Category: Africa

MSMEs in Sub-Saharan Africa empowered by EU-funded projects

April 1, 2023

Some 174 Nigerian Micro Small and Medium Enterprises (MSMEs) have benefited from a European Union funded facility to produce high-quality Personal Protective Equipment (PPEs) and ... Read More

AFCON2023 set from Jan.13 to Feb.11, 2024

March 31, 2023

The Confederation of African Football (CAF) set the kickoff of the Africa Cup of Nations, to be held in Côte d’Ivoire for January 13 next ... Read More

Ugandan President’s son vows to send troops to Russia if attacked

March 31, 2023

Muhoozi Kainerugaba, an army general and son of President Yoweri Museveni of Uganda said on Thursday on Twitter that the eastern African country will send ... Read More

Amnesty 2023 report: Africa’s ‘limited progress’, ‘grim picture’ in some nations

March 31, 2023

Amnesty International's 2023 report titled "State of the World's Human Rights" says that Africa, on the whole, continues to make progress toward respect for individual ... Read More

Burkina Faso re-establishes ties with North Korea, purchase of military equipment in sight

March 30, 2023

Olivia Roumba, Burkina Faso’s top diplomat announced Wednesday the resumption of diplomat ties with North Korea as Ouagadougou seeks Pyongyang’s military support in order to ... Read More

France denies visa to Gabon’s U16 football team

March 30, 2023

The French Consulate General in Gabon’s capital Libreville has turned down visa applications of the country’s U16 football team expected to take part in a ... Read More

Germany mulls plans to send troops to Niger

March 30, 2023

Germany is considering sending military forces to Niger as part of a European Union (EU) mission officially aimed at supporting the African country in the ... Read More

UN Chief vows support for Africa’s fight against terrorism

March 30, 2023

Although no region is immune to terrorism, the situation in Africa is especially concerning, Secretary-General António Guterres told the Security Council, underlining UN support to ... Read More

DRC: UN chief “alarmed” by surge in violence, as militia executes 17 hostages

March 29, 2023

The escalating violence in the east of the Democratic Republic of Congo (DRC) has claimed more than 700 lives at the hands of militia fighters ... Read More

Nigeria to start national census May 3rd

March 28, 2023

Nigeria will conduct, as of May 3rd, the national population census, the first in 17 years, a state official said Monday. Garba Abari, Head of ... Read More