International students planning to study in the United Kingdom will face higher financial requirements from January 2025, following new rules announced by the UK Home Office. The changes, revealed on September 10, 2024, will see an increase in the amount of savings students must demonstrate when applying for a visa. Under the new guidelines, international […]
Morocco has confirmed a case of mpox in a man in the city of Marrakech, the health ministry said. This is the first such discovery since the current outbreak was declared a public health emergency of international concern by the World Health Organization (WHO) last month. That was in response to the rapid spread of […]
Delta Air Lines has appointed Mary Gbobaniyi as its new Sales Manager, for West Africa. In her new role, she will be based in Lagos, Nigeria, and will oversee Delta’s sales and commercial operations across the West African region, including the Airline’s key online stations in Ghana, Nigeria and Senegal, a release from Kingdom Concepts […]
In an exclusive interview, U.S. Ambassador to Somalia Richard Riley shed light on the ongoing diplomatic efforts and security challenges facing the East African nation, including U.S. efforts to find a peaceful diplomatic solution to the ongoing dispute between Somalia and Ethiopia. Somalia and Ethiopia have been in a dispute that was ignited at the […]
The United States supports creating two permanent United Nations Security Council seats for African states and one seat to be rotated among small island developing states, U.S. Ambassador to the U.N. Linda Thomas-Greenfield will announce on Thursday. The move comes as the U.S. seeks to repair ties with Africa, where many are unhappy about Washington’s […]
The two-day pan-African AI conference co-hosted by the United States concluded Wednesday in Lagos, Nigeria’s commercial hub. Hundreds of delegates including public officials, tech leaders, policy makers academics and entrepreneurs attended the conference to hold talks about the development and use of safe, secure and trustworthy AI systems in Africa. The U.S. deputy secretary of […]
Movendi International, a global network for development through alcohol prevention has called on World Health Organisation (WHO) and the Member States to address the benefits of alcohol policy to promote healthy ageing in Africa. It said the 2019 landmark report showed that alcohol consumption and its harm were rising among older people, both in the […]
Central banks in Africa are turning to gold to protect themselves from economic and geopolitical instability and to diversify their financial portfolios. In September 2023, the price of gold per ounce was $1,900. A year later, it is selling for $2,500. According to the World Gold Council, an international trade association for the gold industry, […]
Authorities in the Democratic Republic of Congo said that 50,000 doses of mpox vaccine from the United States arrived in the country on Tuesday, a week after the first batch arrived from the European Union. Adults in Equateur, South Kivu and Sankuru, the three most-affected provinces, will be vaccinated first, starting on October 2, said […]
President Abdelmadjid Tebboune has been named the winner of Algeria’s presidential election, granting him another term leading the gas-rich North African nation five years after pro-democracy protests led to the ouster of his predecessor. In a result that surprised few observers internationally or in Algeria, the country’s independent election authority on Sunday announced that Tebboune […]
