Posted by Eric Ojo
African News, Latest Headlines, News Around Africa
Monday, July 4th, 2022
(AFRICAN EXAMINER) – A renowned Public Relations Strategist, Dr. Walter Duru has urged public institutions across Africa to evolve plans for rumour management as part of their overall communication strategy. Duru, an Assistant Professor of Communications and Multimedia Design, gave the charge while contributing to a discourse on communications and citizens engagement during the just […]
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African News, Latest Headlines, News Around Africa, Southern Africa
Sunday, July 3rd, 2022
(AFRICAN EXAMINER) – UN human rights chief Michelle Bachelet on Saturday, expressed alarm over the killing of at least nine protesters by security forces in Sudan, including a 15-year-old child. The Central Committee of Sudanese Doctors (CCSD) said the nine protesters were killed in the course of the Thursday Marches of the Millions in the […]
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Saturday, July 2nd, 2022
(AFRICAN EXAMINER) – Nigeria and Portugal on Friday in Lisbon signed several Memoranda of Understanding (MOU) for cooperation in different sectors. Malam Garba Shehu, the President’s spokesman in a statement, said the signing ceremony was done by cabinet level officials from the two countries as part of President Muhammadu Buhari’s State Visit to the European […]
Posted by Eric Ojo
African News, Latest Headlines, News Around Africa, U.S./Canada
Friday, July 1st, 2022
(AFRICAN EXAMINER) – The United States Government has pledged its support for the African Development Bank (AfDB) initiative which is aimed at increasing food production in Africa to avert the looming food crisis caused by the Russia-Ukraine war. The Bank Group’s $1.5 billion African Emergency Food Production Facility, approved by its Board of Directors in […]
Posted by Eric Ojo
African News, Latest Headlines, News Around Africa
Thursday, June 30th, 2022
(AFRICAN EXAMINER) – The UN Department for Economic and Social Affairs (DESA) has said the world the world loses ten million hectares of forest every year, which is roughly the size of Iceland, the European island nation. Chief, Sustainable Development (SDG) Monitoring Section, Statistics Division of DESA, Yongyi Min made this observation while speaking at […]
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African News, Latest Headlines, News Around Africa
Wednesday, June 29th, 2022
(AFRICAN EXAMINER) – African Development Fund (ADF), the concessional window of the African Development Bank (AfDB) Group has approved a technical assistance grant of $2 million to fund research that will contribute to electricity reforms in the Economic Community of West African States (ECOWAS). Established on 28 May 1975 via the Treaty of Lagos, ECOWAS […]
Posted by Eric Ojo
African News, Latest Headlines, News Around Africa, Southern Africa
Tuesday, June 28th, 2022
(AFRICAN EXAMINER) – The Tanzanian government have signed a $125.2 million loan agreement with the African Development Bank (AfDB) for the implementation of a project that will help address water shortages in three districts in the country’s Dodoma region. The Dodoma Resilient and Sustainable Water Development and Sanitation Program (Phase I) will benefit more than […]
Posted by Eric Ojo
African News, Latest Headlines, News Around Africa
Tuesday, June 28th, 2022
(AFRICAN EXAMINER) – The African Development Bank (AfDB) has approved the establishment of the African Pharmaceutical Technology Foundation, aimed at transforming the continent’s pharmaceutical industry. It is new groundbreaking institution that will significantly enhance Africa’s access to the technologies that underpin the manufacture of medicines, vaccines, and other pharmaceutical products. The Foundation will strengthen bilateral […]
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Sunday, June 26th, 2022
(AFRICAN EXAMINER) – At least, 17 young people were found dead at a nightclub in a township in South Africa’s southern city of East London on Sunday, police said. “We got a report of about 17 people that died in a local tavern in Scenery Park, which is based in East London,” a Provincial Police […]
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Saturday, June 25th, 2022
(AFRICAN EXAMINER) – Namibia and Germany signed a Financial Cooperation Agreement that would see the latter providing about 170 million U.S. dollars in a loan on favorable terms to support economic development in Namibia. This is disclosed in a joint statement by the two governments on Friday. According to the statement, the loans will be […]
Posted by Eric Ojo
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Friday, June 24th, 2022
(AFRICAN EXAMINER) – The American Academy (AAR) in Rome has awarded Monica Rhodes, the Adele Chatfield-Taylor Rome Prize in historic preservation and conservation. Rhodes, one of few academically trained African American preservationists, with 15 years under her belt in the act of protecting the nation’s history, has meritoriously joined the most diverse Rome Prize cohort. […]
Posted by Eric Ojo
African News, Latest Headlines, News Around Africa
Friday, June 24th, 2022
(AFRICAN EXAMINER) – The African Methodist Episcopal Church (AME Church) and the Alzheimer’s Association recently announced that they are renewing their nationwide partnership to raise more awareness about Alzheimer’s disease, particularly in African American communities. The renewed collaboration is aimed at educating and engaging more than 2 million U.S.-based AME Church members in the fight […]
Posted by Eric Ojo
African News, Latest Headlines, News Around Africa
Friday, June 24th, 2022
(AFRICAN EXAMINER) – Africa50, African Development Bank (AfDB) and the newly launched African Sovereign Investors Forum (ASIF) have pledged to jointly mobilize capital for the implementation of infrastructure projects in Africa. The three entities will work together to galvanize financing and to drive the development of skills and expertise within the infrastructure sector. To strengthen […]
Posted by Eric Ojo
African News, Latest Headlines, News Around Africa
Thursday, June 23rd, 2022
(AFRICAN EXAMINER) – United Nations (UN) Secretary General, António Guterres has reiterated the need to collectively intensify efforts aimed at ending the lingering armed conflicts across Africa. The UN chief made the observation at the third Aswan Forum for Sustainable Peace and Development which ended in Cairo, Egypt on Wednesday. This year’s edition of the […]
Posted by Eric Ojo
African News, East/Central Africa, Latest Headlines, News Around Africa
Thursday, June 23rd, 2022
(AFRICAN EXAMINER) – President of Rwanda, Paul Kagame has harped on the need for Commonwealth countries to harmonize and translate common visions into action to build back a shared future, prioritizing the youth. President Kagame gave the charge while speaking during a panel discussion at the opening plenary of the on-going 2022 Commonwealth Business Forum […]
Posted by Eric Ojo
African News, Latest Headlines, News Around Africa
Wednesday, June 22nd, 2022
(AFRICAN EXAMINER) – Vodafone Germany, one of the largest and most modern telecommunication services providers in Europe has announced its plan to recycle more than 1 million old mobile phones from Africa. The company which is based in Düsseldorf, is a one-stop innovative and integrated technology and service provider with a portfolio including mobile communications, […]
Posted by Eric Ojo
African News, Latest Headlines, News Around Africa
Wednesday, June 22nd, 2022
(AFRICAN EXAMINER) – The European Investment Bank (EIB) has agreed to provide a €10 million loan to support the deployment of 107,000 high-quality solar home systems to Benin Republic The project which will be implemented under new EIB ENGIE Energy Access initiative, will open up access to clean energy for 643,000 people. The solar home […]
Posted by Eric Ojo
African News, Latest Headlines, News Around Africa
Tuesday, June 21st, 2022
(AFRICAN EXAMINER) – The number of crisis-impacted school-aged children around the world requiring educational support has grown from an estimated 75 million in 2016 to 222 million today, according to a new report. The report which was released by Education Cannot Wait (ECW) the United Nations global fund for education in emergencies and protracted crises, […]
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African News, Latest Headlines, News Around Africa, West Africa
Monday, June 20th, 2022
(AFRICAN EXAMINER) – UN Secretary-General Antonio Guterres on Sunday strongly condemned an attack in Kidal, a city in northern Mali, against a convoy of UN peacekeepers that claimed the life of a blue helmet. The Guinean peacekeeper was killed by an improvised explosive device, which detonated during a UN Stabilisation Mission in Mali (MINUSMA) mine […]
Posted by Eric Ojo
African News, Latest Headlines, News Around Africa, West Africa
Saturday, June 18th, 2022
(AFRICAN EXAMINER) – The Gambian government has braced up to the challenge of minimizing the impact of COVID-19 pandemic on the hotel and tourism sector of its economy. The government has taken decisive and concrete steps in reviving the sector by providing relief support to the industry, especially to formal and informal sector workers and […]
