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CIVICUS Monitor rating | NIGERIA: repressed CIVICUS discusses the criminalisation of protesters in Nigeria with Oluwafunke Adeoye, founder and Executive...

Biden pledges $1B in aid to Africa as North Carolina residents continue to struggle after Helene Fox News Source link...

The Electoral Commission of Namibia announced Netumbo Nandi-Ndaitwah from SWAPO had won the presidential election. Source link : https://www.news24.com/news24/africa/news/namibia-gets-first-female-president-according-to-disputed-official-result-20241203 Author...

Thousands of global investors, African business leaders, and government representatives are this week converging in Rabat, Morocco, for the 2024...

This week marked a historic milestone for the African Development Bank as it celebrated the conclusion of the inaugural Women's...

The Net-Zero Mining Summit in the DRC successfully took place on November 29th at the Pullman Hotel in Lubumbashi, uniting...

Netumbo Nandi-Ndaitwah, from the governing South West Africa People's Organisation (Swapo), looks set to become Namibia's first female president with...

US President Joe Biden met his Angolan counterpart Joao Lourenco Tuesday at the start of a two-day visit to the...

The Copa Libertadores has been running since 1960, but African players are scarce on the ground - with competing sides...

November 26, 2024. Dakar: EtriLabs, in partnership with the Mastercard Foundation, hosted the WAEMU EdTech Conference in Dakar from November...

November 28, 2024. Nairobi, Kenya: iHUB, in partnership with the Mastercard Foundation, is calling for applications for the third cohort...

Uganda Red Cross has said it will need at least shs177 billion to fund its humanitarian activities next year. Speaking...

Traffic Police has warned all bus drivers to comply with regulations requiring them to possess a driver's badge issued by...

The Uganda Registration Services Bureau (URSB) has held its annual thanksgiving prayers, a spiritually enriching event led by Dr. Stephen...

Mauritius is thrilled to announce its remarkable achievements at the 2024 World Travel Awards, where it has been honoured as...

Nairobi — The National Assembly Education Committee has taken the University of Nairobi (UoN) Council to task over mismanagement of...

Officials and participants The International Institute for Democracy and Electoral Assistance (International IDEA), in collaboration with the Gambia Press Union...

The public hearings of the Local Government Commission of Inquiry have not taken place since last week Thursday because of...

President Nana Addo Dankwa Akufo-Addo has commissioned the second Phase of the Tema Motorway Interchange connecting the two metropolitan areas...

Two Parliamentary candidates contesting the December 7 general elections to represent the Adentan Constituency have participated in a National Commission...

The President, Nana Addo Dankwa Akufo-Addo, on Friday presented pilot wings, also known as Aviator Wings or Air Crew Badges,...

The Imam of the Ghana Airforce, Flight Lieutenant Moucharoudine-Siddique Maiga, has advised Muslims to help make Ghana a violence-free country,...

The Ghana Armed Forces (GAF) has assured that there will be no military personnel presence at any polling station in...

As it is the practice in every election year, special voting precedes the general voting day, which is fixed as...

November 20, 2024. Lagos, Nigeria — Co-creation HUB (CcHUB), in partnership with the Mastercard Foundation, is calling for applications for...

Sudan’s civil war was triggered by a power struggle between two men, but it has taken its greatest toll on...

US President Joe Biden has said he is “very proud to be the first American president visiting Angola” at the...

Most popular destinations are North America, Europe, and elsewhere in Africa. Key findings About one in four South Africans (27%)...

Any strategy to address this crime should focus on identifying and disrupting those who benefit from it. Kidnapping, defined in...

Nairobi — The Intergovernmental Science-Policy Platform on Biodiversity and Ecosystem Services' (IPBES) first Plenary session in Africa is a "crucial...

South Africa's unemployment rate stands at a staggering 33.5%, one of the highest in the world. Coupled with an alarming...

Nigeria's anti-graft agency has said it has made its biggest ever seizure of assets, alleged to have been purchased with...

Droughts across the world are intensifying and have become a "slow onset, silent killer" to which no country is immune,...

TLDR Nigeria has raised $2.2 billion in its latest Eurobond auction, the first since March 2022, to address its widening...

Nigeria Union of Petroleum and Natural Gas Workers, NUPENG and the National Union of Electricity Employees, NUEE, have directed members...

Nairobi — Jambojet has reported an incident involving a parked aircraft that rolled off the ramp and collided with a...

In a landmark ruling, the High Court has declared a section of the Termination of Pregnancy Act unconstitutional, significantly broadening...

Kenyan President William Ruto faces significant challenges as he assumes the chairmanship of the East African Community (EAC), taking the...

As President Bola Ahmed Tinubu's swathe of often controversial governance policies exits the gestation phase into the critical, if impatient,...

Rwanda Utilities Regulatory Authority (RURA) said it would probe into the case of a woman who claimed to have been...