Rwanda has reopened on Thursday its border with DR Congo, where an Ebola outbreak has killed more than 1,800 people in the past year. The border was closed for several hours after the confirmation of a third death from Ebola…
DR Congo’s Health Minister Oly Ilunga has resigned. Ilunga stepped down from his position today citing his removal as the head of his country’s Ebola response as the major reason for his resignation. He stated that his removal raises concerns…
Kenyan Police has arrested Henry Rotich, Kenya’s Finance Minister and two other treasury officials have been arrested on corruption and fraud charges over a multi-million dollar project to build two mega-dams. The Director of Public Prosecutions, Noordin Haji, had ordered…
Confederation of African Football (Caf) president Ahmad is coming under growing pressure as Fifa investigates allegations against him. Separately, an investigation by the BBC can reveal that Mr Ahmad received two sets of expenses, claiming to be in two different…
President, African Development Bank (AfDB), Dr Akinwumi Adesina, is to launch the World Hunger Fighter’s Prize and Fellowship foundation with a view to ending global hunger. AFDB president, Akinwunmi Adesina A statement issued by the bank on Sunday, July 14,…
Executive Director of the Pan-African Climate Justice Alliance (PACJA), Mithika Mwenda, has been selected for the prestigious Sierra Club’s Earth Care Award 2019 for his unique contribution to international environmental protection and conservation. ierra Club, an environmental organisation based in…
Major actors of the seed industry in West Africa will meet in the Senegalese capital, Dakar from June 11 to 12, 2019, to assess progress made in the implementation of the harmonized regional seed regulation. The Harmonized Regional Seed Regulation…
Pretoria (AFP) – Cyril Ramaphosa vowed a “new era” Saturday after he was sworn in as president of South Africa at a colourful ceremony in the capital, as he looks to revitalise his push revive the economy and fight corruption.…
The Executive Director of YIAGA Africa, Mr Samson Itodo has advised the Ghanaian electorate to rigorously engage political parties in the same manner as they do their electoral management bodies. Mr Itodo explained that political parties were often the causes of…
The African Development Bank celebrated its tenth annual Civil Society Forum, hosting more than two hundred representatives from civil society and international organizations as well as from governments from across the continent, at the Bank’s headquarters in Abidjan. Organized by…
