Posted by Eric Ojo
Latest Headlines, News Around Africa, South Africa, Southern Africa
Friday, May 19th, 2023
(AFRICAN EXAMINER) – Education Cannot Wait (ECW) has announced a $4.1 million First Emergency Response Grant in Uganda, to enable the East African nation tackle the large influx of refugees. The new grant, which was delivered through the United Nations High Commissioner for Refugees (UNHCR) and Save the Children, brings ECW’s total funding in Uganda […]
Posted by Eric Ojo
Latest Headlines, News Around Africa
Thursday, May 18th, 2023
(AFRICAN EXAMINER) – Owner and founder of LiPay Consulting, LLC, Linda Peavy has launched a free grant writing training which is aimed at supporting black-owned businesses and non-profits. A native of Cleveland, Ohio, Peavy has pledged to offer free online grant training to 23,000 Black organizations. Her company has written grants and business development funding […]
Posted by African Examiner
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Thursday, May 18th, 2023
(AFRICAN EXAMINER) – Ghana utility regulator on Wednesday said the average end-user tariff for electricity has been increased by 18.36% for the second quarter of 2023. According to the regulator, Ghana had previously added almost 30% tariff in the first quarter. The West African country is grappling with soaring inflation, debt, and a depreciating currency […]
Posted by Eric Ojo
African News, Featured, Latest Headlines, News Around Africa
Wednesday, May 17th, 2023
(AFRICAN DXAMINER) – The European Investment Bank (EIB) and the United Nations (UN) International Fund for Agricultural Development (IFAD) have signed two agreements to further strengthen their cooperation in low- and middle-income countries worldwide, with a particular focus on Africa. EIB is the long-term lending institution of the European Union (EU), owned by its Member […]
Posted by African Examiner
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Monday, May 8th, 2023
(AFRICAN EXAMINER) -President of the Prussian Cultural Heritage Foundation, Hermann Parzinger has said that there are to no conditions attached to the Benin Bronzes that were returned to Nigeria from Germany. The Prussian Cultural Heritage Foundation is a German federal government body that oversees 27 museums and cultural organizations in and around Berlin, the German […]
Posted by Daniel Jones
Latest Headlines, News Around Africa, Southern Africa
Thursday, May 4th, 2023
(AFRICAN EXAMINER) – Former Zimbabwe Vice-President Phelekezela Mphoko’s son, Siqokoqela has been jailed for an effective 20 years for raping his niece on three occasions and threatening her with death. Bulawayo Regional magistrate Elijah Singano said the juvenile’s rights were violated. Mphoko (44) had been on $50 000 bail granted last year as he denied […]
Posted by Eric Ojo
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Thursday, May 4th, 2023
(AFRICAN EXAMINER) – Centre for Human Rights, University of Pretoria in South Africa, has urged African States to facilitate the rights to freedom of expression and access to information online and offline. The Centre said governments across the continent can achieve this by creating an environment that promotes the free flow of information with independent, […]
Posted by Nwa Diokpa
Latest Headlines, News Across Nigeria, News Around Africa, Southern Africa
Wednesday, May 3rd, 2023
(AFRICAN EXAMINER) – Uganda’s Minister of State for Labour, Employment and Industrial Relations, Col Charles Okello Engola (retd) was allegedly killed by his bodyguard. According to available information, Engola, who was the Deputy Minister for Gender and Labour, was shot dead on Tuesday, May 2 in his home in a Kampala suburb. Fred Enaga, Police […]
Posted by Samson Kankan
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Tuesday, May 2nd, 2023
(AFRICAN EXAMINER) – Leaders of the Sudanese army and the rival paramilitary Rapid Support Forces (RSF) agreed to a seven-day ceasefire from May 4 to 11, according to a statement issued by the South Sudan Foreign Ministry on Tuesday. The statement comes days after the president of South Sudan, Salva Kiir, began mediating between the […]
Posted by Daniel Jones
Latest Headlines, News Around Africa, Southern Africa
Friday, April 28th, 2023
(AFRICAN EXAMINER) – The Zimbabwean Government has started repatriating Zimbabweans that have been caught up in the Sudanese armed conflict which has resulted in the death of over 400 civilians and maimed 3 551 others. Zimbabwe has dozens of its citizens resident in Sudan and many have indicated their desire to return home. There is […]
Posted by Daniel Jones
Latest Headlines, News Around Africa, Southern Africa
Friday, April 28th, 2023
(AFRICAN EXAMINER) – One of Africa’s modern monarchs, King Mswati III of the Kingdom of ESwatini on Friday officially opened the 63rd edition of Zimbabwe’s annual prime trade exhibition, the Zimbabwe International Trade Fair for the second time in his reign after officiating at the expo when he was 27 years old in 1995. The […]
Posted by Daniel Jones
Latest Headlines, News Around Africa, South Africa, Southern Africa
Thursday, April 27th, 2023
(AFRICAN EXAMINER) – It was a historic moment for the resort city of Victoria Falls in Zimbabwe when five heads of state gathered for the official opening of the 6th Transform Africa Summit on Wednesday. This is the first time the summit has been held outside Rwanda which is home to Smart Africa Alliance that […]
Posted by Nwa Diokpa
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Sunday, April 23rd, 2023
(AFRICAN EXAMINER) – Kenya police have dug out twenty-one bodies in Malindi, a coastal town in the southeastern part of the country. According to the BBC, 15 members of the Good News International Church were rescued from their shallow graves in the Shakahola forest. The African Examiner writes that Kenya Broadcasting Station (KBC) had reported […]
Posted by African Examiner
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Sunday, April 23rd, 2023
(AFRICAN EXAMINER) – Discussions of a ceasefire in Sudan raised hopes on Saturday that foreign nationals stranded in the country amid heavy fighting between rival military groups could soon be evacuated. Sudan’s de facto president and commander-in-chief of the army, Abdel Fattah al-Burhan, said he has agreed to facilitate the evacuation of foreign civilians and […]
Posted by Eric Ojo
Africa, Latest Headlines, News Around Africa
Tuesday, April 18th, 2023
(AFRICAN EXAMINER) – Climate Investment Funds (CIF), a premier multilateral climate finance mechanism at the forefront of climate action in developing countries, has promised to continue to mobilize resources to support African countries. Established at the request of G8 and G20 countries in 2008 as one of the largest fast-tracked climate financing instruments globally, CIF […]
Posted by African Examiner
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Monday, April 17th, 2023
(AFRICAN EXAMINER) – At least 32 defence volunteers and 10 soldiers have died in suspected jihadist attacks in insurgency-hit northern Burkina Faso, officials said on Sunday. A detachment of soldiers and the civilian volunteers “was the target of an attack by unidentified armed men on Saturday… at about 4:00 pm,” near Aorema village, the Ouahigouya […]
Posted by Samson Kankan
Latest Headlines, News Around Africa
Thursday, April 13th, 2023
(AFRICAN EXAMINER) – The International Organisation for Migration (IOM) says no fewer than 400 migrants died between January and March 2023 while attempting to cross the Central Mediterranean. The Central Mediterranean route – stretching overseas from North Africa to Italy and, to a lesser degree, Malta – is the world’s most dangerous maritime crossing. IOM, […]
Posted by Eric Ojo
Latest Headlines, News Around Africa
Thursday, April 13th, 2023
(AFRICAN EXAMINER) – Paradigm Initiative (PIN), a leading Pan-African Digital Rights and Inclusion organization has urged stakeholders to contribute towards efforts aimed at ensuring Internet accessibility, particularly in Africa. Executive Director of Paradigm Initiative, Mr. ‘Gbenga Sesan gave the charge at the 10th edition of the Digital Rights and Inclusion Forum (DRIF23), which kicked off […]
Posted by Eric Ojo
Latest Headlines, News Around Africa
Thursday, April 13th, 2023
AFRICAN EXAMINER) -The African Development Bank (AfDB) Group urged the Burundian government to pursue reforms in the fertilizer sector of its economy. President of AfDB Group, Dr. Akinwumi Adesina gave the charge when he met with the Burundian officials at the bank’s headquarters in Abidjan. Dr. Adesina, who was accompanied by some top officials of […]
Posted by Eric Ojo
African News, Featured, Latest Headlines, News Around Africa
Sunday, April 9th, 2023
(AFRICAN EXAMINER) – President of African Development Bank (AfDB) Group, Dr. Akinwumi Adesina has said that the bank has successfully mobilized over $2 billion to finance its water pillar projects in Africa. Dr. Adesina disclosed this during his visit to Egypt where was warmly received by the Egyptian leader Abdel Fattah El-Sisi. He was in […]
