What Africa needs is not development assistance from developed countries but a fair chance to trade with the rest of the world, Ghana’s President John Dramani Mahama told the UN General Assembly in New York on Wednesday. “Africa does not … Read More
Peace and security are vital conditions for security and development, leaders from Africa’s Sahel region told the UN General Assembly on Saturday, laying out their plans to end conflict, counter terrorism and striving to achieve the 2030 Agenda Sustainable … Read More
The Carter Centre has partnered with the UBS Optimus Foundation to improve the well-being of vulnerable youth in Liberia by tailoring and strengthening the national mental health care system to address the unique needs of children and adolescents. The … 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
More than half a billion people across Africa are now subscribed to mobile services as the continent continues to migrate rapidly to mobile broadband networks, according to a new study by GSMA, an organization that represents the interests of mobile … Read More
The African Export-Import Bank (Afreximbank) and the Export-Import Bank of China have signed a cooperation agreement to create a US$1 billion China-Africa Investment and Industrialization Programme to facilitate the construction and creation of industrial parks and special economic zones in … Read More
The Sudanese Foreign Minister, Ibrahim Ghandour, has said that he and seven other African Foreign ministers will discuss with the UN Security Council (UNSC), on June 9, the position of African countries opposing the International Criminal Court (ICC). The African … 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
There is a mood of impatience among the ministers, businessmen and education experts attending this year’s eLearning Africa conference in Cairo. Aware of the opportunity offered by information and communication technologies to spread education, training and access to information throughout … Read More
Environment ministers from around the world have agreed on a new plan to promote accountability in the use of natural resources found in Africa. The resolution was agreed on Wednesday at the ongoing second UN Environment Assembly (UNEA-2) holding in … Read More
Despite the difficult and challenging global economic situation, African countries achieved considerable economic progress in 2015, registering a 3.6% average GDP growth during the year when the best performers in developed countries hardly reached 2%. Africa also accounted for five … Read More
The World Health Organization confirmed that the Zika virus strain in Cape Verde was imported from the Americas. In a statement, WHO said: “Sequencing of the virus in Cape Verde by Institut Pasteur, Dakar, confirms that the Zika virus currently … Read More
Nigeria’s Minister of Foreign Affairs, Geoffrey Onyeama, on Tuesday said that the federal government is on the verge of securing repatriation of the country’s 300 million pounds looted funds from Jersey Island. Towards this, Onyeama said, President Muhammadu Buhari will … Read More
As the size of the youth population in Africa has continued to grow creating enormous challenges for economies unable to create jobs fast enough, there is a pressing need for countries to think about how creating employment for an extra … Read More
Cape Town, South Africa – In the latest race row to rock South Africa, a senior white judge is under fire for implying that the act of rape is part of black culture. Gauteng High Court Judge Mabel Jansen said … Read More
Abidjan, Côte d’Ivoire (PANA) – Six terrorists who were involved in Sunday’s attack on the Ivorian town of Grand-Bassam, 40 km east of the main city of Abidjan, have been “neutralized”, the Ivorian Minister of the Interior and Security, Hamed … Read More
Paris, France (PANA) – Almost 16 million girls between the ages of about 6 and 11 will never get the chance to learn to read or write in primary school compared to about 8 million boys if current trends continue, … Read More
Dar es Salaam, Tanzania (PANA) – While projections have been made about the short-, medium-, and long-term impacts of Ebola on the economies of Guinea, Liberia and Sierra Leone, it is clear that women in the three countries are likely … Read More
Ouagadougou, Burkina Faso (PANA) – The Burkinabe government announced on Wednesday that 86 billion CFAF have been laundered in 2015 when the country was under the transitional regime following the fall of president Compaoré, ousted by a popular uprising. In … Read More
Gaborone, Botswana (PANA) – Botswana and Zimbabwe have expressed concern over the continued instability in eastern Democratic Republic of Congo and the political impasse in Lesotho. Following a session of the Zimbabwe-Botswana Joint Permanent Commission on Defence and Security held … Read More
