(AFRICAN EXAMINER) – The African Union Commission (AUC) has reassured of its plan to hold the 28th commemoration of the 1994 Genocide against Tutsi in Rwanda. According to a statement posted on the commission’s website on www.au.int on Tuesday, with the theme: “Remember, unite, renew” would hold at 11 a.m. on Wednesday April 7. The […]
(AFRICAN EXAMINER) – Two frontline tech companies have entered into a new partnership with the aim of providing fleet technology solutions in South African markets at reasonable prices. The collaboration between integrated tech-services provider, TR Tech and disruptive full-stack fleet-tech startup, LocoNav will provide state-of-the-art GPS, IoT, and Vehicle Telematics solutions in South African. TR […]
(AFRICAN EXAMINER) – President of South Africa, Cyril Ramaphosa has said that no economy can operate without a reliable supply of electricity. Speaking on Thursday at the opening ceremony of the South African Investment Conference, the first physical convening of participants since 2019, the President noted that the ongoing reforms in the energy sector included […]
(AFRICAN EXAMINER) – Heavy fighting has erupted at the airport in Mogadishu after Islamist attackers forced their way onto the premises, according to Somali officials. Police said al-Shabaab militants dressed in military uniforms had gained entry to the airport. The airport is situated in the heavily fortified “Green Zone ” called Halane Camp, the area […]
(AFRICAN EXAMINER) – Mali has launched a procedure to suspend broadcasts by French state-funded international RFI radio and France 24 television, accusing the news outlets of reporting “false allegations” of abuse by the Malian army. The Military junta in a statement published on Thursday said the allegations were made by the head of the United […]
(AFRICAN EXAMINER) – African Development Fund, the concessional window of the African Development Bank Group, has approved a $125.3 million loan to million to expand water resources and boost climate resilience in Dodoma region of Tanzania. Dodoma city in central Tanzania, seats in a semi-arid region of East Africa with limited rains and surface water […]
(AFRICAN EXAMINER) – Kenyan President Uhuru Kenyatta on Saturday endorsed his former arch-rival for the country’s top job, weeks after their parties joined forces ahead of presidential and parliamentary elections in August. “We have chosen Raila Odinga without any opposition to be the fifth president of Kenya,” Kenyatta told a cheering crowd numbering thousands in […]
(AFRICAN EXAMINER) – The UN Humanitarian Coordinator in South Sudan, Sara Nyanti, has strongly condemned killing of a nurse in South Sudan, working with an international aid organisation. Nyanti, in a statement, condemned the continued violence across the country, which is affecting the safety of civilians and humanitarian workers, constraining humanitarian access, and disrupting the […]
(AFRICAN EXAMINER) – UN says death toll from Tropical Cyclone Batsirai has risen to 21, with more than 62,000 men, women and children displaced in Madagascar. Stéphane Dujarric, spokesman for the UN Secretary-General said this on Tuesday while giving update on the situation in Madagascar at the UN headquarters in New York. The cyclone is […]
(AFRICAN EXAMINER) – At least five people on Tuesday sustained injuries when a cargo plane crashed while landing at Agok Airstrip in the Abyei Administrative Area disputed between the border of Sudan and South Sudan. Kuol Diem Kuol, Chief Administrator of Abyei Administrative Area, told Xinhua that the Antonov 26 plane, owned by the Ministry […]
(AFRICAN EXAMINER) – Troops and armed men have exchanged fire in the Cameroonian city of Buea, leaving several injured in the capital of a region hit by separatist violence and a host for teams in the Africa Cup of Nations, the local mayor said Thursday. “The security forces rapidly intervened and an investigation is under […]
(AFRICAN EXAMINER) – African Development Bank (AfDB) Group has approved a $47.09 million grant for the first phase of the Pemba-Lichinga Integrated Development Corridor, a Special Agro-Industrial Processing Zone in Mozambique. Special Agro-Industrial Processing Zones (SAPZs) are integrated development initiatives designed to concentrate agro-processing activities within areas of high agricultural potential to boost productivity, integrate […]
(AFRICAN EXAMINER) – The UN’s Humanitarian Coordinator in South Sudan, Matthew Hollingworth, has strongly condemned the killing of a UN-contracted aid worker that also left another injured, after the convoy they were travelling in came under attack. Hollingworth, in a statement on Monday, said the World Food Programme (WFP) convoy had been deliberately targeted. Armed […]
(AFRICAN EXAMINER) – Tanzanian tourism authorities has said that they were at the final preparations to start a process of introducing cable car on Mount Kilimanjaro, Africa’s highest mountain. Mary Masanja, the Deputy Minister for Natural Resources and Tourism, said the process to introduce the cable car was on the mountain is on track and […]
(AFRICAN EXAMINER) – South Africa said on Saturday it was being punished for its advanced ability to detect new Coronavirus (COVID-19) variants early. South Africa’s Ministry of International Relations and Cooperation said this in a statement. The allegation is coming as travel bans and restrictions imposed because of the new Omicron variant threaten to harm […]
(AFRICAN EXAMINER) – FW de Klerk, South Africa’s last white president, died on Thursday aged 85, his foundation announced. De Klerk and South Africa’s first black president Nelson Mandela shared the Nobel Peace Prize in 1993 for leading the “miracle” transition from white rule in the country. He died after a battle with cancer, his […]
(AFRICAN EXAMINER) – The German Government has announced its plan to invest €700 million (810 million dollars) to support the phase-out of coal-fired power stations in South Africa. The funds are part of a new partnership with South Africa, which also includes Britain, the US, France and the European Union (EU). A total of 8.5 […]
(AFRICAN EXAMINER) – South African judge on Tuesday dismissed an application by former president Jacob Zuma to have the prosecutor in his arms deal corruption trial removed. Zuma, ousted by the governing African National Congress in 2018, had argued that the prosecutor was biased against him and submitted a “special plea” to the Pietermaritzburg High […]
(AFRICAN EXAMINER) – South Africa’s ex-president Jacob Zuma on Thursday made his first public appearance since his release from prison on medical parole last month to lay charges against a chief state prosecutor. Zuma walked into a police station in the eastern city of Pietermaritzburg, where he is on trial for corruption, to open a […]
(AFRICAN EXAMINER) – Zambia’s Anti-Corruption Commission (ACC) has arrested 14 former and current government officials over graft offenses. ACC said in a statement on Thursday, that the 14 arrested include a former Southern province Permanent Secretary, Sibanze Simuchoba. It stated that the permanent secretary and two other officials were arrested for failure to follow applicable […]
