Newly elected President Adama Barrow officially took on Saturday the oath of office on the Gambian soil as the West African nation celebrated its 52nd independence anniversary. Barrow was initially sworn in on January 19, 2017 at the Gambian Embassy … Read More
UN Secretary-General Antonio Guterres on Saturday said he was not happy with the decision by the US government to block former Palestinian Prime Minister, Mr. Salam Fayyad from heading the UN political mission in Libya. Fayyad was the former Palestinian … Read More
Controvert Media, an African tech start-up, has created and is using artificial intelligence robots to automatically write and post news articles on the internet, IT News Africa reported on Wednesday saying the service was tested at the recently-concluded AFCON 2017 … Read More
Kenya’s largest shopping complex opened in Nairobi on Friday, putting the Kenyan capital on the forefront as a leading destination for shoppers, officials said. The Two Rivers Mall, a US$800 million project, expected to host 50,000 shoppers daily, opened doors … Read More
The World Health Organization (WHO) on Wednesday said Angola and the Democratic Republic of the Congo (DRC) have successfully controlled one of the world’s largest and most challenging outbreaks of yellow fever. No new confirmed cases have been reported from … Read More
One of Rwanda’s genocide suspects, who has lived in the US since 2004 as a naturalized American citizen, is facing deportation following his conviction of some immigration scams. Judicial sources confirmed in Kigali that Gervais Ken Ngombwa was convicted of … Read More
Gambian President Adama Barrow said on Thursday that his government inherited an economy that is virtually bankrupt and stressed that they would need to rescue it immediately. The reality was brought about by mismanagement of state funds by the former … Read More
The Leaders of Mauritania and Guinea-Bissau have suggested that a political solution was the best way to resolve the military and security crisis rocking Libya for years now. In a joint communiqué issued at the end of a two-day working … Read More
The Rwandan ministry of Health on Thursday banned all medical personnel from using their cell phones while at work. In a statement, the ministry said that effective March 1, Rwanda healthcare providers are prohibited from using personal phones during “working … Read More
The Nigerian Federal Government on Thursday acquired the country’s largest indigenous airline, Arik Air, announcing the appointment of a new management. The takeover is a bid to save the country’s troubled aviation industry from total collapse, according to official sources. … Read More
Mauritian President Ameenah Gurib-Fakim on Monday said that now is the time for African scientists to play a central role in using African knowledge to solve African problems using African resources. Speaking at a two-day seminar in Port-Louis on ‘Transitioning … Read More
Heads of State and Government of the African Union on Tuesday adopted a resolution renewing the support of the Continent to Mauritius on the Chagos Archipelago in its dispute with the UK. In a communiqué, the Mauritian Foreign Affairs Ministry … Read More
The African Union Chairman, President Alpha Condé of Guinea, has launched a plan to promote the growth of indigenous African multinationals through special initiatives, including tax breaks, special work permits, and special investor services, to accelerate their ability to expand. … Read More
More than 6,000 delegates are attending Africa’s biggest mining conference – 2017 Investing in Africa Mining Indaba – which began in Cape Town on Monday. Over the past two decades, the event has served as the pathway for foreign investments … Read More
The Chairperson of the African Union Commission, Dr. Nkosazana Dlamini Zuma on Thursday expressed her “deep sadness” following the death of Étienne Tshisekedi wa Mulumba, leader of Union for Democracy and Social Progress Party (UDPS) of Democratic Republic of Congo … Read More
The US embassy in Libya has suspended the issuing of visas to Libyan citizens who want to travel to the United States following President Donald Trump’s executive order last Friday, which temporarily bans nationals from seven Muslim-majority countries, including Libya, … Read More
Guinean President Alpha Condé has assumed the rotational Chairmanship of the African Union (AU) during a summit dedicated to the election of a new Bureau of the Union and the leader of its Addis Ababa-based AU Commission. The Guinean President, … Read More
Gambia President Barrow reiterates commitment to 3-year mandate Gambian President Adama Barrow has reiterated his commitment to a three-year mandate in office as agreed by the eight political parties in the opposition Coalition that defeated former President Yahya Jammeh. “After … Read More
Human rights watchdog Amnesty International has slammed the UK High Court’s ruling on Thursday that Royal Dutch Shell cannot be held responsible for the actions of its Nigerian subsidiary Shell Petroleum Development Company of Nigeria Ltd, describing it as a … Read More
The Western Cape government has set aside US$ 120,000 to erect a statue of former South African President Nelson Mandela at the Cape Town City Hall where he made his historic address to the world hours after being released from … Read More
