Africa

ECOWAS Festival to Champion Food Security and Hunger Eradication in West Africa The upcoming ECOWAS Food and Cultural Festival, scheduled to take place from Oct. 6 to 11, 2024, in Uyo,…

DRC Awaits First Mpox Vaccines as Outbreak Persists The Democratic Republic of Congo (DRC) will receive its first shipment of mpox vaccines next week, a critical lifeline from the United…

Don urges ECOWAS parliament to ensure effective budget monitoring, implementation Dean, Faculty of Management Sciences, Nile University, Nigeria, Prof. May Nwoye, has implored the ECOWAS…

Islamic Militant Group Seizes Military Barracks in Mali’s Kayes Region The Jama’at Nusrat al-Islam wal Muslimeen (JNIM), an Islamic armed group, has captured the Kayes military barracks…

ECOWAS Parliament Pursues Diplomatic Efforts to Retain Mali, Burkina Faso, and Niger The Deputy Speaker of Nigeria’s House of Representatives, Rt. Hon. Benjamin Kalu, has affirmed that…

Kenya Airports Authority Assures Operations Will Continue Despite Planned Strike The Kenya Airports Authority (KAA) announced on Friday that it has put contingency measures in place to…

Nigeria, Equatorial Guinea Sign Historic Gulf of Guinea Gas Pipeline Deal Nigeria and Equatorial Guinea have officially entered into a landmark agreement to develop the Gulf of Guinea…

ECOWAS Lawmakers Advocate Budget Reforms, Autonomy Enhancements The Joint Committee of the ECOWAS Parliament has proposed new budget reforms  for consideration by leaders of the…

ECOWAS Parliament Mulls Amendment Of Supplementary Act The Joint Committee of the ECOWAS Parliament on Administration, Finance, Budget, Public Accounts, Macroeconomic Policy, and…

"Africa CDC Declares Mpox Outbreak a Public Health Emergency of Continental Security" On Tuesday, the Africa Centres for Disease Control and Prevention (Africa CDC) declared the ongoing…