(AFRICAN EXAMINER) – The United States “strongly condemns” a militant attack on a bus in central Mali that killed at least 31 people and wounded 17, the State Department said on Sunday. Unidentified gunmen on Friday opened fire on the bus as it traveled from the village of Songho to a market in Bandiagara, 6 […]
(AFRICAN EXAMINER) – With many African countries struggling from the shackles of debt servicing amid the downward economic trend occasioned by COVID-19, a ‘New Deal’ worth 7.1 trillion dollars has been suggested as the only solution. This was the position of Mr Antonio Pedro, Deputy Executive Secretary, Economic Commission for Africa (ECA) at the ongoing […]
(AFRICAN EXAMINER) – Senegal’s transport unions went on open-ended strike Friday over alleged police harassment and illicit competition, paralysing the capital Dakar and other regions. Many people were unable to go to work or send their children to school in the capital without buses or taxis to take them, AFP journalists and witnesses said. Patients […]
(AFRICAN EXAMINER) – The African Union’s health watchdog on Thursday appealed for calm over Omicron, the new, heavily mutated Covid-19 variant which has prompted many governments to impose new restrictions. The new variant was first reported to the World Health Organization by South Africa a week ago and has quickly shown up across continents, deepening […]
(AFRICAN EXAMINER) – Human Immunodeficiency Virus (HIV) prevalence rate of infection in Somalia has been dropping over the last 14 years, the World Health Organisation (WHO) said on Wednesday. Citing periodic surveys conducted, the WHO warned that in spite of the general decline in HIV prevalence across Somalia, there were locations such as Garowe and […]
(AFRICAN EXAMINER) – Tanzanian tourism authorities has said that they were at the final preparations to start a process of introducing cable car on Mount Kilimanjaro, Africa’s highest mountain. Mary Masanja, the Deputy Minister for Natural Resources and Tourism, said the process to introduce the cable car was on the mountain is on track and […]
(AFRICAN EXAMINER) – The South African rand retreated early on Tuesday as caution lingered in markets after the discovery of a Coronavirus (COVID-19) variant that is spreading in the country and globally. At 0625 GMT, the rand traded at 16.2150 against the dollar, 0.46 per cent weaker than its previous close. On Friday the currency […]
(AFRICAN EXAMINER) – Botswana said on Monday that travel bans imposed against southern African countries over the presence of the new Omicron variant of COVID-19 hurt Botswana’s tourism sector. Minister of Environment, Natural Resources Conservation and Tourism, Philda Kereng, said the ban came just as the country prepared for its summer vacation season. “The restrictions […]
(AFRICAN EXAMINER) – Rwanda has temporarily suspended direct flights to southern African countries due to concerns over the new COVID-19 variant, Omicron. This was contained in cabinet communique issued by the office of the prime minister on Monday. The decision was taken after an extraordinary cabinet meeting on Rwanda’s response to the Omicron variant chaired […]
(AFRICAN EXAMINER) – Africa’s global bank, United Bank for Africa, through its UBA Foundation has been spreading joy across Africa for many years as they continue to give back to the underprivileged in the communities in which they operate. At the UBA Foundation gardens in Lagos where the bank is headquartered, a lights up ceremony […]
(AFRICAN EXAMINER) – The National President of Nigeria Society of Chemical Engineers (NSCh) has revealed that Dangote Oil Refining Company will be the highest employer of chemical engineers in the country when the refinery comes on stream. The Society’s National President, Engr. Saidu A. Muhammed, disclosed this during the NSCh’s visit/tour of the Dangote Refinery […]
(AFRICAN EXAMINER) – Mauritius will suspend all commercial passenger flights from South Africa from Nov. 28 due to the new coronavirus variant Omicron, its foreign affairs ministry said on Saturday. A ministry statement also said any passengers who have been physically present in South Africa, Namibia, Lesotho, Botswana, Eswatini, and Zimbabwe will be denied entry […]
(AFRICAN EXAMINER) – South Africa said on Saturday it was being punished for its advanced ability to detect new Coronavirus (COVID-19) variants early. South Africa’s Ministry of International Relations and Cooperation said this in a statement. The allegation is coming as travel bans and restrictions imposed because of the new Omicron variant threaten to harm […]
(AFRICAN EXAMINER) – Sudanese Prime Minister Abdalla Hamdok has dismissed the chief of police, Lieutenant-General Khaled Mahdi Ibrahim Al-Emam, and his deputy. Lt.-Gen. Anan Hamed Mohammed Omar was appointed as the new police chief and Maj.-Gen. Muddathir Abd al-Rahman Nasr al-Din as his deputy, Hamdok added in a post on Twitter. (Reuters/NAN) AFP
(AFRICAN EXAMINER) – The Nigerian Maritime Law Association (NMLA) on Saturday in Lagos expressed concerns about the killing of four alleged pirates in the Gulf of Guinea. The alleged pirates were reported to have been killed by the Danish Navy from their frigate, ESBERN SNARE, operating within the waters of the gulf. NMLA president Mrs […]
(AFRICAN EXAMINER) – A lawyer for Saif al-Islam Gaddafi, son of Libya’s late dictator, said armed men had prevented him from lodging an appeal against his client’s disqualification from next month’s presidential election. The development added to fears of turmoil around the election which is scheduled for Dec. 24. Disputes about issues including the eligibility […]
(AFRICAN EXAMINER) – Ethiopian Prime Minister Abiy Ahmed is on the frontline with the army fighting rebellious Tigrayan forces in the northeastern Afar region, state-affiliated Fana Broadcasting reported on Friday. Abiy was wearing military fatigues and speaking to the television station in the Afaan Oromo and Amharic languages, according to the broadcast. Reuters could not […]
(AFRICAN EXAMINER) – Thabo Mbeki, former president of South Africa, has stated that he and Abdulsalami Abubakar, former head of state of Nigeria, worked against a third term during the administration of former President Olusegun Obasanjo. Speaking virtually on Thursday at the Abdulsalami Alhaji Abubakar Festschrift Conference held in Abuja, Mbeki recounted his role alongside […]
(AFRICAN EXAMINER) – Tanzania said on Wednesday it would allow pregnant students and teenaged mothers to continue with their studies, reversing a heavily-criticised policy instituted by its late autocratic leader John Magufuli. In 2017, the East African country began expelling pregnant girls from state schools and banned them from returning to class after giving birth, […]
(AFRICAN EXAMINER) – Nigerian traders has condemned ECOWAS’ silence over border closure by the Ghanaian government thereby violating the policy on free movement in the region. Mr Chukwuemeka Nnaji, President of the Nigerian Union of Traders Association in Ghana (NUTAG), made the call in a telephone interview on Wednesday. Nnaji, who spoke against the backdrop […]
