(AFRICAN EXAMINER) – The United Nations (UN) Fact-finding mission in Sudan has said that the war in that country is intensifying with devastating consequences for civilians. The group also noted that over 20 million people are facing famine and are in desperate need of assistance in the war torn country. Expert Member, UN Independent International […]
(AFRICAN EXAMINER) – Kenyan Police fired teargas at protesters in the capital Nairobi on Tuesday after the death of a blogger in police custody cast a spotlight on alleged extrajudicial killings by security forces. Reuters witnesses also reported that clashes also broke out in downtown Nairobi as unidentified motorcyclists beat up protesters, dispersing them. Local […]
(AFRICAN EXAMINER) – Seven people died in flooding caused by severe winter weather lashing eastern areas of South Africa and school children are missing after a minibus was swept away, the government said Tuesday. Three children were rescued after spending hours in trees to escape rising waters near the Eastern Cape city of Mthatha, one […]
(AFRICAN EXAMINER) – Chadian President, Mahamat Idriss Itno has directed the suspension of visas to all US citizens as a reprisal move for a travel ban. Recall that the Central African country was among the 12 nations that were affected by the recent Visa ban order of Donald Trump. According to Trump, the ban was […]
(AFRICAN EXAMINER) – South Africa won their maiden CAF U-20 Africa Cup of Nations title with a hard-fought 1-0 victory over Morocco in Sunday night’s final at the June 30 Stadium in Cairo. Gomolemo Kekana’s stunning second-half strike proved decisive, as the Southern Africans claimed the trophy and rewrote history by overcoming a North African […]
(AFRICAN EXAMINER) – The President of the Republic of Gabon, His Excellency, General Brice Clotaire Oligui Nguema, has conferred the nation’s honours – the Commander in the National Order of Gabonese Merit – on the Group Chairman, United Bank for Africa (UBA) Plc and Founder of the Tony Elumelu Foundation, Mr. Tony Elumelu. The distinguished […]
(AFRICAN EXAMINER) – ) The Namibian government said it’s taking steps to increase local ownership in its mining sector and build capacity in the emerging oil, gas and green energy industries. Namibian Deputy Prime Minister and Minister of Industries, Mines and Energy Natangue Ithete told officials that the step is to promote inclusive economic development. […]
(AFRICAN EXAMINER) – A subsidiary of Nigeria’s Access Holdings PLC, Access Bank PLC, has secured approvals from the Central Bank of Kenya (CBK) and Kenya’s National Treasury and Economic Planning for the acquisition of 100% shareholding of the National Bank of Kenya (NBK). According to a statement issued by the CBK on Monday, Access Bank […]
(AFRICAN EXAMINER) – UN humanitarians have said that escalating violence in eastern Democratic Republic of the Congo (DRC) has continued to uproot thousands more people to neighbouring countries where they face dire conditions without many basic necessities. UNHCR, the UN refugee agency, reported on Thursday that 35,000 Congolese nationals have now reached Burundi since the […]
(AFRICAN EXAMINER) – Nigeria’s Vice-President, Kashim Shettima, has stated that African countries should jettison foreign blueprints for development and look inwards. Shettima stated this on Thursday in a symposium in Abuja to commemorate the 60th birthday of former governor of Ekiti state, Kayode Fayemi, In his speech titled: ‘Africa in the post-idea world’, Shettima stated […]
(AFRICAN EXAMINER) – President William Ruto said Kenya has started discussions with the United Arab Emirates to secure financing to complete a regional railway after China cut infrastructure funding to the project. The railway connecting the Kenyan port of Mombasa with landlocked neighbours, as part of China’s Belt and Road Initiative, ended in the Rift […]
(AFRICAN EXAMINER) – Two days after the announcement of the election result in Mozambique, the situation in the south-eastern African country is escalating. At least 121 people have died in protests since Monday, the civil society organisation Plataforma Decide said late on Wednesday. Earlier in the day, the organisation had reported 56 dead and 380 […]
(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 […]
…. 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) – President Bola Tinubu will leave France on Monday for Cape Town, South Africa, to co-chair the 11th session of the Nigeria-South Africa Bi-National Commission (BNC) longside President Cyril Ramaphosa. The presidential BNC, scheduled for Tuesday, December 3, would be preceded by a ministerial meeting on December 2, 2024, at the South African […]
(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) – 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( – 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 […]
