(AFRICAN EXAMINER) – Minister in the Presidency Mondli Gungubele on Thursday said South Africa will host the BRICS Summit in Gauteng Province on Aug. 22-24. Gungubele said this while briefing the media about the cabinet meeting on Wednesday. According to the minister, this year’s summit will be held under the theme: “BRICS and Africa: Partnership […]
(AFRICAN EXAMINER) – A top UN human rights official, Ms Ilze Kehris, has called on authorities in the Democratic Republic of the Congo (DRC) to redouble efforts at promoting intercommunal trust amid series of deadly attacks targeting civilians. Kehris, the UN Assistant Secretary-General for Human Rights, made the call after concluding a 10-day visit to […]
(AFRICAN EXAMINER) – Some opposition candidates in Democratic Republic of Congo have raised the alarm over delays and alleged irregularities in a voter registration drive that they say is being conducted to their disadvantage ahead of a general election in December. Over 50 million Congolese voters are meant to be registered by March 17, but […]
(AFRICAN EXAMINER) – European Union (EU) has reaffirmed its commitment to supporting the implementation of socio-economic reforms in Tunisia in order to enable the north African nation, achieve its targets. The EU said Tunisia is undergoing a delicate transitional phase and grappling with difficult political and economic challenges. EU High Representative for Foreign Affairs and […]
(AFRICAN EXAMINER) – The SOS Coalition and Media Monitoring Africa (MMA) have called for urgent appointment of the Board of Directors for the South African Broadcasting Corporation (SABC) in the interest of the public. This is coming at the heels of growing concerns over SABC, South Africa’s public broadcaster, which continues to operate with a […]
(AFRICAN EXAMINER) – Ireland and Austria have donated €3 million to Africa Climate Change Fund (ACCF) to support the work of the Fund. The two countries joined the Fund in late 2022, bringing its current donors to seven. The other donors are the Government of Italy; the Government of Flanders (Belgium); the Government of Quebec […]
(AFRICAN EXAMINER) – Education Cannot Wait (ECW), the United Nations global fund for education in emergencies and protracted crises, has announced its new innovative, children-led campaign aimed at galvanizing global support for education. ECW supports quality education outcomes for refugee, internally displaced and other crisis-affected girls and boys, so no one is left behind. It […]
(AFRICAN EXAMINER) – The Sustainable Energy Fund for Africa (SEFA) of the African Development Bank (AfDB) Group, said it is providing $1 million to support private investment in sustainable transport in seven African countries. SEFA is a multi-donor Special Fund that provides catalytic finance to unlock private sector investments in renewable energy and energy efficiency. […]
(AFRICAN EXAMINER) – Prime Minister of Senegal, Amadou Ba has harped on the need for Africa to stop depending on other developed nations of the world, particularly in the aspect of food security. The minister made the observation on Friday in his closing remarks at the Dakar 2 Africa Food Summit in Diamniadio, east of […]
(AFRICAN EXAMINER) – No fewer than 11 doctorate-level scientists from Africa are currently being trained on cutting-edge technology to adapt agriculture to climate change. Climate change is making it harder to grow enough nutritious food, but this first-of-its-kind course is aimed at harnessing a result-oriented breeding tool to adapt agriculture to new threats. The training […]
(AFRICAN EXAMINER) – The Water Project, a Non-Governmental Organization (NGO), based in the United States of America (USA), has reaffirmed its commitment to building sustainable water projects aimed at bringing clean, safe, and reliable water to the communities of Vihiga County in Western Kenya. The non-profit organization, which has a regional headquarters in Kakamega, Kenya, […]
(AFRICAN EXAMINER) – The Cameroonian police have arrested an unidentified woman whose child passed away after she allegedly gave the baby tramadol so that she could go clubbing with her friends. The African Examiner writes that an Instagram user, who uploaded the story with pictures of the lady and the dead baby, stated that the […]
(AFRICAN EXAMINER) – The Vice President of Gambia, Badara Joof is dead. President Adama Barrow, announced this in a tweet saying that the Gambia number two man died in India. “Fellow #Gambians, it is with a heavy heart that I announce the passing away of my #VicePresident, His Excellency, Badara Alieu Joof. The sad event […]
(AFRICAN EXAMINER) – The President of the Economic Community of West African States Commission, Dr. Omar Touray, has accredited six new ambassadors to the organisation. Touray named the new ambassadors on Monday during the ECOWAS Commission Headquarters in Abuja, according to a statement posted on the commission’s website. The accredited envoys are; Ambassador of Sweden […]
(AFRICAN EXAMINER) – A Turkish Airlines plane destined for Istanbul, Turkey had to return to Uganda’s Entebbe International Airport on Tuesday morning after it struck a group of birds during take-off. The Uganda Civil Aviation Authority (UCAA), the country’s air transport regulator said the plane hovered in the Ugandan airspace for more than an hour. […]
(AFRICAN EXAMINER) – Local media on Friday reported that Kenyan police have discovered the body of a prominent LGBTQ rights campaigner stuffed inside a metal box in the west of the country. Police sources said that motorbike taxi riders alerted the police after they saw the box dumped by the roadside from a vehicle with […]
(AFRICAN EXAMINER) – The UN team in Zambia has described the decision by the country to abolish death penalty as “a historic milestone’, commending the move by the Zambian Government. The UN team, in a statement on Friday, noted that the move to abolish death penalty followed advocacy efforts by humanitarian and development partners. According […]
(AFRICAN EXAMINER) – The Government of Gambia has arrested five soldiers over an alleged coup plot, the government said. The arrests made between Wednesday and Thursday followed intelligence reports received by the government that some soldiers of the Gambian army were plotting to overthrow the democratically elected government of President Adama Barrow. A statement from […]
(AFRICAN EXAMINER) – Cyril Ramaphosa has been re-elected as the President of South Africa under the platform of the African National Congress. This was reported by AriseTV on Monday. Ramaphosa defeated his closest rival, a former health minister, Zweli Mkhize with 2,476 votes. African Examiner writes that Ramaphosa’s re-election is coming after the opposition tasked […]
(AFRICAN EXAMINER) – African Development Fund (ADF), the concessional window of the African Development Bank (AfDB) Group, has approved grants worth $20.56 million to finance the fourth expansion of Banjul Port in The Gambia. The funding comprises an ADF grant of $13.71 million and another $6.85 million grant from the Transition Support Facility window. The […]
