Ministers of Foreign Affairs meeting seeks to advance Africa’s political and socioeconomic development: Highlight of key issues

The meeting of the African Union 6th Mid-Year Coordination Meeting bringing together Regional Economic Communities (RECs), Regional Mechanism (RMs) and member states kicked off on the 18th of July 2024 with the…

Eswatini: Imprisoned Member of Parliament (MP) Mduduzi Bacede Mabuza at serious risk after prison guards deny food rations

Responding to the news that authorities at Eswatini’s Matsapha Correctional Complex have denied food rations to jailed former parliamentarian, Mduduzi Bacede Mabuza, Amnesty International’s Deputy Regional Director for East and Southern Africa…

Mali: Arbitrarily detained opposition leaders must be immediately released

On 12 July, Youssouf Daba Diawara, former coordinator of the Coordination of Movements, Friends and Sympathizers of Imam Mahmoud Dicko (CMAS), an association dissolved by the transitional authorities in March…

NBA Africa and Agence Française De Développement Launch Youth Development Program in Kenya

NBA Africa (www.NBA.com) and Agence Française de Développement (AFD), France’s inclusive public financial institution committed to financing and technical assistance for projects that improve the lives of people in developing…

East African Community Embarks on the Upgrade of the Lwakhakha Border to One-Stop Border Post to Decongest the Busia and Malaba Border Posts

The East African Community (EAC) together with the Republics of Kenya and Uganda are in the process of upgrading the Lwakhakha border post on the common border between the two…

République Démocratique du Congo (RDC): African Development Bank Group grants $260 million loan to strengthen agricultural sector and value chains

The Board of Directors of the African Development Bank Group (www.AfDB.org) approved a loan of $260.4 million to the Democratic Republic of Congo (DRC) to help finance the Project to…

Africans’ commitment to democracy undermined by poor political performance, but not economic failures, Afrobarometer inaugural flagship report reveals

Afrobarometer’s inaugural flagship report (https://apo-opa.co/3WdqIHG) shows that Africans remain strongly committed to democracy, its norms, and institutions, but there are also causes for concern. Over the past decade, popular support for…

New Africa Sustainable Development Report Shows Critical Importance of Scaled-Up Development Financing

The United Nations Development Programme (UNDP), the United Nations Economic Commission for Africa (ECA), and the African Development Bank (AfDB) (www.AfDB.org), presented today the 2024 Africa Sustainable Development Report (ASDR),…

United Nations Support Office in Somalia (UNSOS) Trains South West State Civil Aviation Firefighters

Twelve Somalia Civil Aviation Authorities, Airport Fire Rescue personnel from South West State have successfully completed a Airport Fire and Rescue course conducted by the United Nations Support Office in Somalia…

Unite Oil & Gas’s (UOGI) Yachtze Luchin to Deliver Technical Presentation at African Energy Week (AEW) 2024 Amid Geoscience, Field Development Drive in Africa

A strong slate of high-impact wells is expected to be drilled in Africa in 2024 and 2025, 70% of which will be in frontier and emerging basins. Africa dominates global…

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