By Africanews Kenyan climate campaigner, Eric Njuguna, and Swedish climate activist, Greta Thunberg, participated in the Climate Change Conference in Germany. The event takes place ahead of the COP28 meeting later this year in Dubai. Speaking to the press, Kenyan climate campaigner Eric Njuguna denounced the choice of an oil giant boss to preside over…
By Rédaction Africanews with AFP The Ethiopian government has appointed the Chief of Staff of the Ethiopian Air Force as Chairman of the Board of Directors of the national airline Ethiopian Airlines, Africa’s leading airline in terms of fleet and passengers, announced on Monday. General Yilma Merdessa, who had been on the Board of Directors…
By Africanews Malians in the Ivory Coast are mobilizing to vote in favor of adopting a new constitution. Authorities in Mali announced on Friday that the much-delayed referendum would now be held on June 18th. “My position is very clear. I’m going to vote, and I’m going to say yes. And I’m voting Yes. I’m from…
By Rédaction Africanews with AFP Nigeria’s new president Bola Tinubu called on the country’s citizens to show patience and accept “sacrifices” in exchange for future investment, after the abolition of fuel subsidies sent petrol, transport and food prices soaring, Monday. “I have painfully asked you, my compatriots, to sacrifice a little more for the survival…
By Rédaction Africanews and AFP The passenger train line connecting Mali’s capital and the country’s western part arrived in Bamako Saturday (June 10) after the inaugural trip of locomotive CC2207 for SOPAFER-Mali. The train left Kayes the previous day (June 09) to undergo a 400-kilometre trip. The line had been closed for 5 years. The…
By Rédaction Africanews with AFP After the revision advocated by Edouard Philippe, the Republicans in the Assembly are calling for the unilateral denunciation of the Franco-Algerian agreement on immigration, and have tabled a motion for a resolution to this effect, we learned from the group on Wednesday. This proposal calls “for the denunciation, by the…
By Rédaction Africanews with AFP Societe Generale has announced the conclusion of agreements with two African banking groups to sell four of its subsidiaries to them. They are found in Congo, Equatorial Guinea, Mauritania and Chad. Societe Generale announced on Friday the conclusion of agreements with two African banking groups to sell them four of…
Marwa Tawfik, Wednesday 7 Jun 2023 Adikiny Olwenge, Team leader at COMESA’s Support to Air Transport Sector Development (SATSD) programme, called for the establishment of a unified market for air transport in Africa to boost tourism and trade in the continent. Olwenge’s remarks came during his participation in a recent workshop hosted in Egypt from…
AFP , Sunday 4 Jun 2023 At least 54 African Union peacekeepers were killed when militants attacked a base housing Ugandan units in Somalia last week, Ugandan President Yoweri Museveni said. “We discovered the lifeless bodies of 54 fallen soldiers, including a commander,” Museveni said in a statement posted on his official Twitter account late…
By Africanews The president of Angola, João Lourenço, has welcomed the Portuguese president, António Costa, in the capital, Luanda, on Monday. Ministers from both countries signed a total of 13 agreements ranging from financial to legal. “I have to say that we sensed a great willingness to collaborate on the part of the Portuguese justice…
