(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 […]
(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 […]
(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 […]
(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 […]
(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 […]
(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 […]
