White House Official Visits Ghana to Discuss Infrastructure Opportunities
United States (U.S.) Deputy National Security Adviser Daleep Singh visited Accra this week to discuss President Biden’s Build Back Better World initiative with stakeholders and to meet with Vice President Mahamudu Bawumia. Singh’s visit to Ghana follows his participation in…
Guinea Coup Leaders Impose Nationwide Curfew
Special forces who seized power in Guinea on Sunday, capturing President Alpha Conde, announced a nationwide curfew “until further notice” as well as the replacement of governors by the military. The junta also said in a statement read out over…
2-Yrs After: Body of Missing Woman Found Buried Under Her Marital Home’s Bath Tub
For about two years, police authorities worked unsuccessfully to resolve the circumstances surrounding the disappearance of a woman after a report by her husband. However, the search for the South African woman, identified as Noluvuyo Ndema-Nonkwelo, ended in disappointment when…
Canon Collaborates with Uganda Press Photo Awards (Uppa) for its 2021 Edition
Continuing to support education and youth under the umbrella of its flagship ‘Miraisha Programme’, Canon EMEA – a world leader in digital imaging solutions, announced today of its sponsorship participation for the tenth anniversary edition of Uganda Press Photo Awards…
South Africa’s Department of Mineral Resources and Energy Fully Endorses African Energy Week
The African Energy Chamber (AEC) is proud to announce that South Africa’s Department of Mineral Resources and Energy (DMRE) has declared their full support of African Energy Week (AEW) 2021, scheduled to take place in Cape Town on the 9th-12th…
Securing Africa’s Recovery from COVID-19: G20 Compact Push For Private Sector Development and Vaccine Manufacturing
Participants of a G20 Compact with Africa meeting have assessed Africa’s progress in fighting the COVID-19 pandemic. “We are meeting at a pivotal time in the relationship between Africa and the rest of the world,” said Italian prime minister Mario…
TWG Presents Draft Tripartite Agreement For Voluntary Repatriation Of Nigerian Refugees In Niger, Chad
The Technical Working Group on the repatriation of Nigerian Refugees in Cameroon has presented a Draft Tripartite Agreement for the voluntary repatriation of Nigerian refugees in Niger Republic and Chad to the Minister of Humanitarian Affairs, Disaster Management and Social…
MRA Drags FG to ECOWAS Court for Failing to Investigate, Punish Killers of 11 Journalists
Media Rights Agenda (MRA) has filed a suit at the ECOWAS Community Court of Justice in Abuja over the failure of the Federal Government of Nigeria to effectively investigate, prosecute and punish perpetrators of the murders of 11 journalists killed…
Mugabe-era Massacre Victims in Zimbabwe to Be Compensated, Others for Reburial
Zimbabwe is ready to open talks on compensation for victims of a notorious 1980s massacre that took place when a Zimbabwean revolutionary and politician who was former President Robert Mugabe was in power, Zimbabwe’s government said at the weekend. Some…
It’s Judgment Day as Court Deliver Verdict on Constitutional Change in Kenya
Judgment is being awaited in Kenya as the Court of Appeal is billed to deliver its verdict today, Friday, on the controversial three-year quest of the Kenyan President to change the constitution. The ruling, watchers say, could shake up the…
‘Change is Here’, Says Zambia’s President-elect Hakainde Hichilema
Zambian president-elect Hakainde Hichilema on Monday slammed the southern African country’s outgoing “brutal regime” while promising a “better democracy” in his debut address to the nation, hours after winning the top job in a landslide. Speaking shortly after his predecessor…
