April 15
Africa: Reflecting On the Launch of the New Women Creating Wealth Agricultural Value Chains Programme [press release]
Graça Machel Trust
On the 4th April 2024, the Women Creating Wealth team proudly unveiled its Agricultural Value Chains Programme in collaboration with the University of Johannesburg Centre for… Read more »
Egypt: Egypt Repeatedly Warned Against Expansion of Conflict in Me Region
Egypt Online
Head of the mission of the International Council for Human Rights at the United Nations in Geneva Haitham Abu Said said that the recent escalation between Iran and Israel… Read more »
Nigeria: Nigerian-Canadians to Host Town Hall With Peter Obi
Leadership
The Coalition of Nigerian Canadian Interest Groups (CONCIG), a network of Nigerian Canadian socio-economic and good governance organisations, is set to host a town hall meeting… Read more »
Kenya: Single Online Portal to Enhance Ease of Doing Business Unveiled
Capital FM
Trade and Investments Cabinet Secretary (CS) Rebecca Miano today unveiled an online portal that seeks to enhance the ease of doing business in the country. Read more »
Sudan: Statement By Ambassador Linda Thomas-Greenfield On the One-Year Mark of the Conflict in Sudan [document]
U.S. Mission to the UN
Statement by Ambassador Linda Thomas-Greenfield on the One-Year Mark of the Conflict in Sudan Read more »
Liberia: Bridge Disaster in Baltimore Gets FBI Criminal Investigation [analysis]
Daily Maverick
The US has opened a criminal investigation into what occurred on a cargo ship before it crashed into Baltimore's Francis Scott Key Bridge and caused it to collapse last month,… Read more »
April 14
Sudan: Secretary Antony J. Blinken's Video Message On One Year of Conflict in Sudan [document]
State Department
On April 15th, 2024, we will mark one year since the onset of conflict in Sudan. The fighting has displaced more than eight and a half billion[1] people. Eighteen million children,… Read more »
Nigeria: Obaseki Leads Nigerian Delegation to Italian Art Exhibition
Daily Trust
Edo State Governor Godwin Obaseki has been selected as the Nigerian Pavilion Commissioner for the 60th International Art Exhibition organised by La Biennale di Venezia. Leading a… Read more »
Nigeria: Onu's Death a Great Loss to Nigeria - Umahi, Lawmaker
Leadership
The minister of Works, Engr David Umahi has described the death of the former minister of Science and Technology, Dr Ogbonnaya Onu, as a great loss to Ebonyi people and Nigeria at… Read more »
Nigeria: Amid Outcry, Tinubu Navigates IMF Advice On Petrol, Power Subsidies
Leadership
The President Bola Tinubu-led federal government maybe struggling to navigate the International Monetary Fund (IMF) prescription removal of subsidies on petrol and power, and moved… Read more »
Nigeria: If This Is Not Genocide, Then What the Hell Is? [column]
Daily Trust
"We do not have evidence of Israel committing genocide in Gaza"- Gen. Lloyd Austin, Secretary of Defence of the United States of America. Never in the history of humanity and in… Read more »
Zimbabwe: Mnangagwa Appoints Four New Ambassadors
New Zimbabwe
President Emmerson Mnangagwa has appointed four new ambassadors to lead the country's diplomatic missions in China, India, Saudi Arabia and at the United Nations (UN). Read more »
April 13
Madagascar: Fishers in Madagascar Adapt to Deadly Seas Due to Climate Change
UN News
Fishing communities in the south of Madagascar are facing sometimes deadly sea conditions due to climate change, but with the help of the UN's International Labour Organization… Read more »
Sudan: Sudan Faces Catastrophic Crisis As World Looks Away, Aid Agencies Say
VOA
United Nations and international agencies warn that the lives of millions of people in Sudan are at risk as the world looks away from the enormous humanitarian needs facing the… Read more »
Africa: Senators Risch and Coons Introduce Legislation to Renew U.S-Africa Agoa Trade Partnership [press release]
United States Senate
U.S. Senators Jim Risch (R-Idaho), ranking member of the Senate Foreign Relations Committee, and Chris Coons (D-Del.), introduced the African Growth and Opportunity Act (AGOA)… Read more »
Sudan: Economic Fallout of Sudan War Deepens Hunger Crisis for Millions
WFP
Sudan's war has claimed thousands of lives, forced millions from their homes, and sparked economic turmoil across the region that is deepening the hunger crisis, warns the United… Read more »
Namibia: Swapo Youth League's Statement On the 'Disrespectful Behaviour' of the European Mission [press release]
Namibian
This is a statement released by SPYL secretary Ephraim Nekongo on 13 April. Read more »
Africa: Tunisia's Permanent Representative to UN Reaffirms Country's Commitment to Defending Interests of Africa Within UN
Tunis Afrique Presse
Tunisia's Permanent Representative to the United Nations, Ambassador Tarek El Adab, reaffirmed on Saturday in New York Tunisia's firm commitment to defend the interests of the… Read more »
East Africa: Angolan New Representative of the AUC President in Central and East Africa
ANGOP
The new Special Representative of the President of the African Union Commission (AUC) and Head of the AU Mission for Central and Eastern Africa (MISAC), Angolan António… Read more »
South Africa: Safa Happy With Congress Outcomes
SAFA
Delegates from around the country descended on the venue in the east of Johannesburg to attend an event that was also graced by representatives from, among others, FIFA, SASCOC,… Read more »
April 12
Africa: Can We Have Our Food, and Equality Too?
allAfrica
The world faces a daunting challenge: securing food for a growing global population while navigating the complexities of climate crisis and entrenched gender inequalities. These… Read more »
Nigeria: Nigeria First Country to Introduce 'Revolutionary' Meningitis Vaccine
UN News
Nigeria has become the first country to roll out a "revolutionary" five-in-one vaccine against meningitis, the World Health Organization (WHO) said in a statement on Friday. Read more »
West Africa: Wave of Increased Food Insecurity Hits West and Central Africa
UN News
Almost 55 million people are facing further food and nutrition insecurity in West and Central Africa during the region's three-month lean season from June through August, the UN… Read more »
Niger: Russia Sends Military Trainers, Troops to Niger
DW
Russian military personnel arrived in Niamey to train their soldiers and set up an air defense system. Russia has been trying to build stronger ties with several African nations… Read more »
Africa: Young, Black Woman Scientist Discovered Pivotal Leprosy Treatment in 1920s But Someone Took the Credit [analysis]
The Conversation Africa
Hansen's disease, also called leprosy, is treatable today - and that's partly thanks to a curious tree and the work of a pioneering young scientist in the 1920s. Centuries prior to… Read more »