(AFRICAN EXAMINER) – The authority of ECOWAS heads of state and government on Sunday set Jan. 29, 2025 to July 29, 2025 as a transitional period to keep ECOWAS doors open to Burkina Faso, Republic of Mali and the Republic of Niger. Dr Omar Touray, President of the ECOWAS Commission, said this while reading the […]
(AFRICAN EXAMINER) – German President Frank-Walter Steinmeier is concluding his four-day trip to Africa with a visit to Lesotho on Saturday. Steinmeier’s visit is the first by a German president to the small mountainous country, which is situated within South Africa. The trip follows an invitation from King Letsie III, extended during a visit to […]
(AFRICAN EXAMINER) – Ghana’s former president John Dramani Mahama won a historic comeback election victory on Sunday after voters appeared to punish the ruling New Patriotic Party over its management of an economic crisis. NPP candidate Vice President Mahamudu Bawumia on Sunday conceded defeat in the weekend presidential election after failing to shake off widespread […]
…. Backs Nigeria’s Bid To Join G20 (AFRICAN EXAMINER) – President Ramaphosa has expressed South Africa’s interest in collaborating with Nigeria to harness critical minerals, particularly lithium, to drive the green energy transition and support the development of electric vehicles (EV) batteries. He disclosed this on Tuesday in Cape Town, South Africa, at the Nigeria […]
(AFRICAN EXAMINER)- Namibia’s ruling SWAPO party was declared winner Tuesday of last week’s disputed elections, ushering in the southern African country’s first woman president after a disputed vote that the main opposition has already said it does not recognise. Vice-President Netumbo Nandi-Ndaitwah took just over 57 percent of ballots followed by the candidate for the […]
(AFRICAN EXAMINER) – Dr Mohamed Ibn Chambas, the Chairman of the African Union High Level Panel on Sudan, has called on candidates in Ghana’s forthcoming presidential election to obey the rule of law throughout the electoral process. Chambas made the plea in Accra on Thursday while delivering the keynote address at the signing of a […]
(AFRICAN EXAMINER) – The ECOWAS Court of Justice (ECCJ) has pledged to enhance its performance and efficiency by 2025, even as it deals with notable financial and operational hurdles. Justice Ricardo Gonçalves, the President of the court, said this at the opening of the 2024 Judicial Retreat in Abuja on Monday, with the theme ‘Judicial […]
(AFRICAN EXAMINER) – The ECOWAS Court has ordered the Sierra Leonean government to pay a compensation of 15,000 dollars in damages each to two of its citizens, for violating their rights to security. The News Agency of Nigeria (NAN) reports that the two citizens, Hassan Kargbo and Mohamed Fornah, had filed the suit seeking to […]
(AFRICAN EXAMINER) – A high-ranking Equatorial Guinea official has been fired after a slew of videos showing him having sex with women — including the wives of prominent officials — were shared online. Authorities have tried to curb the viral spread of the sex tapes involving Baltasar Ebang Engonga, who is related to the country’s […]
(AFRICAN EXAMINER) – The Director General, National Financial Investigation Agency in Equatorial Guinea, Baltasar Engonga, has been nabbed by the law enforcement agencies for allegedly recording over 400 sextapes of the wives of prominent people in the country. The African Examiner writes that the scandal came to light during a fraud investigation against the 54-year-old […]
(AFRICAN EXAMINER) – Zimbabwean President Emmerson Mnangagwa has commended the Southern African Development Community (SADC) member states for supporting the country in calling for the lifting of sanctions imposed by the United States. The United States and its Western allies imposed sanctions on Zimbabwe more than two decades ago. Mnangagwa, also the chairperson of the […]
(AFRICAN EXAMINER) – Kenya’s President William Ruto has nominated interior minister Kithure Kindiki as his new deputy president, a day after the Senate voted to impeach Ruto’s previous deputy Rigathi Gachagua. “I have received a message from … the president, regarding the nomination of Prof. Kithure Kindiki to fill the vacancy which has occurred in […]
(AFRICAN EXAMINER) – President Joao Lourenco of Angola has called for a peaceful resolution to the ongoing conflicts in the Middle East, emphasising the need for the establishment of an independent Palestinian state. The world cannot continue to accept the alarming daily death toll of civilians in Gaza, the West Bank and Lebanon, Lourenco said […]
(AFRICAN EXAMINER) – Africa Centers for Disease Control and Prevention (Africa CDC) has reported that the death toll from Africa’s recent Monkeypox virus disease (Mpox) outbreak has risen to 979. Africa CDC Director-General Jean Kaseya disclosed this during an online media briefing on Thursday evening, According to the centre, since the beginning of 2024, there […]
(AFRICAN EXAMINER) – ) Algeria began repatriating its citizens from Lebanon on Friday due to escalating military tensions between Israel and the Lebanese armed group Hezbollah. The Algerian Ministry of Foreign Affairs and the National Community Abroad said in a statement that a total of 306 Algerian citizens were flown from Beirut’s Rafic Hariri International […]
(AFRICAN EXAMINER) – Kenya’s high court ruled on Friday that a case challenging Deputy President Rigathi Gachagua’s impeachment should be referred to the Chief Justice. Kenya’s parliament voted on Tuesday to impeach Gachagua on 11 charges including enriching himself and stirring ethnic hatred. The deputy president denied all the allegations and said the case was […]
(AFRICAN EXAMINER) – ) The World Health Organisation (WHO) has said the number of people in Africa living with hearing loss could rise to 54 million by 2030, unless urgent measures are taken. WHO, in a report published on Monday, said hearing loss, which currently stood at 40 million, costs the continent $27 million annually, […]
(AFRICAN EXAMINER) – A Tunisian court has confirmed an imprisonment sentence earlier handed down to a presidential contender ahead of elections scheduled for Sunday in the North African country. The appeals court in the city of Jendouba in western Tunisia had upheld the 20-month jail sentence against detained presidential candidate Ayachi Zammel, his lawyer said. […]
(AFRICAN EXAMINER) – Algeria and Niger discussed key steps to advance the Trans-Saharan Gas Pipeline (TSGP) project during a visit by Niger’s Petroleum Minister Sahabi Oumarou to Algiers on Sunday. Both nations reaffirmed their commitment to the project and Niger called for a high-level meeting of ministers from Algeria, Niger, and Nigeria to discuss the […]
(AFRICAN EXAMINER( – Not less than seventeen people were murdered in a mass shooting in a remote town in South Africa. According to the BBC, the police stated that two homesteads in the town of Lusikisiki in the Eastern Cape, were involved. 12 women and a man were said to have been murdered in one […]
