Ghana’s President John Dramani Mahama on Thursday commissioned the country’s second largest commercial oil and gas project, the Tweneboah Enyenra Ntomme (TEN) field offshore the Western Region when he switched on the valve on Floating Production, Storage and Offloading … Read More
Nigeria’s President, Muhammadu Buhari, on Thursday charged African Central Banks to halt the growing trend of laundering stolen funds, terrorism financing and illicit outflow of funds from the continent through the banking system. President Buhari was speaking here when … Read More
South Sudanese rebel forces have denied their fighters raped women during an assault on Juba, the South Sudanese capital earlier in July, a spokesperson of the rebel movement said here Wednesday. “Our forces pulled out of Juba on July 11,” … Read More
There were dramatic scenes at the first meeting of the new Nelson Mandela Bay council on Thursday where Democratic Alliance (DA) Athol Trollip was elected the new executive major. Members of the African National Congress (ANC) who were humiliated in … Read More
Sub-Saharan Africa continues to lag behind among global leaders in innovation, according to a new report released on Monday by the UN World Intellectual Property Organization (WIPO). Mauritius took the top spot among all economies in the African region (53rd), … Read More
Human rights group, Amnesty International, says British platinum mining giant Lonmin Plc is still failing to deliver adequate housing for its workforce in Marikana, in spite of the resounding wake-up call it received in the wake of the killing … Read More
The presidential candidate of Zambia’s main opposition party, United Party for National Development (UPND), Mr. Hakainde Hichilema has rejected the presidential results announced on Monday, which declared incumbent President Edgar Lungu as winner. He said the UPND will petition … Read More
As voting ended Thursday at 6pm (local time) in some polling stations across Zambia, the country’s electoral management body said there was huge turnout in most polling stations. “We have had a good turnout at most polling stations,” Electoral Commission … Read More
A 21-gun salute at the Union Buildings in Pretoria on Tuesday signaled the 60th anniversary of the historic women’s march to the headquarters of the Apartheid-era government to demand an end to the hated race laws. Statues of Lilian … Read More
The African Union (AU) has re-opened the race for the next Chairperson of the Commission, the deputy Chairperson and the Commissioners ahead of the polls in January 2017, the AU Commission announced on Friday. The elections were suspended in … Read More
The Media Foundation for West Africa (MFWA) has started a major project aimed at enhancing citizens’ knowledge and awareness of the Economic Community Of West African States (ECOWAS) and its relevant protocols and frameworks that mandate member states to be … Read More
A move by Nigeria’s anti-graft agency to arrest and later release a popular local blogger has raised the specter of clampdown on social media and free press in the West African country. Operatives of the Economic and Financial Crimes … Read More
The 2016 Olympic Games, the world’s biggest sports party, officially began on Friday in Rio de Janeiro, Brazil, with a record number of countries participating in a record number of sports. More than 11,000 athletes from 206 National Olympic … Read More
UN Special Representative on Sexual Violence in Conflict, Ms. Zainab Bangura, has added her voice to condemnation of the escalation of violence in South Sudan, in particular the sexual violence crimes being committed against women and girls. In a … Read More
By Craig Urquart While the ruling African National Congress continues to lick its wounds following the most fiercely contested elections since the advent of democracy in South Africa, the spotlight is shining brightly on a white farmer-turned-politician who is expected … Read More
Vote counting in South Africa’s fiercely contested local government elections continued on Friday, with a pattern emerging that the ruling African National Congress (ANC) has lost ground to the official opposition Democratic Alliance (DA) in several key centres. Most notably, … Read More
Zambia’s Foreign Affairs Minister Harry Kalaba has dismissed opposition’s leader Hakainde Hichilema’s claim of political instability in the country ahead of the August 11, elections as an attempt to merely scandalise the credible electoral process. Hichilema, president of the main … Read More
South Africa has been rocked by yet another high-profile racial incident and the government has served notice that it is losing patience. A guesthouse owner in the pristine Sodwana Bay resort on the KwaZulu-Natal coast has hit a nerve by … Read More
Translated in French by Oumar Diouck Botswana has awarded a massive anti-retroviral drugs tender to a British company, ViiV Healthcare, a global specialist HIV company majority owned by GSK, with Pfizer Inc. and Shionogi Limited as shareholders. ViiV Health said … Read More
Renowned Ghanaian Sculptor, El Anatsui, has been awarded an Honorary Doctorate of Arts degree by the prestigious Harvard University in the US at its May 26, 365th commencement ceremony for 2016. Prof. Anatsui, who taught at the University of Nigeria, … Read More
