(AFRICAN EXAMINER) – UN Security Council members on Saturday called on the warring parties in Sudan to immediately halt the military build-up and take steps to de-escalate the situation in El Fasher, the provincial capital of North Darfur. The call comes amid reports of an imminent offensive by the Rapid Support Forces (RSF) and their […]
(AFRICAN EXAMINER) – Benin, Liberia and Sierra Leone on Thursday launched large-scale malaria vaccine programmes under an Africa-focused initiative that hopes to save tens of thousands of children’s lives per year across the continent. The three West African countries are the latest to participate after successful rollouts of routine malaria immunisation for children in Burkina […]
(AFRICAN EXAMINER) – The Economic Community of West African States (ECOWAS) says it allocated 25 million dollars in 2024 to fight terrorism in Nigeria, Niger, Mali and Burkina Faso. Prof. Fatou Sarr, ECOWAS Commissioner, Human Development and Social Affairs, disclosed this during a news conference at the commission’s headquarters, on Friday in Abuja. Sarr said […]
(AFRICAN EXAMINER) – At least eight South African-based Nigerians have been arrested after they allegedly attacking police officers in a drug raid. The South African Police, in a statement on Friday uploaded on its X handle, stated that the suspects were arrested in the Northern Cape province. According to the statement, the suspects also destroyed […]
(AFRICAN EXAMINER) – The International Monetary Fund (IMF) says economic growth in Sub-Saharan Africa (SSA) is projected to rise from 3.4 per cent in 2023 to 3.8 per cent in 2024. Abebe Selassie, Director, African Department, IMF, said this at a news briefing on the IMF’s Regional Economic Outlook for SSA titled “A Tepid and […]
(AFRICAN EXAMINER) – The ECOWAS Court is organising a training programme for lawyers and law students from Sierra Leone during its May 13-16 international conference, the court’s spokesman, Mr Felicien Hounkanrin, said on Friday. Hounkanrin, in a statement, said the President of the Court, Justice Edward Asante, made this known at a meeting with the […]
(AFRICAN EXAMINER) – The European Union (EU) said it has approved 116.9 million U.S. dollars for stabilisation efforts in Somalia. The funds approved by the Political and Security Committee of the Council of the EU on Tuesday will support the transition process for the Somali National Army (SNA). The EU said that the Council of […]
(AFRICAN EXAMINER) – Kenyan President William Ruto, on Wednesday inaugurated a five-year road safety action plan as the country sought to curb the rising number of fatalities and injuries on its roads. The strategy aims to reduce the annual road accidents in the east African nation by over 50 per cent, Ruto said as he […]
(AFRICAN EXAMINER) – The Zambian Government has stopped the issuance of cordwood permits for charcoal production in an effort to control deforestation. Minister of Green Economy and Environment, Collins Nzovu, said in a statement that the decision would initially affect three districts where charcoal production is rampant. Nzovu said charcoal production was rampant in the […]
(AFRICAN EXAMINER) – Former President of Ghana, John Mahama and Former President of Botswana, Lt. Gen.- Seretse Khama Ian Khama, have urged African leaders to consciously pursue unity and progress. This, they said, would enable the continent to reach its full potential and achieve sustainable economic prosperity. The former Presidents gave the advice via a […]
(AFRICAN EXAMINER) – Thousands of people in Niger’s capital on Saturday protested for the immediate departure of US soldiers from the north, after the military junta in Niamey said it was withdrawing from a military agreement with Washington. Following a July coup, the West African country said in mid-March that the 2012 cooperation agreement had […]
(AFRICAN EXAMINER) – UN humanitarians in Sudan on Friday issued a fresh alert about pervasive food insecurity and looming famine in the country. After nearly a year of brutal civil war between rival militaries, food production has been hit and communities face acute shortage of other essential resources such as water and fuel. More than […]
(AFRICAN EXAMINER) – Hundreds of hospital doctors joined a demonstration in the streets of the Kenyan capital Nairobi on Tuesday as a nationwide strike by medics neared its fourth week. About a dozen riot police in pickup trucks were out to monitor the protest, which was not authorised by the authorities. Members of the 7,000-strong […]
(AFRICAN EXAMINER) – Egypt’s President Abdel Fattah al-Sisi was sworn in Tuesday before parliament for his third term in office as leader of the Arab world’s most populous country. In power for the past decade, Sisi is set to remain president until 2030, after winning a December election with 89.6 percent of the vote against […]
(AFRICAN EXAMINER) – The Democratic Republic of Congo’s planning minister Judith Suminwa Tuluka on Monday became the African nation’s first woman prime minister, state television announced. An economist, she takes over as prime minister from Jean-Michel Sama Lukonde, following President Felix Tshisekedi’s sweeping re-election on December 20. Tuluka said on national television that the “task […]
(AFRICAN EXAMINER) – President Bola Tinubu will depart Abuja on Tuesday for Dakar, Senegal, to attend the inauguration of Senegal’s President-elect, Bassirou Faye. A press statement by the Special Adviser to the President (Media & Publicity), Chief Ajuri Ngelale on Monday, said the president’s trip is at the invitation of the Republic of Senegal. President […]
(AFRICAN EXAMINER) – Uganda’s Ministry of Health said Friday that international donors have significantly cut funding for malaria projects in the country over global crises, including conflicts and climate change. Jimmy Opigo, Head of the National Malaria Control Division at the ministry, said this at a news conference in Kampala, the capital of Uganda. He […]
(AFRICAN EXAMINER) – Following the conclusion of collation of votes, Mr Diomaye Faye has officially been declared winner of the presidential election in Senegal, winning 54.28% of votes in the first round. Reports from the country’s vote counting commission, which falls under the judiciary, stated that Faye placed well ahead of the governing coalition’s candidate, […]
(AFRICAN EXAMINER) – The Senegalese go to the polls on Sunday to elect a new president in an unpredictable race after three years of turmoil and political crisis. Some 7.3 million voters are registered in the West African nation where two favourites have emerged: the ruling coalition’s former prime minister Amadou Ba and anti-establishment candidate […]
(AFRICAN EXAMINER) – President Bola Tinubu has approved the establishment of the Regional Coordinating Centre (RCC) of the Africa Centres for Disease Control (Africa-CDC) in Nigeria. This was contained in a statement issued on Thursday and signed by Special Adviser to the President, Chief Ajuri Ngelale Tinubu is the African Union (AU) Champion for Human […]
