The Africa Centres for Disease Control and Prevention has convened an emergency meeting of health ministers and senior officials from affected and at-risk countries as the Ebola outbreak centred in the Democratic Republic of Congo continues to expand beyond its original geographic boundaries. The meeting, held on an urgent basis following a request from several […]
Nigeria’s anti-corruption agency has arrested former Power Minister Saleh Mamman in the early hours of Tuesday, nearly two weeks after an Abuja court sentenced him in absentia to 75 years in prison on 12 counts of corruption linked to the diversion of funds meant for two major hydroelectric power projects. The Economic and Financial Crimes
Sierra Leone became the latest African nation to receive migrants deported from the United States on Wednesday, when a Boeing charter flight carrying nine West African deportees landed at Freetown International Airport. The group — seven men and two women — arrived in the morning and were escorted off the tarmac in a white van,
French President Emmanuel Macron arrived in Nairobi this week with a message that France wants to move beyond the colonial-era relationships that have defined its engagement with Africa for decades — and to prove it, he came bearing 7 billion in pledged investment across energy transition, digital infrastructure, maritime economy and agriculture. The Africa Forward
Kenyan transport operators suspended a nationwide strike on Tuesday after two days of widespread violence that brought Nairobi and other major cities to a standstill, leaving at least four people dead, more than 30 injured and more than 700 arrested, according to official figures. The suspension, announced by the Federation of Public Transport Sector, will
The World Health Organization has warned it could take up to nine months before a vaccine against the deadly Bundibugyo strain of Ebola — currently devastating parts of eastern Democratic Republic of Congo — becomes available, as the death toll from the outbreak continues to climb sharply. In its latest update, the WHO said there
In the hills above Lusaka, a project is underway that its backers believe will reshape how Africa participates in the global artificial intelligence economy. Cassava Technologies, the pan-African technology group, has begun construction on what it describes as the continent’s first network of data centres purpose-built to serve AI workloads—not just traditional cloud computing, but
When Abdul Samad Rabiu—one of Africa’s wealthiest individuals and the founder of the pan-continental conglomerate BUA Group—attempted to enter South Africa on business recently, he was turned away. Not at gunpoint, not by hostile border guards, but by a visa technicality that exposed a gap between the rhetoric surrounding Africa’s flagship trade agreement and the
Togo has announced that it will welcome nationals of all African countries without requiring a visa, positioning itself as the latest West African state to dismantle entry restrictions that have long hampered intra-continental movement. The announcement comes as African leaders continue to invoke the African Continental Free Trade Area as a vehicle for deeper integration—but
The World Health Organisation has declared a public health emergency of continental security as a previously rare strain of Ebola—Bundibugyo—spreads across eastern Democratic Republic of Congo with alarming scale and speed. Unlike previous outbreaks, this variant has no authorised vaccine, leaving health workers scrambling to contain a virus that kills a significant proportion of those
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Teresa Clarke, chair and chief executive of Africa.com, has been awarded South Africa’s Order of the Companions of O.R. Tambo, one of the country’s highest civilian honours, in a ceremony presided over by President Cyril Ramaphosa. The award recognises her decades-long contribution to media, human rights, education, and the arts across the African continent —
More than half of South Sudan’s population is now facing acute food insecurity, according to the latest assessment by humanitarian agencies operating in the country, making the situation one of the most severe hunger crises in the world at a moment when international attention has largely shifted elsewhere. Aid workers on the ground describe conditions
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