World Bank, AfDB Commit To Connect 300m Africans To Electr...
The World Bank Group (WBG) and the African Development Bank (AfDB) Group have committed to providing at least 300 million people in Africa with electricity access by 2030.
While the World Bank would work to connect 250 million people to electricity ... Read More
ECOWAS Sends Fact-Finding Mission To Togo Ahead Of Elections...
Faure Gnassingbé, President of Togo
The President of the ECOWAS Commission, Omar Alieu Touray, has approved the deployment of a Fact-Finding Mission to Togo ahead of the legislative and regional elections scheduled for April 29, 2024.
ECOWAS in a statement dated April ... Read More
Climate Change: Deadly African Heatwave ‘Impossible’ Wit...
A deadly heatwave in West Africa and the Sahel was “impossible” without human-induced climate change, scientists say.
Temperatures soared above 48C in Mali last month with one hospital linking hundreds of deaths to the extreme heat.
Researchers say human activities like burning ... Read More
Burkina Faso Expels French Diplomats For ‘Subversive A...
Burkina Faso’s military junta has expelled three French diplomats for “subversive activities,” according to a government statement Thursday.
The diplomats, two of whom are political advisers, were given 48 hours to leave and no additional details were shared about the alleged ... Read More
Chad’s Junta Leader Orders Military Crackdown After Op...
In response to growing campaign violence, Chad's transitional president, General Mahamat Idriss Deby, has ordered his military to arrest angry civilians and make sure peace reigns in the run-up to the May 6 presidential election and afterwards. Opposition and civil ... Read More
UN Chief Appeals For More Attention For Eastern DRC
Volker Turk
The U.N. High Commissioner for Human Rights, Volker Turk, on Wednesday appealed for more attention to be given to the conflict in the Democratic Republic of the Congo, as he visited a camp for displaced people in Goma.
Thousands of ... Read More
Italian PM Giorgia Meloni Visits Tunisia To Discuss Migratio...
Italy's Prime Minister Giorgia Meloni was in Tunisia on Wednesday to reinforce cooperation between the two countries on migration.
Meloni said several initiatives to support Tunisia's economy were signed, especially focusing on energy and education sectors.
"We want to work especially on ... Read More
UN Libyan Envoy Resigns
Abdoulaye Bathily
Abdoulaye Bathily, the United Nations envoy for Libya has resigned.
Bathily held the post for 18 months. He submitted his resignation Tuesday.
He said that while under his direction, the U.N. mission in the North African country, had “made a lot ... Read More
John Mahama Wins African Advancement Award For Exemplary Lea...
Former President John Dramani Mahama has won the African Advancement Award for Exemplary Leadership at the Africa Heritage Awards 2024 held in Lagos, Nigeria.
Organised by the Heritage Times of Nigeria, the African Heritage Awards is a platform that unites influential ... Read More
Macron Says Donors Pledge $2.1 Billion In Aid For Sudan
French President Emmanuel Macron
French President Emmanuel Macron said Monday that world donors have pledged $2.1 billion to help relieve the humanitarian crisis in war-ravaged Sudan.
Macron spoke in Paris at the end of an international conference designed to drum up financial ... Read More