Regional analysts have voiced skepticism about a so-called standby counterterrorism force announced Sunday by West African bloc ECOWAS. The critics say despite the comments from Nigeria’s president suggesting the force is ready for deployment, ECOWAS has not provided any details about its size, base, funding or mode of operation. Nigerian President and ECOWAS chair Bola […]
Dr Mohammed Amin Adam, Minister for Finance and Economic Planning, has engaged members of the Arab Coordination Group to support the Government’s growth strategy which targets an investment of $12 billion. The Government, having successfully undergone both domestic and external debt restructuring and moved onto the path of economic recovery, seeks to have investments in […]
South African President Cyril Ramaphosa has signed into law a broad climate change act that will set caps for large emitters and require every town and city to publish an adaptation plan. The Climate Change Bill aims to enable South Africa to meet its emissions reduction commitments under the Paris climate agreement, the presidency said […]
The African Union convened in Ghana on Sunday to address issues related to African integration and to establish a unified stance before engaging with the G20 and UN. Mauritania’s President and current African Union Chair, Mohamed Cheikh Ghazouani, urged for the acceleration of the African integration process. He stressed the importance of expediting economic integration to support the […]
Turkey is pushing for diplomatic and economic influence on the world stage — not least in Africa, where it announced plans this week to search for oil and gas off Somalia. Over President Recep Tayyip Erdogan’s two decades in power, Ankara has consolidated its foothold on the continent, quadrupling its number of embassies there. Here […]
Sudan’s de facto leader, army chief Abdel Fattah al-Burhan, received an Iranian ambassador Sunday and sent his own to Tehran, the government said, cementing a rapprochement after an eight-year rupture. Sudan and Iran agreed last October to resume diplomatic relations, as the army-aligned government scrambled for allies during its war with the paramilitary Rapid Support […]
After a rising chorus within his own party urged U.S. President Joe Biden to “pass the torch,” he did just that on Sunday, immediately becoming a single-term president and a lame-duck leader. Biden announced on social media that he was ending his 2024 reelection bid against former President Donald Trump, the Republican party’s nominee for […]
The United Arab Emirates has lifted a 21-month long visa ban on Nigerians. Nigeria’s information minister Mohammed Idris said Monday that the UAE’s decision to lift the ban that has been in place since October 2022 came after “mutually beneficial negotiations” between both governments. He referred to “updated controls and conditions” that prospective Nigerian visitors […]
Members of a U.S. presidential advisory council have approved a student exchange deal between an American college and a Nigerian university as part of the council’s effort to strengthen collaboration on education, health, entrepreneurship and development between Africa and Africans living abroad. The council also visited a health facility supported by the United States Agency […]
The United States is encouraged by “incremental progress” on peace and reconciliation efforts in Ethiopia, 20 months after a cease-fire was implemented in the northern Tigray region, according to a senior U.S. official. In November 2022, Ethiopia’s government and leaders from the Tigray region reached a cease-fire, known as the Pretoria Agreement or Cessation of […]
