Africa Forges New US$1.5 Billion Infrastructure Fund at Luanda Summit

African leaders have launched a major new financing initiative to bridge the continent’s infrastructure gap. The African Union Development Agency signed a declaration of intent to create a facility aiming to mobilize up to $1.5 billion, a move...

Diplomats from Germany, Jordan and UK call for immediate ceasefire in Sudan war

DUBAI, United Arab Emirates -- The foreign ministers of Germany, Jordan and the United Kingdom jointly called on Saturday for an immediate ceasefire in the war in Sudan, describing the situation there in stark, apocalyptic terms after a...

Africa CDC mobilizes emergency response after attack on hospital in Sudan

ADDIS ABABA, Nov. 1 (Xinhua) -- The Africa Centers for Disease Control and Prevention (Africa CDC) announced Saturday that it is mobilizing an emergency public-health response after an attack on a crucial medical facility in El Fasher, western...

African leaders push water, climate resilience agenda

African leaders and ministers have pledged renewed action to strengthen water security and climate resilience across the continent as droughts, floods, and water crises intensify. The commitment was made at the 2025 Sector Ministers’ Meeting, held...

African cocoa summit 2025: COFAAA calls for African-led reforms and fair pricing

Accra, Oct 31, GNA-The Global President of the Cocoa Farmers Alliance Association of Africa (COFAAA), Comrade Adeola Adegoke, has called for an urgent and united African action to transform the continent’s cocoa industry from dependency to...

Africa’s Strategic Role in Global Food Security within the India-Africa Economic Corridor

The India-Africa Economic Corridor is envisioned as a new axis of prosperity that connects Asia, Africa, and the Middle East through a unified framework of trade, infrastructure, and technological cooperation. Beyond its logistical and industrial...

SBA and NYU host 161 Arab, African publishers

The Training Programme for Arab and African Publishers 2025 began on Saturday, bringing together 161 publishers; including 75 from across Africa; along with authors and publishing professionals from around the world. The programme addressed key...

Uproar as African Union Addresses President Suluhu's Win

On Saturday, November 1, the African Union Chairperson, Mahmoud Ali Youssouf, sent his congratulations to Tanzanian President Samia Suluhu after she was declared the winner with 98 per cent of the votes in the just-concluded General Elections...

‘This drug is evil’: The addictive and deadly substance ruining lives in Africa – and made from ingredients shipped from UK

A red shipping container sits on the tarmac of Sierra Leone's Queen Elizabeth II Quay, under swinging cranes and towering stacks of similar steel boxes. This one will likely be parked at the port permanently. The contents are suspected to be the...

German President Steinmeier begins state visit to Ghana: Spotlighting his career and bilateral relations   

Frank-Walter Steinmeier – German President When President Frank-Walter Steinmeier of Germany arrives in Accra on Sunday, November 2, 2025, for a three-day state visit, it will not be just another diplomatic engagement. It will be a reaffirmation...

Why COP 30 in Brazil will fail Africa: The poor pay the price as the powerful profit

The upcoming COP 30 climate summit in Brazil has stirred significant debate and skepticism across Africa. While global leaders pitch these summits as crucial for coordinated climate action, there is mounting concern that the African continent will...

QNB, TransferMate partner to expand global B2B multicurrency collections capabilities for corporate customers

Doha: QNB Group, the largest financial institution in the Middle East and Africa, has announced a strategic partnership with TransferMate, the world’s leading provider of embedded B2B payments infrastructure as a service, to expand global...

KAIPTC holds 14th graduation ceremony, urges graduates to champion African-led peace solutions  

By James Amoh Junior, GNA Accra, Nov. 1, GNA – The Kofi Annan International Peacekeeping Training Centre (KAIPTC) has held its 14th graduation ceremony in Accra. In all, 101 graduates drawn from Ghana, Nigeria, and Zambia successfully completed...

‘Books are weapons’: How Senegal’s Mariama Bâ gave Africa its feminist voice

IRA MATH­UR Maria­ma Bâ was born in 1929 in Dakar, Sene­gal, then part of French West Africa. She came from a promi­nent Lebu fam­i­ly: her fa­ther, Amadou Bâ, was a civ­il ser­vant who be­came one of in­de­pen­dent Sene­gal’s first min­is­ters,...

Somaliland’s Electoral Achievement: A Model for African Democracy

While struggling democracies across Africa receive international recognition and support, Somaliland—now celebrated for electoral excellence—remains diplomatically invisible despite three decades of stable self-governance. The Botswana...

Mission 300: World Bank connects 32 million Africans to electricity

Africa’s ambitious electrification drive, Mission 300, is gathering momentum as the World Bank Group intensifies efforts to connect millions of Africans to reliable and affordable electricity by 2030. The initiative, led jointly by the World Bank...

From code to care: Shyreen’s mission for mothers across Africa

Over the past three weeks, she has ridden a whirlwind of emotions — perhaps unlike any since her birth on May 31 2005. The fear of rejection, failure, despair, ecstasy and excitement. From a protracted passport saga that captured national...

ASA pushing for African fleet on continental trade routes – Olubowale

In an exclusive interview with Anozie Egole, the Nigeria Chapter President of the African Shipowners Association, Captain Ladi Olubowale, outlines a transformative vision to position Africa as a self-reliant maritime power. He details plans for an...

Use digital media to drive Africa’s sustainable development agenda - Journalists advised

The Newsroom (TN) Africa Media, organisers of TN Africa Digital Journalism Summit, have called for a united effort by young people, media professionals and development communicators to confront Africa’s escalating climate and environmental...

Oramah’s legacy: How Afreximbank’s visionary leader redefined Africa’s trade and development 

At a one-day farewell conference held in honour of Professor Benedict Oramah, the immediate past President and Chairman of the Board of Directors of the African Export-Import Bank (Afreximbank), tributes poured in from across the continent,...