Posted by Samson Kankan
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Saturday, April 8th, 2023
(AFRICAN EXAMINER) – Cameroonian foreign minister, Lejeune Mbella, on Friday said that all applications for entry visas to Cameroon will be done online as from April 30. According to the minister, applications would be carried out “exclusively” through a dedicated website, www.evisacam.cm, after which an online visa authorization will be issued to the applicant. The […]
Posted by African Examiner
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Tuesday, April 4th, 2023
(AFRICAN EXAMINER) – World Health Organisation (WHO) has called on countries to address inequities in care and protect the workers, many of whom are burnt out from the COVID-19 pandemic. WHO made the call in a statement on Monday ahead of its 75th anniversary on Friday. The world has witnessed extraordinary health gains since the […]
Posted by Eric Ojo
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Monday, April 3rd, 2023
(AFRICAN EXAMINER) – King Letsie III of Lesotho has urged African leaders to translate commitments into action in order to achieve nutrition targets in Africa. Africa, the continent with the highest percentage of stunted children in the world, has struggled to make inroads into combating malnutrition. Despite regional and national efforts to address malnutrition, almost […]
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Saturday, April 1st, 2023
(AFRICAN EXAMINER) – Fourteen miners were missing and feared dead in Burundi on Saturday after flash floods swept into a pit where they were searching for gold. Heavy rain in the Mabayi commune in northwest Burundi on Friday sent torrents of water from a swollen river gushing into a pit mine were they were digging, […]
Posted by Eric Ojo
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Saturday, April 1st, 2023
(AFRICAN EXAMINER) – African Development Bank (AfDB) has harped on the integral role of young people in Africa’s sustainable development trajectory. AfDB’s Vice President for Power, Energy, and Climate & Green Growth, Dr. Kevin Kariuki made the observation in his opening remarks at an event organized on the side-lines of the recent 3rd Gobeshona Global […]
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Thursday, March 30th, 2023
(AFRICAN EXAMINER) – The Federal Government and the International Organisation for Migration (IOM) on Wednesday evacuated 128 more Nigerian migrants living illegally in Libya to Nigeria under its voluntary evacuation exercise. The stranded Nigerians, who were evacuated from the Libyan capital, Tripoli, are expected to arrive the Murtala Mohammed International Airport, Lagos on Wednesday evening. […]
Posted by Eric Ojo
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Wednesday, March 29th, 2023
(AFRICAN EXAMINER) – Finding Diana, a film produced by Paradigm Initiative (PIN), has won the Best Human Rights Film Award at this year’s Berlin Shorts Award. The international recognition comes five months after the movie was premiered, and after securing more than 175,000 views on the organisation’s YouTube Channel, ParadigmHQ. PIN works to connect underserved young […]
Posted by Eric Ojo
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Tuesday, March 28th, 2023
(AFRICAN EXAMINER) –African Development Bank (AfDB) has approved a grant of $28.49 million to enhance the attainment of Ghana’s universal electrification goal. The grant is to enable the West African nation to construct renewable energy infrastructure that will increase its renewable energy use by 10 percent through 2030. The financing, which will come from the […]
Posted by African Examiner
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Tuesday, March 21st, 2023
(AFRICAN EXAMINER) – More than 3.4 million children across Ethiopia are out of school, the United Nations Office for the Coordination of Humanitarian Affairs (UNOCHA) said in a report. The UNOCHA Ethiopia Situation Report released on Monday, said more than 3.4 million children including 1.7 million girls have no access to school due to conflict […]
Posted by Nwa Diokpa
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Tuesday, March 21st, 2023
(AFRICAN EXAMINER) – A university student in Kenya was killed and six police officers injured in protests against President William Ruto’s government over high living costs, police said. Protesters took to the streets of the capital, Nairobi, and several other cities in response to a call for demonstrations by opposition leader Raila Odinga. Police fired […]
Posted by African Examiner
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Saturday, March 18th, 2023
World Health Organisation (WHO) says health authorities in Burundi have detected eight samples of polio, officially declaring the landlocked African nation’s first outbreak in more than 30 years. Heath authorities said there was a confirmed case in an unvaccinated four-year-old child in Isale district, in western Burundi, as well as two other children with whom […]
Posted by Eric Ojo
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Friday, March 17th, 2023
(AFRICAN EXAMINER) – Nigeria’s Vice President, Prof. Yemi Osinbajo has reiterated the importance of a coordinated approach to innovation across Africa. Prof. Osinbajo made the observation while speaking at launching ceremony of the Investment in Digital and Creative Enterprises (iDICE) programme in Abuja. He noted that gvernment must provide more support for start-ups and small […]
Posted by African Examiner
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Thursday, March 16th, 2023
(AFRICAN EXAMINER) – The death toll from Cyclone Freddy in southern Malawi reached 225 as of Wednesday, up from 190 as reported in the previous update. Commissioner for the Department of Disaster Management Affairs (DoDMA) Charles Kalemba announced that 707 people have been injured and 41 people are reported missing. The affected areas include 12 […]
Posted by Nwa Diokpa
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Wednesday, March 15th, 2023
(AFRICAN EXAMINER) – The Ghana National Petroleum Authority (NPA) has stated that the country has implemented regulatory measures, including the removal of fuel subsidies, to make sure of stability across its downstream sector. Abdul Hamid, chief executive officer (CEO) of NPA, made this known in a presentation at the ongoing Africa Refiners and Distributors (ARDA) […]
Posted by African Examiner
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Wednesday, March 15th, 2023
(AFRICAN EXAMINER) – Prosecutors have sought nine-year prison terms for two Liberian government officials charged with raping two South Korean teenage girls while visiting the port city of Busan to attend an international event. Sources said this on Tuesday. The two in their 50s and 30s, respectively, were charged with enticing two female middle school […]
Posted by Eric Ojo
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Monday, March 13th, 2023
(AFRICAN EXAMINER) – Education Cannot Wait (ECW) has announced a new fast-acting $2 million First Emergency Response Grant for Chad to ameliorate the impact of the massive floods that swept across the country recently. This is coming as a response to floods that destroyed and damaged schools as well as impacted 1.5 million people in […]
Posted by Samson Kankan
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Monday, March 13th, 2023
(AFRICAN EXAMINER) – Cyclone Freddy, packing powerful winds and torrential rain, killed more than 100 people in Malawi and Mozambique on its return to southern Africa’s mainland, authorities said Monday. Freddy, on track, to become the longest-lasting storm on record, barrelled through southern Africa at the weekend for the second time within a few weeks, […]
Posted by Eric Ojo
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Sunday, March 12th, 2023
(AFRICAN EXAMINER) – Leaders from the water sector, development partners and government ministries have reiterated the need for closer coordination among government, development partners and industry to mobilize financing to strengthen the water sector in Africa. This observation was made in a In a communique issued at the end of the 21st International Congress and […]
Posted by African Examiner
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Saturday, March 11th, 2023
(AFRICAN EXAMINER) – The World Health Organization (WHO) has described Malawi’s cholera outbreak as the largest in Africa. This came up as the country has so far contributed nearly 40 per cent of total cases recorded in 12 countries across the continent. WHO Regional Health Security Advisor, Ambrose Talisuna said this during his presentation in […]
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Thursday, March 9th, 2023
(AFRICAN EXAMINER) – At least 110 terrorists were killed in Burkina Faso within a few days as the government targeted rebel groups in the north and the south of the West African country with airstrikes. An army spokesperson confirmed the offensive without saying how many people have been killed so far. In the north of […]
