(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 […]
(AFRICAN EXAMINER) – The Anchor University, Lagos, Nigeria and the Africa Heritage Foundation, Atlanta, USA have agreed to build a multipurpose Africa Heritage Center in Lagos. This agreement was contained in a memorandum of understanding signed by the Vice Chancellor of the Anchor University, Prof. Samuel Oyebandele and the President of the Africa Heritage Foundation, […]
(AFRICAN EXAMINER) – Education Cannot Wait (ECW), the United Nations (UN) global fund for education in emergencies and protracted crises, has reiterated the need to make inclusive quality education accessible to children and adolescent in order to empower them. Director of ECW, Yasmine Sherif made the observation in a statement issued to mark this year’s […]
(AFRICAN EXAMINER) – Prime Minister of Mauritius, Pravind Kumar Jugnauth has harped on need to support climate-smart development in Africa. This year’s edition of the African Economic Conference (AEC) opened today in Balaclava, the capital city of the island nation of Mauritius with a strong call for Africa to adopt smart technologies to tackle what […]
(AFRICAN EXAMINER) – Education Cannot Wait (ECW), the United Nations (UN) global fund for education in emergencies and protracted crises, has announced a fast-acting $2 million grant to ameliorate the impact of crisis and climate change-related flooding in Sudan. The 12-month grant is aimed at providing access to safe learning environments for children and adolescents […]
(AFRICAN EXAMINER) – Education Cannot Wait (ECW), the United Nations (UN) global fund for education in emergencies and protracted crises and the Norwegian Government have jointly expressed worries over the increasing number of children that have been pushed out of the educational system in Ethiopia due the severe drought, conflict and forced displacement. Representatives of […]
(AFRICAN EXAMINER) – Water is critical to avert a climate disaster, a new landmark report which was presented at the recently concluded 27th United Nations Climate Change Conference (COP27) in Egypt, has warned. The report which was facilitated by the Stockholm International Water Institute (SIWI) is the first-ever summary climate of freshwater’s role in climate […]
(AFRICAN EXAMINER) – The Africa Climate Change Fund (ACCF) Secretariat has launched a scheme to support mechanisms for climate adaptation finance for women entrepreneurs and youth. The scheme, “YouthADAPT: Empowering Women and Youth for Entrepreneurship and Job Creation in Climate Adaptation and Resilience”, will develop innovative, transformative climate-resilient bankable projects aligned with African countries’ Nationally […]
(AFRICAN EXAMINER) – Nigeria’s President Mohammadu Buhari has harped on the need for Africa to take advantage of its large youth population to further enhance socio-economic development in the continent. President Buhari made the observation while speaking at the African Union Extraordinary Summit on Industrialization, Economic Diversification, and the African Continental Free Trade Area (AfCFTA) […]
(AFRICAN EXAMINER) – At least 14 people Sunday died from a landslide that occurred during a funeral ceremony in Yaoundé, Cameroon. Al Jazeera reported that the number of confirmed death was given by the regional governor, Naseri Bea, as rescuers continue to search for dozens of others who remain missing. Mr Bea described the area […]
(AFRICAN EXAMINER) – European Union (EU) Commission and the Commission of the African Union (AU) will hold the 11th Commission-to-Commission (C2C) meeting on Monday in Brussels to strengthen the partnership between the continents. The meeting is coming after the EU-AU summit in February this year. The two continents aim to demonstrate and share with the […]
(AFRICAN EXAMINER) – North Africa remains the most advanced region in industrial development in Africa, according to a new report from the African Development Bank (AfDB), the African Union (AU) and the United Nations Industrial Development Organization (UNIDO). The inaugural edition of the report which was jointly launched by AfDB, AU and UNIDO on the […]
(AFRICAN EXAMINER) – Zuma, a prominent figure in the fight against apartheid, became president in 2009 and was forced to step down in disgrace by the ANC in 2018 following mounting corruption allegations. But he remains a revered figure among grassroots members of the ruling African National Congress, who perceive him as a defender of […]
(AFRICAN EXAMINER) – Education Cannot Wait (ECW), the United Nations (UN) global fund for education in emergencies and protracted crises, has announced a $5 million First Emergency Response grant to tackle drought in Somalia. The grant which brings ECW’s total investments in Somalia to $33 million to date, is aimed at addressing the devastating ongoing […]
(AFRICAN EXAMINER) – The UN human rights chief Volker Türk says a steep rise in civilian casualties across Somalia, largely at the hands of Al-Shabaab militants, has exacerbated an already grim human rights and humanitarian situation there. According to latest UN figures, at least 613 civilians have been killed and 948 injured so far this […]
(AFRICAN EXAMINER) – African Development Fund (ADF), the concessional lending arm of the African Development Bank (AfDB) Group, has approved a $6.63 million grant to the Common Market for Eastern and Southern Africa (COMESA) to develop the pharmaceutical sector in the sub-region. The project, which will be implemented over three years (2023-2025), is institutional support […]
