President says country “will get out of this turbulence” Staff Writer, ZAWYA August 1, 2023 Nigeria’s new President Bola Tinubu has outlined measures to cushion the impact of the removal of fuel subsidies in Africa’s biggest economy in the form of a 500 billion naira ($632 million) supplementary budget approved by parliament. In a speech…
Amr Yehia , Saturday 15 Jul 2023 A Russia-Africa pre-summit roundtable was held Wednesday in Addis Ababa, focusing on social partnership, digitization and agricultural cooperation. The roundtable titled “Social and Humanitarian Fields between Russia and Africa” discussed the wide-ranging connections between Russia and Africa, as a prelude to the Russia-Africa Summit which will take place in St….
Ahram Online , Sunday 16 Jul 2023 The African Union’s fifth Mid-Year Coordination Meeting (MYCM) kicked off in Nairobi on Sunday, bringing together various regional economic groups and mechanisms to accelerate continental integration. The theme of this year’s meeting is the implementation of the African Continental Free Trade Area (AfCFTA). The meeting is being led…
Harare, Zimbabwe — Zimbabwe’s government has welcomed the lifting of an 18-month ban by FIFA, football’s governing sports body, which will allow the country’s team to compete internationally again. FIFA banned Zimbabwe from international matches in February 2022. The governing body acted after the government in Harare tried to take control of the Zimbabwe Football…
AFP , Monday 10 Jul 2023 West African heads of state late on Sunday chose Nigeria’s new President Bola Ahmed Tinubu to lead their regional bloc for the next year, replacing Guinea-Bissau’s leader Umaro Sissoco Embalo. Speaking at a summit in Bissau after being named chairman of the Economic Community of West African States (ECOWAS),…
AFP , Monday 3 Jul 2023 Senegal braced for a potential showdown on Monday as President Macky Sall prepared to make a long-awaited announcement on whether he plans to seek a controversial third term. On the eve of Sall’s nationwide address, his fiercest critic, Ousmane Sonko, urged the public to “come out en masse” and…
Egypt’s top diplomat met with the High Representative of the European Union for Foreign Affairs and Security Policy on Sunday (June 18). The officials talked among other things on strategic relations, economic partnership and close cooperation in the Mediterranean, the Egyptian Foreign ministry tweeted. The EU representative announced an allocation to back Egypt as it…
AP , Sunday 21 May 2023 A delegation of six African leaders set to hold talks with Kyiv and Moscow aim to “initiate a peace process,” but also broach the thorny issue of how a heavily-sanctioned Russia can be paid for the fertilizer exports Africa desperately needs, a key mediator who helped broker the talks…
By Africanews The Japanese Prime-Minister, Kishida Fumio, arrived in Ghana on Monday on the second leg of an African tour. Fumio met Ghanaian President Nana Akufo-Addo and both vowed to continue to pursue reforms at the UN Security Council. Japan and Ghana are serving as non-permanent members of the Security Council. The Ghanaian President added…
By Rédaction Africanews with AFP The Democratic Republic of Congo’s Inspectorate General of Finance (IGF) has revealed massive fraud in the public payroll department, where dozens of fictitious employees cost the state nearly $800 million a year. According to the findings of an audit of the government’s payroll, the IGF noted numerous irregularities, with tens…
