September 18
Sudan: US President Biden Urges End to Sudan Conflict
Dabanga
US President Joe Biden has condemned the ongoing conflict in Sudan, urging both the Sudanese Armed Forces (SAF) and the paramilitary Rapid Support Forces (RSF) to halt their… Read more »
Africa: Oil Prices Settle Up Above $70 Ahead of Fed Rate Cut Decision
Daba Finance
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Egypt: Industry and Transport Min Discusses Cooperation With South Korea
Egypt Online
Deputy Prime Minister and Minister of Industry and Transport Kamel el Wazir held talks with South Korean Ambassador to Egypt Kim Yong-Hyun on means to boost cooperation in the… Read more »
Nigeria: Konga Health Appoints Resellers for L'oreal Beauty Products
This Day
The opportunity offers structured Nigerian retailers, wholesalers, healthcare professionals, and structured online sellers a chance to join the growing network of resellers for… Read more »
September 17
Africa: President Obama Introduces New Cohort of 34 Obama Foundation Leaders from Africa [announcement]
The Obama Foundation
This year’s Leaders Africa cohort is part of new class of over 200 Obama Foundation Leaders who were selected from a competitive pool of more than 6,000 applicants from… Read more »
Africa: The Sierra Leonian Gangster Who Gave up Violence and Drugs for Poetry [analysis]
The Conversation Africa
For the past five years, the GANGS project, a European Research Council-funded project led by Dennis Rodgers, has been studying global gang dynamics in a comparative perspective.… Read more »
Liberia: Foreign Minister Requests Ex-President Weah's Help for UN Seat
Liberian Investigator
Foreign Minister Sara Beysolow Nyanti has, perhaps, come to realize that securing Liberia a seat at the UN Security Council as a non-permanent member would be nearly impossible… Read more »
Namibia: United Nations Secretary General Guterres Appoints Geingos As Sustainable Development Goals Advocate
Namibian
United Nations (UN) secretary general António Guterres has appointed former first lady Monica Geingos as a Sustainable Development Goals (SDG) advocate, the UN has… Read more »
Africa: Why China Is Seeking Greater Presence in Africa [analysis]
The Conversation Africa
China's relationship with Africa is set to deepen. At a summit in Beijing in early September, China's president, Xi Jinping, pledged to deliver US$51 billion (£39 billion) in… Read more »
South Africa: Concern Raised Over 'Risk of the Threat of Use of Nuclear Weapons'
SAnews.gov.za
Minister of Energy and Electricity, Dr Kgosientsho Ramokgopa, has raised concern about the "rising threat" to global peace and the risk of the threat of nuclear weapons use amidst… Read more »
Liberia: U.S. Ambassador Toner Lauds LEC's Progress At Mount Coffee Plant
Liberian Investigator
U.S. Ambassador Mark C. Toner, accompanied by the Chief Executive Officer of the Liberia Electricity Corporation (LEC), Monie Captan, visited the Mount Coffee Hydropower Plant… Read more »
Zimbabwe: Zimbabwe's Bid for Third UN Security Council Seat Gets Continental Support
New Zimbabwe
FOREIGN Affairs Minister Frederick Shava has said Zimbabwe's ambitious plans to vie for a United Nations Security Council (UNSC) seat in 2027 now have support from both the African… Read more »
Nigeria: Continued Detention of Binance Executive in Nigeria May Sever Relationship, Says U.S. Lawmaker
This Day
Worried about the continued detention of Binance Executive, Tigran Gambaryan in Nigeria, a United States lawmaker in the House of Representatives, James Hill, has said the long… Read more »
Africa: For a Mutually Beneficial China-Africa Relations [analysis]
Daily Trust
China-Africa relations made global headlines in Beijing at the 9th Forum on China-Africa Cooperation (FOCAC) held September 4-6, 2024. With the theme "Joining hands to advance… Read more »
Ethiopia: Ethio-China Trade Ties See Promising Growth
Ethiopian Herald
Ethio- China trade ties is gathering momentum , so stated Ethiopia's Embassy in Beijing , China . Read more »
Africa: Rwanda's Economy Registers Strong Growth in Early 2024 Despite Persistent Challenges
World Bank
Rwanda's real GDP grew by 9.7% in the first quarter of 2024, exceeding the previous year's growth rate of 8.2%. The latest edition of the Rwanda Economic Update (REU), launched… Read more »
Nigeria: UN Agencies Assist Families Affected By Floods
UN News
UN agencies and their humanitarian partners are providing life-saving relief to families in Nigeria who lost their homes during recent flooding. Read more »
Nigeria: UN Restates $6 Million to Support Borno Flood Victims
Premium Times
The UN's food agency says over the coming six months, it needs 147.9 million dollars to support food-insecure people in Nigeria's northeast. Read more »
Nigeria: Maiduguri, Trump - a Tale of Contrasting Disasters
This Day
The highlights of last week were the long awaited American Presidential Debate, and the horrible flood incident that occurred in Maiduguri, Borno State. May God console those who… Read more »
Nigeria: I'm Not Leaving Nigeria, Declares Dambe Fighter From Poland
This Day
One of the foreign fighters at the Dambe Warriors League (DWL) super-fight contest in Abuja on Sunday, Mateusz from Poland has revealed his plan to stay behind in Nigeria out of… Read more »
Africa: WHO Director-General's Opening Remarks At the High-Level Meeting On Dracunculiasis (Guinea-Worm Disease) Eradication in Chad [document]
WHO
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Kenya: Kenya's Jean Njeri Kamau Named UN Resident Coordinator in Guyana
Capital FM
United Nations Secretary-General António Guterres has appointed Jean Njeri Kamau of Kenya as the United Nations Resident Coordinator in Guyana, effective from September 15,… Read more »
September 16
Africa: U.S. Military Strategy in Africa Remains 'Partnership-Centric' - Africom's General Langley
allAfrica
The head of the U.S-Africa Command (Africom) - a unit of the U.S. military responsible for operations on the continent - said the U.S. strategy on the continent will… Read more »
Nigeria: Okonjo-Iweala to Seek Second Term as WTO Chief
Vanguard
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Africa: Sahel, Lake Chad Basin Countries Coordinate Joint Polio Eradication Plan
WHO-AFRO
In a significant move to combat the ongoing challenge of variant poliovirus transmission in Central and West Africa, Ministers of Health from the Lake Chad Basin countries and… Read more »