Posted by Eric Ojo
African News, East/Central Africa, Latest Headlines, News Around Africa
Sunday, June 12th, 2022
(AFRICAN EXAMINER) – This year’s edition of the Tax Transparency in Africa report has been scheduled for launch on Tuesday in Nairobi, Kenyan. The launch is part of the 11th meeting of the Africa Initiative, slated for 14-16 June in the east African nation. The conference will gather experts from tax administrations, regional and international […]
Posted by Eric Ojo
African News, Latest Headlines, News Around Africa
Saturday, June 11th, 2022
(AFRICAN EXAMINER) – African Development Bank has signed an agreement to invest in the Joint Reinsurance Company of Member States of Conférence Interafricaine des Marchés d’Assurances (CICA-Re), which is owned by a group of African countries. Under the agreement, the AfDB will take a 6.56-billion FCFA stake (approximately €10 million) in CICA-Re and join its […]
Posted by African Examiner
African News, Latest Headlines, News Around Africa, West Africa
Saturday, June 11th, 2022
(AFRICAN EXAMINER) – The new Cabinet in Guinea-Bissau took the constitutional oath in Bissau on Friday with 24 ministers and 12 state secretaries sworn-in as members, according to sources.. Foreign Minister Srkenuzy Carla Barbosa and Interior Minister Botche Cande remained in their posts in the government led by Prime Minister Nuno Gomes Nabiam. The education, […]
Posted by Nwa Diokpa
African News, Latest Headlines, News Around Africa
Friday, June 10th, 2022
(AFRICAN EXAMINER) – The International Air Transport Association (IATA) says African airlines’ traffic rose to 116.2 per cent in April 2022 compared to a year ago, an acceleration over the 93.3 per cent year-over-year increase recorded in March 2022. IATA’s director-general Willie Walsh said in a statement on Thursday that air travel continued to be […]
Posted by African Examiner
Latest Headlines, News Around Africa, South Africa, Southern Africa
Friday, June 10th, 2022
(AFRICAN EXAMINER) – South Africa’s President Cyril Ramaphosa, on Thursday suspended the country’s anti-corruption chief Advocate Busisiwe Mkhwebane with immediate effect. “The Constitution provides that the President may suspend the Public Protector (or any member of a Chapter 9 institution) at any time after the start of proceedings by a committee of the National Assembly […]
Posted by African Examiner
African News, Latest Headlines, News Around Africa, West Africa
Friday, June 10th, 2022
(AFRICAN EXAMINER) – At least six people were killed in two separate attacks in the western African nation of Burkina Faso on Thursday, authorities said. Four soldiers were killed during an attack on a military base in Kossi province, and several terrorists were “neutralised” or captured when fighting broke out, the authorities added. In the […]
Posted by African Examiner
African News, East/Central Africa, Latest Headlines, News Around Africa, Southern Africa
Friday, June 10th, 2022
(AFRICAN EXAMINER) – Somalia’s new president Hassan Sheikh Mohamud, vowed to clamp down on terrorism in the crisis-ridden country during his swearing-in ceremony on Thursday. “We will increase the military pressure on terrorism,” Mohamud, who already served as head of state of the East African country between 2012 and 2017, said. The new leader also […]
Posted by Eric Ojo
African News, Latest Headlines, News Around Africa
Thursday, June 9th, 2022
(AFRICAN EXAMINER) – African Development Bank (AfDB) has approved two grants of $9.25 million to implement the Africa Disaster Risk Financing Programme (ADRiFi) in Malawi. The move will boost the country’s resilience against climate-related shocks and food insecurity. The funding will support the government of Malawi to develop climate risk management solutions and pay its […]
Posted by Eric Ojo
African News, Latest Headlines, News Around Africa
Wednesday, June 8th, 2022
(AFRICAN EXAMINER) – Critical Ecosystem Partnership Fund (CEPF) in collaboration with BirdLife and other partners is currently improving the protection and preservation of animal and plant species, habitats, ecosystems found in the Guinean Forests of West Africa (GFWA) Biodiversity Hotspot that stretches across most of West Africa. The CEPF is a joint initiative of the […]
Posted by African Examiner
African News, East/Central Africa, Latest Headlines, News Around Africa, South Africa, Southern Africa
Tuesday, June 7th, 2022
(AFRICAN EXAMINER) – Militiamen killed 12 people in a night raid on a village in eastern Democratic Republic of Congo near the shore of Lake Albert, a local human rights group said on Tuesday. The group and an army spokesman blamed the attack on CODECO, one of many militias operating in Congo’s conflict-ridden east. CODECO’s […]
Posted by African Examiner
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Sunday, June 5th, 2022
(AFRICAN EXAMINER) – African Development Bank (AfDB) has said that it is currently working with African governments and international partners to set up entrepreneurship investment banks for the benefit of young people in Africa. President of AfDB, Dr Akinwumi Adesina disclosed shortly after he rounded off his four-day official visit to Kenya, where he held […]
Posted by African Examiner
African News, Featured, Latest Headlines, News Around Africa
Saturday, June 4th, 2022
(AFRICAN EXAMINER) – President Muhammadu Buhari will on Saturday in Accra, Ghana, attend an Extraordinary Summit of the ECOWAS Authority of Heads of State and Government on the political situation in Mali and other parts of the sub-region. The Summit will hold at the Presidential Palace, Accra, also known as the Jubilee House. Mr Femi […]
Posted by African Examiner
African News, Latest Headlines, News Around Africa, South Africa, Southern Africa
Saturday, June 4th, 2022
(AFRICAN EXAMINER) – Two Egyptian peacekeepers serving with the UN Mission in Mali, MINUSMA, were killed on Friday – the second fatal attack this week on a peacekeeping convoy in the West African country. The peacekeepers were killed, and another injured, when their Armoured Personnel Carrier hit an improvised explosive device outside the town of […]
Posted by Eric Ojo
African News, Latest Headlines, News Around Africa
Friday, June 3rd, 2022
(AFRICAN EXAMINER) – European Investment Bank (EIB) and the Institut Pasteur de Dakar have announced the conclusion of a €75 million financing agreement to support the construction of the new MADIBA vaccine manufacturing facility. The Institut Pasteur de Dakar’s new facility is being built in Diamniadio, a town and special economic zone strategically located between […]
Posted by Eric Ojo
African News, Latest Headlines, News Around Africa
Wednesday, June 1st, 2022
(AFRICAN EXAMINER) – Education Cannot Wait (ECW), the United Nations (UN) global fund for education in emergencies and protracted crises have announced a new $2 million grant to address insecurity, school closures and escalating refugee crisis in Niger. ECW works through the multilateral system to both increase the speed of responses in crises and connect […]
Posted by Eric Ojo
African News, Latest Headlines, News Around Africa
Tuesday, May 31st, 2022
(AFRICAN EXAMINER) – Stakeholders and heads of Africa’s leading regional and continental bodies have harped on the need to strengthen regional integration and mobilization of resources to fast-track the continent’s development plan, known as Agenda 2063. The charge was given by participants at the roundtable organized by the African Development Bank (AfDB) on the sidelines […]
Posted by Eric Ojo
African News, Latest Headlines, News Around Africa
Tuesday, May 31st, 2022
(AFRICAN EXAMINER) – President of African Development Bank (AfDB), Dr. Akinwumi Adesina has lauded the increasingly growing influence, diversity and prospects of African arts and culture, saying that it has become a global export. The Bank chief made the observation at an event where Ghana shared its rich cultural legacy with participants during the Bank’s […]
Posted by Eric Ojo
African News, Latest Headlines, News Around Africa, North Africa
Monday, May 30th, 2022
(AFRICAN EXAMINER) – The Ethiopian Government has signed an $830,000 technical assistance grant agreement with the African Development Bank (AfDB), to improve climate resilience for communities and ecosystems. The funds will help mainstream climate risk management, gender and resilience into economic planning and development in the country’s Ziway-Shallah sub-Basin. The agreement was signed during the […]
Posted by Eric Ojo
African News, Latest Headlines, News Around Africa
Sunday, May 29th, 2022
(AFRICAN EXAMINER) – More resources are needed to ensure Africa’s recovery from the impacts of COVID-19 pandemic, a new report released on Thursday has said. The report entitled, “Returning Africa to its Development Path”, is published by the African Development Bank (AfDB). Published annually for the past 12 years, the Annual Development Effectiveness Review analyses […]
Posted by Rotimi Fadeyi
African News, Featured, Latest Headlines, News Around Africa
Saturday, May 28th, 2022
(AFRICAN EXAMINER) – President Muhammadu Buhari has endorsed the recommendation on setting up an African Standby Force on Terrorism, while calling on leaders to muster the political will that would fuel synergy, enhance intelligence gathering and bring more urgency in tackling violent crimes. A statement issued by Senior Special Assistant to the President on Media […]
