Posted by Nwa Diokpa
African News, Featured, Latest Headlines, News, News Around Africa, Nigeria 2015 Election
Thursday, October 29th, 2020
(AFRICAN EXAMINER) – Aggrieved Nigerians have taken to social media to berate the government of President Donald Trump for opposing former Nigeria’s finance minister, Dr Ngozi Okonjo-Iweala as the consensus candidate for the post of director-general of the World Trade Organisation. Lots of Nigerians expressed joy when it was announced that Dr Okonjo Iweala will […]
Posted by African Examiner
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Wednesday, October 28th, 2020
(AFRICAN EXAMINER) – Egypt’s President Abdel-Fattah al-Sisi said on Wednesday that freedom of expression should stop if it offends more than 1.5 billion people, following the display of images in France of the Prophet Mohammad that Muslims see as blasphemous. Al-Sisi said this during an address to commemorate the Prophet Mohammad’s birthday on Wednesday in […]
Posted by Eric Ojo
African News, Featured, Latest Headlines, News, News Around Africa
Wednesday, October 28th, 2020
(AFRICAN EXAMINER) – Africa Development Bank (AfDB) and its partners have announced the establishment of a new women initiative aimed at promoting ethical leadership in Africa. Dubbed, “Women in Ethics and Compliance in Africa network (WECA)”, it is an initiative geared towards creating a membership group for women executives and management leading the fight against […]
Posted by Daniel Jones
African News, Featured, Latest Headlines, News, News Around Africa
Wednesday, October 28th, 2020
(AFRICAN EXAMINER) – A Zimbabwean High Court judge who was suspended for misconduct and conduct inconsistent with being a judicial officer has dragged President Emmerson Mnangagwa to court challenging the setting up of a Tribunal to investigate her. Justice Erica Ndewere filed an urgent chamber application citing President Mnangagwa, Chief Justice Luke Malaba, Judge President […]
Posted by Daniel Jones
African News, Featured, Latest Headlines, News Around Africa, South Africa, Southern Africa
Tuesday, October 27th, 2020
photo: Zimbabwe Miners Federation President Henrietta Rushwaya (AFRICAN EXAMINER) – Prominent Zimbabwe Miners Federation president Henrietta Rushwaya was arrested Monday afternoon at the Robert Mugabe International Airport here as she attempted to smuggle more than 6kg of gold to Dubai. Rushwaya (53) of Number 1 Garlake Close, Gunhill in the capital is not new to […]
Posted by Daniel Jones
African News, Featured, Latest Headlines, News, News Around Africa
Tuesday, October 27th, 2020
(AFRICAN EXAMINER) – Zimbabwean authorities are investigating a case where one died while another is missing and two others injured after a small aircraft contracted to carry out an aerial wildlife survey crashed last Friday. The aircraft, a Cessna 182 was carrying two South African wildlife experts and two Zimbabwean rangers who were doing the […]
Posted by African Examiner
African News, Latest Headlines, News Around Africa
Monday, October 26th, 2020
(AFRICAN EXAMINER) – Zimbabweans held isolated demonstrations countrywide on Sunday calling for removal of sanctions imposed on the country by America and European Union countries. Zimbabwe has been under sanctions for the past two decades following an embargo that was imposed after the country implemented the land reform starting in 2000. The country is divided […]
Posted by Daniel Jones
African News, Featured, Latest Headlines, News Around Africa
Wednesday, October 21st, 2020
Photo: Nick Mangwana, Information Ministry Secretary (AFRICAN EXAMINER)-The Zimbabwean government has made a startling announcement that it will with immediate effect start paying an equivalent of US$500 as funeral assistance for every civil servant who dies regardless of whether they have a policy or not. Citizens quickly mocked the development accusing the government of failing […]
Posted by African Examiner
African News, Latest Headlines, News Around Africa, North Africa
Monday, October 19th, 2020
(AFRICAN EXAMINER) – Libyan authorities on Sunday announced the recovery of 12 unidentified bodies in mass graves in the city of Tarhuna, some 90 km south of the capital Tripoli. Abdul-Aziz Jafri, spokesman for the General Authority for Research and Identification of Missing Persons, told Xinhua that the 12 bodies were recovered from five newly […]
Posted by Daniel Jones
African News, Featured, Latest Headlines, News, News Around Africa, South Africa, Southern Africa
Monday, October 19th, 2020
Photo: Zim’s Exiled Close Allies: Patrick Zhuwao (Left), Jonathan Moyo (Centre) And Saviour Kasukuwere (Right) (AFRICAN EXAMINER) – Zimbabwe is planning countrywide mass demonstrations against economic and political sanctions imposed on the country by USA and European Union countries. The US imposed financial and travel sanctions on Zimbabwe while EU countries-imposed travel bans, arms embargo […]
Posted by Daniel Jones
African News, Featured, Latest Headlines, News, News Around Africa, South Africa, Southern Africa
Friday, October 16th, 2020
(AFRICAN EXAMINER) – Zimbabwe President Emerson Mnangagwa has fired a Supreme Court and Constitutional Court judge Justice Francis Bere for gross misconduct after he tried to coerce a lawyer thereby interfering in a case. Bere had been under tribunal investigation since March this year for alleged misconduct after lawyer Itai Ndudzo of Mtamangira and Associates […]
Posted by Daniel Jones
African News, Featured, Latest Headlines, News Around Africa
Thursday, October 15th, 2020
(AFRICAN EXAMINER) – A High Court judge who set free main opposition party MDC Alliance vice chairperson Job Sikhala on bail has been accused of misconduct and conduct inconsistent with being a judicial officer. Justice Erica Ndewere granted Sikhala Z$50 000 bail three weeks ago a month after he had been arrested for allegedly being […]
Posted by Eric Ojo
African News, Latest Headlines, News, News Around Africa
Thursday, October 15th, 2020
(AFRICAN EXAMINER) – Namibia has joined the list of African nations that are partnering with Facebook to boost blood donation in their respective countries. The new partnership between the South African nation and Facebook which was launched today in Windhoek, the Namibian capital was disclosed in a statement distributed by APO Group on behalf of […]
Posted by Eric Ojo
African News, Featured, Latest Headlines, News Around Africa, Uncategorized
Monday, October 12th, 2020
(AFRICAN EXAMINER) – The World Health Organization (WHO) has urged all its partners and donors, including all United Nations (UN) agencies to urgently scale up their support for mental health services in Somali. The WHO said policy-makers, international and national agencies, and other civil society groups should also as a matter of urgency, prioritize and […]
Posted by Ganiyu Nasirudeen
African News, Featured, Latest Headlines, News, News Around Africa
Monday, October 12th, 2020
(AFRICAN EXAMINER) – The Edo State House of Assembly Speaker, Mr. Francis Okiye, has been impeached. In his place as the new Speaker is Mr. Marcus Onobun, who is representing Esan West State Constituency. Onobun was immediately sworn-in after his election. The sack was preceded by a motion Monday by the House’s Majority Leader, Mr. […]
Posted by African Examiner
African News, Latest Headlines, News Around Africa, North Africa
Monday, October 12th, 2020
(AFRICAN EXAMINER) – At least 11 bodies have been recovered after a boat carrying 25 migrants from Sub-Saharan Africa sank off the Tunisian coast. The boat capsised off the coast of Louata in the province of Sfax on Sunday, official news agency TAP reported on Monday. The bodies found were eight women and three children, […]
Posted by Eric Ojo
African News, East/Central Africa, Featured, Latest Headlines, News Around Africa
Saturday, October 10th, 2020
(AFRICAN EXAMINER) – The United States House of Representatives has expressed it support for the people of Ethiopia and their peaceful efforts to advance democratic reforms and to exercise the rights guaranteed by the Constitution of their country. Ethiopia has been a key ally of the United States and an important economic and security partner, […]
Posted by Ganiyu Nasirudeen
African News, East/Central Africa, Featured, Latest Headlines, News, News Around Africa
Thursday, October 8th, 2020
(AFRICAN EXAMINER) – Ethiopian Prime Minister Abiy Ahmed on Wednesday inaugurated a Chinese-built industrial park constructed at a cost of 60 million U.S. dollars. The Bahir Dar Industrial Park (BIP), located 552 km north of Ethiopia’s capital Addis Ababa was constructed by the China Civil Engineering Construction Corporation (CCECC). Speaking at the inaugural ceremony, the […]
Posted by African Examiner
African News, Featured, Latest Headlines, News Around Africa, South Africa, Southern Africa, Uncategorized
Thursday, October 8th, 2020
(AFRICAN EXAMINER) – The movement of all cloven-hoofed animals and their products has been banned after an outbreak of Foot and Mouth Disease (FMD) was confirmed in Namibia’s Kavango East region, an official said on Wednesday. In a statement, Agriculture Ministry executive director Percy Misika said Namibia had detected a Foot and Mouth Disease outbreak […]
Posted by African Examiner
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Tuesday, October 6th, 2020
(AFRICAN EXAMINER) – South Sudan, in collaboration with the UN Children Agency (UNICEF), on Monday launched a campaign aimed at ending rampant child marriages in the east African young country. The campaign, which was launched under the slogan “some things are not fit for children, marriage is one of them”, will see UNICEF highlight how […]
