Category: Africa News

Democratic Republic (DR) of the Congo crisis: A public health ‘nightmare’ is unfolding, warns World Health Organization (WHO)

Download logoThe internet also remains down in the provincial capital and only mobile phone networks are functioning, with M23 fighters apparently in…

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State Secretary Andžejs Viļumsons receives the Ambassador of Guinea on an accreditation visit

Download logoOn 29 January 2025, the State Secretary of the Ministry of Foreign Affairs, Andžejs Viļumsons met with the Ambassador…

1 year ago

Angola Oil & Gas (AOG’25) Kicks Off to Celebrate 50 Years of Angola’s Independence and Its Leadership in the Oil Sector in Africa

The sixth edition of the Angola Oil & Gas (AOG) Conference & Exhibition was officially launched today, marking the beginning…

1 year ago

World Food Programme (WFP) and Chad’s meteorological agency partner to modernize weather forecasting and enhance climate response in Chad

Download logoThe World Meteorological Organization's Systemic Observations Financing Facility (SOFF) and the United Nations World Food Programme (WFP) have launched…

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Bangladeshi peacekeepers alleviate dire shortage of drugs by delivering lifesaving medicines to Raja Hospital

Download logoEvery day, more than 100 children arrive at Raja Hospital suffering from diarrhea, malaria, and pneumonia. The treatment options…

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Defeating Cervical Cancer: Improving Access to Testing to Save Lives

Although cervical cancer is now a vaccine-preventable disease, 1 woman dies every 2 minutes globally of cervical cancer. Women in…

1 year ago

Apply NOW for $5000 in the 2025 Tony Elumelu Foundation Entrepreneurship Programme!

The Tony Elumelu Foundation (TEF) (www.TonyElumeluFoundation.org), Africa’s leading champion of entrepreneurship, is pleased to announce that applications for its 2025…

1 year ago

South Africa: Message of goodwill by President Cyril Ramaphosa on the commencement of the Chinese Lunar New Year 2025

Download logoOn behalf of the Government and people of the Republic of South Africa, it is a unique pleasure for…

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Statement by President Cyril Ramaphosa on the recent developments in the eastern Democratic Republic of the Congo (DRC) and deaths of South African soldiers

Download logoFellow South Africans,  Following the recent intensification of fighting in the eastern Democratic Republic of the Congo (DRC), South…

1 year ago

South Africa: Minister John Steenhuisen welcomes signing of Preservation and Development of Agricultural Land Bill into law

Download logoMinister of Agriculture John Steenhuisen welcomes the signing of the Preservation and Development of Agricultural Land Bill into law…

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Japan and World Food Programme (WFP) join forces to strengthen food security of vulnerable populations in Cameroon

Download logoIn collaboration with the government, WFP will provide general food distributions to 17,000 most vulnerable refugees, internally displaced people,…

1 year ago

African Union at the World Economic Forum

Download logoFrom January 20 to 24, 2025, global leaders gathered in Davos, Switzerland, for the World Economic Forum (WEF) Annual…

1 year ago

SLB Inaugurates Performance Center in Africa

SLB (NYSE: SLB) (www.SLB.com) today announces the opening of its Africa Performance Center, located in Luanda, Angola. The center will…

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Shri S.R.H. Fahmi appointed as the next Ambassador of India to the Togolese Republic

Download logoShri S.R.H. Fahmi (YOA: 2008), presently Director in the Ministry, has been appointed as the next Ambassador of India…

1 year ago

African Energy Meets Mining: Top 5 Reasons to Attend African Mining Week (AMW) 2025

African Mining Week (AMW) 2025 – held under the theme, From Extraction to Beneficiation: Unlocking Africa’s Mineral Wealth – will…

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Innovations breaking barriers to children’s immunisation in Nigeria and Ethiopia win major funding from Save the Children

Download logoThe Save the Children Immunisation Accelerator, funded by GSK, has awarded two innovation projects for finding unique solutions to…

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New United Nations Mission in South Sudan (UNMISS)-hosted Community Conversations radio show seeks to enhance civic and political space in South Sudan

Download logo“Community Conversations is one of the critical pillars for bridging the gap and bringing everyone together for diverse views…

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President Museveni Impressed by Progressive Impact of Parish Development Model (PDM) in Lira

Download logoPresident Yoweri Kaguta Museveni and the First Lady, also the Minister of Education and Sports, Maama Janet Museveni were…

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War in Sudan: Nearly one million people forcibly displaced to Chad

Download logoIn the nearly two years since war broke out in Sudan, almost one million people have fled into neighbouring…

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By reviving traditions, Gambian masked dances grow tourism

Download logoThe Gambia’s cultural ceremonies, like the annual masquerade at the Janjanbureh Kankurang Festival, draw in local and foreign visitors alike.…

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