BALTIMORE, MD (AFRICAN EXAMINER) – Turkey’s President Recep Tayyip Erdogan has disclosed plan by his country and US to launch attack to drive so-called Islamic State (IS) from its Syrian stronghold of Raqqa. President Erdogan indicated that the suggestion on allied forces with his US counterpart Barack Obama was raised when they met at the […]
Somalia’s capital, Mogadishu, considered perhaps the most dangerous capital on Earth only a few years back, is preparing to host the 53rd summit of the Intergovernmental Authority on Development this weekend for the first time, following decades of civil war and instability in the Horn of Africa state. Leaders from all eight members of the […]
BALTIMORE, MD (AFRICAN EXAMINER) – The Turkish Army has confirmed killing of two Turkish soldiers by the Islamic State (IS) group during clashes in the Northern Syria. The Army authority in a statement also confirmed that five soldiers were injured during a rocket attack on Turkish tanks. Two fighters from the Free Syrian Army were […]
BALTIMORE, MD (AFRICAN EXAMINER) – No fewer than 40 people have been killed in four bombings in government-controlled areas of Syria and in a city dominated by Kurdish forces. Media reports confirmed that the attacks took place between 08:00 and 09:00 (05:00-06:00 GMT) around Damascus, Homs, Tartous as well as Hassakeh. It is not clear […]
BALTIMORE, MD (AFRICAN EXAMINER) – As the world Leaders gathered in China for the 2016 annual G20 Economic Summit, President Xi Jinping has urged members to avoid “empty talk” as they consider how to fast track global economic growth. President Jinping bemaoned that the world economy was at a “crucial juncture” due to volatile markets […]
BALTIMORE, MD (AFRICAN EXAMINER) – The UK Prime Minister (PM) Mrs. Theresa May has predicted “difficult times” ahead as the country recently left the European Union (EU). May made the prediction in her first major interview since assumption to office in July. The PM warned that #Brexit would not be “plain sailing” for the UK. […]
BALTIMORE, MD (AFRICAN EXAMINER) – Regardless of official confirmation by the country, Turkey has announced the death of Uzbekistan’s President Islam Karimov. The late President, who died at age 78, was taken to hospital last week after a brain haemorrhage. The last declaration by Uzbek government is that Mr. Karimov was critically ill, reported BBC. […]
BALTIMORE, MD (AFRICAN EXAMINER) – At last, the embattled Brazilian President Ms. Dilma Rousseff has been impeached by the Senate. The Senators voted Wednesday in support of allegation that she manipulated Brazil’s budget so as to be re-elected into the office in 2015. In all, 61 Senators voted in favour of Rousseff’s impeachment while 20 […]
By Niyi Adeyi BALTIMORE, MD (AFRICAN EXAMINER) – Japanese Prime Minister PM Shinzo Abe has announced his country’s willingness to spend $10 Billion in the next 12 months and overall $30 Billion over a three-year period on key some areas to the African economies. While the areas being targeted include: infrastructural projects such as roads, […]
BALTIMORE, MD (AFRICAN EXAMINER) – The French Economy Minister Mr. Emmanuel Macron has resigned his appointment in preparation for his contest for the Presidency in the next year’s election. The young former investment banker has been considered a controversial personality in the Socialist President Francois Hollande’s administration. Marcon 38, has once questioned France’s 35-hour working […]
BALTIMORE, MD (AFRICAN EXAMINER) – The suspended Brazilian President Ms. Dilma Rousseff has defended herself and insisted her conscience was “absolutely clean” as well as not committed any crime. Rousseff was accused of illegally manipulating the budget to hide a growing deficit, during her impeachment trial in the Senate. She made the defence during her […]
BALTIMORE, MD (AFRICAN EXAMINER) – As another tremor struck early Friday, Italy has declared a state of emergency in the worst hit regions by Wednesday’s earthquake in the central Italy. The declaration came amid hopes of finding more survivors deemed, thus death likelihood of death toll to rise. The Friday’s tremor was measured 4.7. Prime […]
ABUJA, NIGERIA (AFRICAN EXAMINER) – President Muhammadu Buhari is billed to attend the Sixth Tokyo International Conference on African Development (TICAD VI) in Nairobi, Kenya from August 27-28, 2016. The summit according to a statement issued in Abuja by his SA on Media and Publicity Mr. Femi Adeshina is co-organized by the Government of Japan, the […]
BALTIMORE, MD (AFRICAN EXAMINER) – US Republican Presidential candidate Donald Trump’s Campaign Manager Paul Manafort, has resigned. Manafort resumed two months ago after his immediate past predecessor Corey Lewandowsky was sacked The former Campaign Manager’s exit was confirmed by Mr. Trump in a statement. Manafort first took control of Mr. Trump’s campaign after Lewandowski left […]
BALTIMORE, MD (AFRICAN EXAMINER) – Russia’s defence Ministry Tuesday confirmed that it used a base in western Iran to carry out air strikes in Syria. In a statement, Russia indicated that Tupolev-22M3 long-range bombers and Sukhoi-34 strike fighters took off from Hamedan on Tuesday. It confirmed the targets were hit in Aleppo, Idlib and Deir […]
BALTIMORE, MD (AFRICAN EXAMINER) – Democratic Presidential candidate Hillary Clinton appears to have put her controversial Republican counterpart, Mr. Donald Trump on the spot, as she has released her tax returns for over 30 years. Hilary’s return evidence confirmed that she had paid an effective Federal tax rate of 34.2 per cent last year. In […]
ABUJA, NIGERIA (AFRICAN EXAMINER) – President Muhammadu Buhari has urged rich countries to take urgent actions to save the Lake Chad from extinction, due to effects of climate change. The President gave the task Thursday in Abuja while receiving the Director-General of UNESCO, Ms Irina Bokova. Buhari warned that the failure to regenerate the Lake […]
BALTIMORE, MD (AFRICAN EXAMINER) – Despite the peace truce reached recently, clashes have again erupted in and around the northern Syrian city of Aleppo, resulting in impeding military action to bring in aids. In the truce, Russian forces giving support to the National troops had announced a daily three-hour suspension of military action. Still, the […]
BALTIMORE, MD (AFRICAN EXAMINER) – No fewer than 12 premature babies have been confirmed dead in a fire incident which occurred at a hospital in Baghdad, the Iraqi capital. Following the sad development, officials confirmed that eight other children and 29 women have been moved from the affected unit and transferred to nearby hospitals. The […]
BALTIMORE, MD (AFRICAN EXAMINER) – As his relationships with some western nations continue to wane, Turkish President Recep Tayyip Erdogan has arrived St Petersburg with the main target of reviewing ties with Russia via talks with President Vladimir Putin. It would be recalled that bilateral relationship between the two countries crumbled last November when Turkey […]
