UK Launches £200m Programme To Aid Women In Sub-Saharan Afr...
The United Kingdom (UK) government, on Wednesday, unveiled a £200 million sexual and reproductive health rights programme for women and girls in sub-Saharan Africa.
This is to help prevent up to 30,600 maternal deaths, 3.4 million unsafe abortions and 9.5 million ... Read More
Kenya Rolls Out Vaccination Campaign Against Malaria
Kenya this week rolled out a campaign using the world's first vaccine against malaria to inoculate more than 400,000 children against the mosquito-borne disease. Health officials say malaria kills more than 12,000 Kenyans each year and more than half a ... Read More
South Africa’s ANC Received Big Donation From Russian ...
Russian businessman Viktor Vekselberg attends a session of the St. Petersburg International Economic Forum in St. Petersburg, Russia, on June 3, 2021.
South Africa's ruling ANC party has brushed aside criticism of a large donation it accepted from a mining company ... Read More
US Ambassador To Nigeria Urges Patience With Election Challe...
People sit under a billboard with a congratulatory message of the President-Elect Bola Ahmed Tinubu of the All Progressives Congress in Lagos , Nigeria, March 5, 2023.
The U.S. Ambassador to Nigeria acknowledged in a statement Sunday that following the African ... Read More
South African President To Announce Cabinet Reshuffle On Mon...
South African President Cyril Ramaphosa will announce changes to the national executive at 7:00 p.m. (1700 GMT) on Monday, presidential spokesman Vincent Magwenya said on Sunday.
A Cabinet reshuffle has been widely expected since Ramaphosa was re-elected leader of the governing ... Read More
France’s Macron Promises $53M To New Forest Protection...
French President Emmanuel Macron walks with Gabon's Minister of Water and Forests Lee White while during his visit to the Mondah classified forest on the sidelines of the One Forest Summit in Libreville, Gabon, March 2, 2023.
French President Emmanuel Macron ... Read More
American Cindy McCain To Head UN World Food Program
Cindy McCain
American Cindy McCain will take over as executive director of the United Nations World Food Program when current director David Beasley steps down next month.
“Ms. McCain, a champion for human rights, has a long history of giving a voice ... Read More
Nigeria’s Labour Party To Challenge Presidential Elect...
Nigeria’s opposition candidates for president say they will challenge the results declaring the ruling party candidate the winner. Saturday’s election was marred by technical and staff problems that saw voting delayed by a day or more at some polling stations.
The ... Read More
AfCFTA Would Revive Economies Of LLDCs And SIDS
ing States (SIDS) was highlighted in Harare at a high-level event jointly organized by the UN Economic Commission for Africa (ECA) and the Office of the High Representative for the Least Developed Countries, Landlocked Developing Countries and Small Island Developing ... Read More
Jill Biden Departs Africa, Leaving Message Of Warmth, Hope I...
There was none of the U.S. presidency's muscular, national security-focused approach on display as Jill Biden, in flowery dresses and pin-thin heels, hugged and smiled her way through Namibia and Kenya on her debut trip to the continent as first ... Read More