African women entrepreneurs from 35 countries have called for more support from lenders and governments to help them benefit from the African Continental Free Trade Area. Meeting in Cameroon's capital for the U.N.-sponsored African Women Entrepreneur Forum, the women say ... Read More

Uganda's tourism sector is once again being hit by effects from a deadly disease. In 2021, it was the COVID-19 pandemic. This time, it's the Ebola outbreak, with 141 confirmed cases and 55 deaths. President Yoweri Museveni said Tuesday in his address ... Read More

Ivory Coast will be gradually withdrawing its military contingent from the United Nations peacekeeping mission in Mali (MINUSMA) after the continued detention of 46 Ivorian soldiers who have been accused of being mercenaries. The announcement was made in a letter, which ... Read More

Prime Minister Abiy Ahmed Ethiopia’s Prime Minister Abiy Ahmed has told lawmakers in parliament he is committed to a peace deal struck with Tigrayan leadership in South Africa earlier this month to end two years of deadly conflict in northern Tigray ... Read More

Two trucks carrying medical supplies arrived in Ethiopia's Tigray region on Tuesday, the first shipment of international aid to reach the region since Ethiopia’s federal government and Tigrayan forces agreed to a cease-fire earlier this month. The convoy by the International ... Read More

Diabetes mellitus took the lives of 416,000 people on the African continent last year and becoming one of the leading causes of death in Africa by 2030. Mr Francis Kasolo, the World Health Organization (WHO) Representative to Ghana, who disclosed this ... Read More

The West African Health Organisation (WAHO) in partnership with the World Health Organisation (WHO) and other international health stakeholders have opened a training in Accra to build the capacity of West African health workers on cholera elimination. The training forms part ... Read More

The President of ECOWAS, Omar Aliou Touray, has called on member states to sustain efforts at reducing access to small arms and ammunition. “With the spate of terrorist attacks, banditry, and kidnappings in parts of our countries, the need for sustained ... Read More

 Redwan Hussien Rameto, 2nd left, representative of the Ethiopian government, and Getachew Reda, 2nd right, representative of the Tigray People's Liberation Front (TPLF), sign a peace agreement between the two parties. The Ethiopian government and Tigray forces on Saturday signed an ... Read More

President Mahammadu Buhari As world leaders meet in Egypt for a two-week climate change summit, COP27, African leaders have been emphasizing the need for their western counterparts to increase their commitment to addressing climate change's impact on Africa. Nigerian President Muhammadu ... Read More