French AFD funds training program for museum & heritage professions in Africa

The French Development Agency (AFD) has earmarked €300,000 to fund a pan-African training program for museum and heritage professions in Africa to be spearheaded by Morocco’s National Museum Foundation (FNM). The grant-related agreement was signed Monday in Rabat by French Foreign Minister Jean Yves le Drian, President of the FNM Mehdi Qotbi, and AFD Director […]

Namibia’s first female president emerges amid electoral challenges

A transformative moment in Namibian politics unfolded as Vice President Netumbo Nandi-Ndaitwah secured the presidency with 57 percent of the vote, becoming the nation’s first female leader. The ruling SWAPO party maintained its parliamentary majority, though by the narrowest margin in its 34-year governance, securing 51 seats in a close contest that reflects shifting political […]

African leaders to meet in Addis Ababa to fast-tract implementation of free-trade area

African leaders will hold a summit on Saturday and Sunday at the headquarters of the African Union (AU) in Addis Ababa with the aim of accelerating the implementation of the continental free trade area (AfCFTA). The summit, the 36th of the organization, will bring together 35 Presidents and 4 Prime Ministers. The officials will ponder […]