Posted by Nwa Diokpa
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Friday, December 11th, 2020
(AFRICAN EXAMINER) – Former President, John Dramani Mahama, has rejected the results of Monday’s general elections in Ghana, saying he is unwilling to accept the “fictionalised and flawed” results declared by the Electoral Commission (EC). Speaking at a press conference on Thursday night, Mahama accused the Electoral Commission (EC) and government of manipulating the results. […]
Posted by Eric Ojo
African News, Featured, Latest Headlines, News, News Around Africa, West Africa
Friday, December 11th, 2020
(AFRICAN EXAMINER) – Corporate Council on Africa (CCA) has announced its plan to launch a new initiative aimed at strengthening health security and resilience in Africa. CCA is the leading U.S. business association focused solely on connecting business interests in Africa. It also serves as a neutral, trusted intermediary connecting member firms with the essential […]
Posted by Daniel Jones
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Thursday, December 10th, 2020
(AFRICAN EXAMINER) – Zimbabwe’s prime tourism town of Victoria Falls has been upgraded to a city, a development which the country expects will make enhance competitiveness and boost tourism. Victoria Falls was born in 1904 when the first structures were built by the Rhodesian government which started constructing the Victoria Falls Bridge, now a tourist […]
Posted by African Examiner
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Thursday, December 10th, 2020
(AFRICAN EXAMINER) – The Ghanaian electoral commission on Wednesday declared incumbent President Nana Akufo-Addo the winner of the country’s presidential election. The 76-year-old Akufo-Addo from the center-right New Patriotic Party (NPP) beat his opponent and predecessor John Dramani Mahama of the center-left National Democratic Congress (NDC) with 51.59% of the vote. It is expected that […]
Posted by Nwa Diokpa
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Tuesday, December 8th, 2020
(AFRICAN EXAMINER) – Two officers of the electoral commission of Ghana have been nabbed for allegedly tampering with ballot papers during the country’s presidential election. African Examiner reports that it is a tight race between incumbent, Nana Akufo-Addo and former president, John Mahama of the National Democratic Congress (NDC). 12 total candidates are particpating in […]
Posted by African Examiner
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Monday, December 7th, 2020
(AFRICAN EXAMINER) – Ghana is set to elect a parliament and president in a race dubbed the battle of two giants. Incumbent Nana Addo Akufo-Addo of the ruling New Patriotic Party (NPP) faces off against former president John Dramani Mahama, leader of the National Democratic Congress (NDC). It is the third time Akufo-Addo and Mahama […]
Posted by Oludare Fase
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Monday, December 7th, 2020
(AFRICAN EXAMINER) – The Economic Community of West African States (ECOWAS) said on Monday it had deployed a 125-member mission to Ghana to observe the presidential and parliamentary elections. Polls across the Western African country opened on Monday morning. “A 125-member ECOWAS Observer Mission has arrived in Ghana to observe the presidential and parliamentary elections, […]
Posted by African Examiner
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Friday, December 4th, 2020
(AFRICAN EXAMINER) – U.S. President Donald Trump has ordered the withdrawal of majority of American troops from Somalia, the Department of Defence said on Friday, In a statement, the Pentagon said the move was only a “change in force posture”, and not a change in U.S. policy in Africa. There are about 700 American troops […]
Posted by Daniel Jones
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Friday, December 4th, 2020
(AFRICAN EXAMINER) – ZIMBABWE’S Judicial Service Commission (JSC) has launched a five-year strategic plan which it hopes to use to salvage an image battered by corruption and bad governance. The past few months have been darker for the commission which saw two High Court judges, one fired and the other suspended for acting in manner […]
Posted by Nwa Diokpa
African News, Featured, Latest Headlines, News Around Africa, Uncategorized, West Africa
Wednesday, December 2nd, 2020
(AFRICAN EXAMINER) – Leader of the Boko Haram sect, Abubakar Shekau, has claimed responsibility for the killing of farmers in Borno state. African Examiners reports that i43 farmers were reportedly killed after Boko Haram attacked them at Zabarmari in Jere local government area of Borno. However, in a video released on Tuesday, Shekau stated that […]
Posted by African Examiner
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Monday, November 30th, 2020
(AFRICAN EXAMINER) – The National Association of Nigerian Traders (NANTS) has called on the Federal Government to take urgent action as Ghanaian Authorities embarked on another round of closure of shops belonging to Nigerian traders on Monday. The National President of NANTS, Dr Ken Ukaoha, who made the call in an interview with the News […]
Posted by Eric Ojo
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Friday, November 27th, 2020
(AFRICAN EXAMINER) – The African Development Bank (AfDB) has approved a $120 million loan to fund the construction of a 50 megawatt hydropower plant in Tanzania. The project which is located in Western Tanzania will provide reliable renewable energy to households, schools, clinics and small and medium-sized enterprises in the Kigoma Region of the country. […]
Posted by Nwa Diokpa
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Friday, November 27th, 2020
(AFRICAN EXAMINER) – Member of Parliament (MP) for the Klottey Korle Constituency and daughter of former president, Jerry John Rawlings , Dr. Zanetor Agyeman Rawlings, has advised Ghanaians to beware of “some unscrupulous persons creating fake social media accounts” in her name to extort money. Agyeman Rawlings, in a statement released to the press on […]
Posted by Eric Ojo
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Wednesday, November 25th, 2020
(AFRICAN EXAMINER) – President of Kenya, Uhuru Kenyatta has urged African governments to ensure that service delivery is prioritized in order to meet the expectations of their citizens. President Kenyatta gave the charge during the 2020 Africa Delivery Exchange, a virtual two-day event that opened on Tuesday. The workshop which is jointly hosted by […]
Posted by Nwa Diokpa
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Monday, November 23rd, 2020
(AFRICAN EXAMINER) – Zimbabwe’s ruling Zanu-PF party’s most powerful man after President Emmerson Mnangagwa was rushed to hospital following suspected poisoning at a party rally outside the capital. Victor Matemadanda is the party’s National Political Commissar, a position that is responsible for determining fate of members, accepting or firing people as well as disciplining those […]
Posted by Nwa Diokpa
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Friday, November 20th, 2020
(AFRICAN EXAMINER) – At least thirty-seven people died in violent clashes between Ugandan security forces and supporters of opposition presidential candidate Bobi Wine this week, marking a particularly violent start to the country’s election season. Two days of protests were sparked by Wine’s arrest ahead of a political rally in the run-up to January 14’s […]
Posted by Eric Ojo
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Friday, November 20th, 2020
(AFRICAN EXAMINER) – African Development Bank (AfDB) has approved grants worth $28.233 million for Sudan to shore up the country’s health system to effectively respond and contain the vagaries of COVID-19 pandemic. The grants which are being provided under the African Development Bank’s COVID-19 Response Facility is aimed at mitigating the social and economic impacts […]
Posted by African Examiner
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Thursday, November 19th, 2020
(AFRICAN EXAMINER) – Fear of a new Covid-19 wave has gripped Zimbabwe as new cases started rising again, with 100 pupils from a high school outside the second largest city of Bulawayo and seven university students in Chinhoyi outside Harare testing positive in the last two days. New cases seemed to slow down in September […]
Posted by African Examiner
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Wednesday, November 18th, 2020
(AFRICAN EXAMINER) – The National Union of Workers of Mali (UNTM), the largest trade union in the country, is observing a 72-hour strike started on Wednesday, after the failure of negotiations with the government, the general-secretary, Yacouba Katilé, has announced. “The UNTM waited for the government for more than 10 days to find a common […]
Posted by Eric Ojo
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Tuesday, November 17th, 2020
(AFRICAN EXAMINER) – Chair of the United States House of Representatives Foreign Affairs Subcommittee on Africa, Keren Bass (D-CA), along with 52 other Members of Congress, have called for a halt to the deportations of Cameroonian asylum seekers. When the House was alerted that Africa asylum seekers from Cameroon and other African countries will be […]
