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Africa CDC and United Nations Children’s Fund (UNICEF) Expand Partnership to Strengthen Health Systems and Immunization of Children in Africa

Today, the Africa Centres for Disease Control and Prevention (Africa CDC) and UNICEF announced an extended partnership dedicated to strengthening primary healthcare, supply chain...

Principal Secretary for Medical Services Engages Danish State Secretary to Advance Healthcare Initiatives

On February 28, Mr. Harry Kimtai, the Principal Secretary for Medical Services at the Ministry of Health in Kenya, held a meeting with Lotte...

Angola Oil & Gas 2024 Launches in Luanda

Angola’s premier event for the oil and gas sector – the Angola Oil&Gas (AOG) conference – was officially launched in Luanda on Tuesday. Uniting...

Gabon: Ambassador meets with Minister of Health

On Friday, February 22, Ambassador FitzPatrick met with the Minister of Health to discuss the opportunities in the public health sector that the USA...

Liberia: Ambassador Yin Chengwu Attends Donation Ceremony to John F. Kennedy (JFK) Medical Center

On February 27, Ambassador Yin Chengwu attended the donation ceremony for the China-Liberia Paired Hospital Cooperation Mechanism's cardiology project and the 16th China-Aid Medical Team...

Angola Validates Multisectoral Plan for Non-Communicable Diseases

Health is a fundamental and universal right, and in Angola, as elsewhere, non-communicable diseases (NCDs) represent a growing challenge. The Angolan Ministry of Health,...

World Health Organization (WHO), Ireland and Switzerland join forces to support the Mid Term Review of the Health Sector Strategic Plan in Tanzania

The World Health Organization (WHO), the Government of Ireland and Switzerland have signed an agreement to undertake the Mid Term Review of the Health...

MainOne Lands 2Africa Submarine Cable in Qua Iboe, Akwa Ibom State, boosting Broadband Connectivity in South-South Nigeria

MainOne (www.MainOne.net), an Equinix Company, is delighted to announce its pivotal role in the historic landing in Akwa Ibom State of the first and...

Health Services provided to thousands of Patients in Chad in Cooperation with Turkish Cooperation and Coordination Agency (TIKA)

Within the scope of the “Sağlığa Dost Eli-4 Project,” which was carried out for the fourth time this year in cooperation with Turkish Cooperation...

Advancing One Health: African Union’s Digital Platform Initiative Takes Shape

The recent Technical Workshop on the Development of the African Union Digital One Health platform signifies a significant advancement in Africa's quest to enhance...

New UN report makes urgent call for global action to unlock value from waste

A UN report unveiled today, Wednesday, February 2024, underscores the urgent necessity for a worldwide transition from the era of waste to one where...

French Senate backs enshrining right to abortion in constitution

France's upper house of parliament, the Senate, has voted overwhelmingly to enshrine women's right to abortion in the constitution. The proposal, approved earlier by...

Dominic Ongwen: Ugandan warlord’s LRA victims awarded share of £56m

Victims of Ugandan warlord Dominic Ongwen have been awarded more than €52m ($56m; £44.5m) by the International Criminal Court (ICC). The order covers almost 50,000...

Chad fighting: Heavy gunfire in N’Djamena after attack on security HQ

Heavy gunfire has been heard in Chad's capital N'Djamena following a deadly attack on the headquarters of the National Security Agency (ANSE). Several people...

Journalists call for foreign media access to Gaza in open letter

More than 50 journalists have sent an open letter calling on Israel and Egypt to provide "free and unfettered access to Gaza for all...

40 African journalists and researchers benefit from CJID, DUBAWA Kwame Karikari Fact-Checking Fellowship

The Centre for Journalism, Innovation and Development (CJID) and DUBAWA have commenced training for forty journalists and researchers across Africa. The 40 fellows will...

Top US court will rule on Trump’s immunity claims

The Supreme Court will decide if ex-President Donald Trump is immune from being prosecuted on charges of trying to overturn the 2020 election. The...

Let’s respect the rights of migrants – Dr Ibn Chambas urges African states

The Chairman of the Kofi Annan Peace and Security Forum (KAPS Forum) Dr. Mohammed Ibn Chambas has said the rights of migrants should be...

Rapper Ja Rule denied UK entry ahead of concert

Rapper Ja Rule has said he has been denied entry into the UK, days before his tour was due to start in Cardiff. The US...

FIFA launches online tool to track race to Mundial de Clubes FIFA 25™

New tool to track qualifying race for places at maiden Mundial de Clubes FIFA™ (www.FIFA.com); Seven sections cover global qualifiers and teams’ progress in...

Geometric Power Commissions the Afreximbank-Backed 141 MW Aba Integrated Power Project

The 141 MW Aba Integrated Power Project (Aba IPP), an Afreximbank-financed project (www.Afreximbank.com), was officially commissioned in Abia State by the Vice President of...

Deputy Minister Sibongiseni Dhlomo on claims paid out to ex-mineworkers

The Deputy Minister of Health, Dr Sibongiseni Dhlomo has praised the North West Province for registering massive progress in the provincial department’s endeavour to...

International Vaccine Institute (IVI) Launches New Country and Project Office in Kenya to Lead Advancing Vaccine End-to-End Capabilities (AVEC) Africa Project

The International Vaccine Institute (IVI) has announced the opening of a new Country and Project Office in Kenya, marking a significant step in the...

Smart Africa’s Digital Academy receives a $20mn grant from the World Bank to expand across Africa

The World Bank is partnering with Smart Africa (www.SmartAfrica.org), to scale up the Smart Africa Digital Academy (SADA) initiative from a national to a...

Radisson Hotel Group targets 50% portfolio expansion in West and Central Africa by 2030

Radisson Hotel Group (https://www.RadissonHotels.com) is targeting a 50% expansion of its West and Central African portfolio, consisting of 29 hotels and over 5,000 rooms in...

African Energy Week (AEW) Launches African Energy Finance Summit in Partnership with Afreximbank and S&P Global Commodity Insights

Africa’s largest energy event – the African Energy Week (AEW): Invest in African Energy conference – will feature the African Energy Finance Summit during...

Orange Middle East and Africa collaborates with Microsoft to accelerate the digital transformation of Small and Medium-sized Enterprises (SMEs) across the region

Orange Middle East&Africa (OMEA) (www.Orange.com) has signed an agreement with Microsoft, through the Africa Transformation Office, aimed at offering Microsoft solutions to small and...

The Canada-Africa Chamber of Business delighted to announce Elephant Trade-Services as headline sponsor during its 30-Year Anniversary

Ahead of PDAC in Toronto, the Canada-Africa Chamber of Business (www.CanadaAfrica.ca) underscored its appreciation of Elephant Trade-Services (https://ElephantTrade.net/), announced as headline sponsor during the 30th...

Empowering Somali Youth: Inauguration of the Berbera Youth Center

The United Nations Population Fund (UNFPA) along with the Somaliland Ministry of Youth and Sports, and the Government of the Netherlands successfully inaugurated the...

I was a thief – Popular musician opens up on past life

Popular Nigerian artiste, Bella Shmurda has left fans stunned with a candid confession about his past. In a brief documentary about his life, he admitted...

Health experts launch Artificial Intelligence (AI)-powered partnership to boost Kenyan health system

Kenya’s over-burdened health system is getting a major boost through a new international health partnership bridging proven Africa-led AI technology and deep local contextual...

Italian Jehovah’s Witnesses seized by jihadists in Mali freed

An elderly Italian couple and their son, who were kidnapped by jihadists in Mali in May 2022, have been released, Italy's government has said....

NLC protests: Why Nigeria’s economy is in such a mess

Nigeria is currently experiencing its worst economic crisis in a generation, leading to widespread hardship and anger. The trade union umbrella group, the Nigeria Labour...

Chad set for first election since end of civilian rule

The authorities in Chad have said the country's delayed presidential elections will take place in May. The vote is supposed to mark the end of...

Nato allies reject Emmanuel Macron idea of troops to Ukraine

Several Nato countries, including the US, Germany and the UK, have ruled out deploying ground troops to Ukraine, after French President Emmanuel Macron said...

Israel-Gaza war: Netanyahu and Biden spar over support for conflict

Popular support for Israel in the US will help it fight "until total victory" over Hamas, Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu said on Tuesday. In...

Orange Middle East and Africa strengthens its collaboration with the Multilateral Investment Guarantee Agency of the World Bank for the coverage of its footprint

Orange Middle East and Africa (OMEA) (https://www.Orange.com) joins forces with the Multilateral Investment Guarantee Agency of the World Bank (MIGA) to ensure the guarantees of...

Vaccinating 3.1 million Children to control polio outbreak in South Sudan

Today, South Sudan launched a nationwide polio campaign aiming at vaccinating 3.1 million children using the novel oral polio vaccine type 2. The novel oral...

Global Black Impact Summit (GBIS) 2024: Celebrating Black Excellence in Sports and Fashion

The power of Black excellence in sports and fashion came to the fore during two panel discussions at the Global Black Impact Summit (GBIS)...

Hitman mixes communion wine with bleach to kill priest

Police are investigating after a priest almost sipped bleach instead of wine during Mass in what is the latest in a h@te campaign of...