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World Bank to provide $300m to Ghana

The World Bank on Tuesday approved a $300 million Development Policy Operation for Ghana. The First Resilient Recovery Development Policy Financing is a critical contribution...

Egypt: Transforming Dreams into Reality: Esperanza’s Journey with Global Textiles and Clothing Programme (GTEX)/Middle East and North Africa (MENATEX)

In the pulsing heart of Egypt, where fashion intertwines with ambition, Esperanza, under the visionary leadership of Mohammad Magdy, stands as a beacon of...

Food and Agriculture Organization of the United Nations (FAO) collaborates to strengthen animal health system, prevent zoonotic diseases, and combat antimicrobial resistance in Malawi

FAO Malawi, USAID and Malawi Government launch initiative to strengthen Animal Health system, Prevent Zoonotic Diseases and combat antimicrobial resistance. The Food and Agriculture Organization,...

Couple get engaged in tunnel at Albion Premier League match

A woman who was proposed to in the tunnel at a Premier League match has said she is "over the moon". Television cameras caught the...

South Africa: Tourism opens application for Green Tourism Incentive Programme

The Department of Tourism invites all eligible tourism enterprises to take part in the Green Tourism Incentive Programme’s (GTIP) 9th application window, opening on 25...

Merck Foundation conducted the Health Media Training during their Annual Conference Africa Asia Luminary in India

Merck Foundation CEO (www.Merck-Foundation.com)&African First Ladies announced the Call for Applications for Merck Foundation Media, Fashion, Film, and Song Awards 2024; Merck Foundation CEO announced the...

Liberia’s new President Joseph Boakai fails to end inauguration speech

Liberia's new President Joseph Boakai failed to reach the end of his speech and had to be helped away from the podium during his...

All-New Six-Episode Event Series “Iwájú” is a First-of-its-Kind Collaboration between Walt Disney Animation Studios and Pan-African Entertainment Company Kugali

All Six Episodes of “Iwájú” Stream on Disney+ Beginning Feb. 28, 2024; Behind-the-Scenes Documentary “Iwájú: A Day Ahead,”; Produced by ABC News Studios and Disney Animation, Also...

Breaking barriers to safe abortion care in Mozambique

In Beira, a city on Mozambique’s central coast, Médecins Sans Frontières (MSF) is connecting hard-to-reach communities with safe abortion care and other sexual and reproductive health...

Winners in the 2024 Middle East & North Africa Stevie® Awards Announced

Winners in the fifth annual Middle East&North Africa Stevie® Awards (https://StevieAwards.com/MENA), the only awards program to recognize innovation in the workplace throughout 18 nations in...

A glimmer of hope for women and girls as a sexual and reproductive health clinic reopens in Sudan’s West Darfur State

“I came to the health centre after the fighting calmed down, but I found it destroyed – there were no beds left, no equipment,...

inDrive remains the world’s second most downloaded ride-hailing app and ranks as fourth most downloaded travel app worldwide

inDrive (www.inDrive.com), a global mobility and urban services platform operating across 46 countries globally including 9 countries in Africa has been named  was the...

Canon Partners with Researchers to Restore Global Coral Reefs

Canon Europe (https://Canon-CNA.com/) announces its partnership with the Coral Spawning Lab (https://www.CoralSpawningLab.org/) in Morden, London. A team of researchers have joined forces to study and...

Tough economic headwinds provide exciting opportunities for agile, customer-centric fintechs (By Andy Jury)

By Andy Jury, CEO at Mukuru (www.Mukuru.com) Taking stock of fintech in the broader African context while looking forward to opportunities in the year ahead. At...

China: At least 11 dead, dozens missing in Yunnan landslide

Rescuers in China are racing to find dozens of people who are still left missing after a landslide struck a city in Yunnan province. The...

US and UK launch fresh strikes on Houthis in Yemen

The US and UK have conducted a fresh series of joint air strikes against Houthi targets in Yemen. The Pentagon said Monday's strikes hit eight...

Gov’t will implement strong and ambitious structural reforms – Finance Minister

The Finance Minister, Ken Ofori-Atta has announced that government will implement strong and ambitious structural reforms aimed at supporting Ghana’s physical consolidation and growth...

Canada sets two-year cap on foreign students

Canada has said it will cap the number of foreign students admitted to the country for two years in an attempt to address pressure...

Dexter Scott King, son of Martin Luther King Jr., dies at 62

Dexter Scott King, the lookalike of his iconic father, civil rights leader Martin Luther King Jr., has died. He was 62. Dexter King died Sunday in...

Kenya police recover head of suspected murdered student

Police in Kenya have recovered a head believed to be that of a 20-year-old student who was murdered and dismembered in the capital, Nairobi,...

Liberia’s President Boakai “okay” after heat curtails inauguration ceremony

Liberia's new president, Joseph Boakai, has recovered from an episode of heat-induced faintness that caused him to cut short his inauguration speech on Monday...

Economic Commission for Africa (ECA) Preparations for African Electric Mobility Regional Value Chains Kick-off in Rabat

The ECA office for North Africa launched on 16-19 January 2024 in Rabat (Morocco) a workshop on “Developing Regional Value Chains in E-Mobility for...

Cameroon kicks off malaria vaccine rollout

Cameroon today launched the RTS,S malaria vaccine into its routine national immunization services, becoming the first country to do so outside the malaria vaccine...

South Africa concludes tough but productive trip to World Economic Forum (WEF) 2024

South Africa’s delegation to the World Economic Forum (WEF) 2024 Annual Meeting in Davos used the platform to meaningfully engage investors, civil society, businesses...

Infrastructure South Africa to Partner with Association of African Exhibition Organisers to Host 3rd Sustainable Infrastructure Development Symposium of South Africa

In an exciting development, Infrastructure South Africa (ISA) has officially partnered with the Association of African Exhibition Organisers (AAXO) and a collection of its...

Ghana invited to join implementation of Ukrainian Peace Formula

Ukrainian President, Volodymyr Zelenskyy, in a meeting with his Ghanaian counterpart, Nana Addo Dankwa Akufo-Addo, on the sidelines of the 2024 World Economic Forum...

Nearly 90 dead after fierce winter storms strike US

Nearly 90 weather-related deaths have been recorded across the US after the country was pummelled by ferocious winter storms for the past week. The deaths...

Canon’s strong commitment to sustainability recognised in Quocirca’s Sustainability Leaders’ Report

Today, Canon Europe (www.Canon-CNA.com) announces that it has been named a leader in Quocirca’s Sustainability Leaders’ Report 2023 (https://apo-opa.co/3U2vCYy) – an important market analysis which...

African Development Bank appoints Aida Ndir Ngom as Director of the Private Sector Development Department

The African Development Bank (www.AfDB.org) has appointed Aida Ngir Ngom as Director, Private Sector Development Department. Her appointment takes effect from February 1, 2024. Ngom,...

Man stabs neighbour to death for snoring

A Pennsylvania man has been stabbed to death by his neighbour for snoring loudly. The incident came to light last Sunday evening in Upper Moreland...

Couple welcome triplets after six years of waiting

A Nigerian man, Emmanuel Offei and his wife, have welcomed triplets after six years of marriage. Media personality, Omotunde Adebowale David, better known as Lolo,...

Namibia’s President to undergo treatment after being diagnosed with cancer

Namibian President, Hage Geingob will start treatment for cancer after routine medical checkups led to the detection of “cancerous cells”, his office has said. In...

Boost for President Ruto as Supreme Court okays controversial healthcare insurance levy

The Kenyan Court of Appeal has given the go-ahead for a controversial healthcare insurance levy, overturning a previous ban. The Social Health Insurance Fund...

Zambia races to curb fast-spreading cholera outbreak

As the cholera outbreak in Zambia continues to expand rapidly, efforts are being stepped up to halt the spread of disease and save lives....

Prince Harry drops libel claim against Mail on Sunday publisher

Prince Harry has withdrawn his libel claim against the Mail on Sunday publisher, Associated Newspapers says. The Duke of Sussex, 39, had sued over an...

Nelson Mandela auction: South Africa seeks to block sale in row over heritage

South Africa's government is trying to stop a controversial auction of 70 personal items belonging to anti-apartheid hero Nelson Mandela. They include a set...

Marta speaks to Inside FIFA

Marta follows in the footsteps of Pelé in receiving the FIFA Special Award (www.FIFA.com); The six-time Women’s World Player of the Year is a role...

MP resigns after being caught on CCTV stealing from a boutique [Video]

New Zealand Member of Parliament, Golriz Ghahraman, a prominent figure in the Green Party, has tendered her resignation amidst mounting accusations of shoplifting. The allegations...

Newborn baby girl found wrapped in towel in shopping bag at Newham

A newborn baby girl has been found wrapped in a towel in a shopping bag in east London, police said. The baby was discovered in...

Teens sentenced to prison with hard labour for watching k-dramas

Rare footage obtained by BBC Korean shows North Korea publicly sentencing two teenage boys to 12 years of hard labour for watching K-dramas. The...