By Jerry Omondi 1,500 Chief Executive Officers (CEOs), Heads of State, ministers and business leaders are expected in Abidjan, Cote d’Ivoire, from June 13-14 for the 2022 Africa CEO Forum, the largest international meeting of the African private sector. The two-day forum will involve conferences, debates and high-level meetings dedicated to highlighting the driving role of…
By David Ochieng Mbewa Moroccan side Wydad Athletic Club were crowned African champions late on Monday after defeating defending champions Al Ahly 2-0 in the final of the CAF Champions League at the Stade Mohamed V in Casablanca. The game was a rematch of the 2017 two-legged final which Wydad won 2-1 on aggregate, courtesy of…
By AP Egypt on Monday displayed a trove of ancient artifacts dating back 2,500 years that the country’s antiquities authorities said were recently unearthed at the famed necropolis of Saqqara near Cairo. The artifacts were showcased at a makeshift exhibit at the feet of the Step Pyramid of Djoser in Saqqara, 24 kilometers (15 miles) southwest…
Reuters Exports of Nigerian Forcados crude were due to rise in July while volumes from the Bonga stream will fall slightly, preliminary export programmes seen by traders showed. Forcados will load 263,000 barrels per day (bpd) in July, up from 245,000 bpd in June, while Bonga will load 123,000 bpd in July, down from 127,000…
Reuters Nigeria has confirmed 21 cases of monkeypox since the start of the year with one death reported, the Nigeria Centre for Disease Control (NCDC) said late on Sunday. Monkeypox, a usually mild viral infection, is endemic in the African countries of Cameroon, Central African Republic, Democratic Republic of Congo and Nigeria. But it has…
By Jerry Omondi Kenyan President Uhuru Kenyatta on Sunday rallied Kenyans to continue being cautious of COVID-19 after the country recorded a slight increase in daily new cases over the past week. President Kenyatta was speaking at State House, Nairobi, when he presided over the 92nd inspection parade of the St John Ambulance Kenya. “Even as…
By AFP A spike in cholera in Cameroon has killed 140 people since October last year, Prime Minister Joseph Dion Ngute said. “The updated epidemiological situation report shows a total of 7 287 notified cases, including 140 deaths, since October 2021,” he said in a statement. “Three regions continue to record new patients,” he added, referring…
KHARTOUM, SUDAN — Sudanese women’s activist Amira Osman Hamed has won a Front Line Defenders Award for Human Rights Defenders at Risk, the organization announced Friday. The activist and engineer, now in her forties, has been advocating for Sudanese women for two decades, and was detained this year in a crackdown following the country’s latest coup….
By Halligan Agade Africa’s GDP has recovered strongly in the last year, but the impact of the COVID-19 pandemic and the Russia-Ukraine conflict could pose considerable challenges in the midterm. This is according to the 2022 African Economic Outlook, by the African Development Bank. The report released on Wednesday shows that Africa’s gross domestic product grew…
By Jerry Omondi The Confederation of African Football (CAF) Executive Committee is scheduled to hold a meeting in Casablanca, Morocco on May 30, on the country’s preparations for the upcoming Women’s Africa Cup of Nations. The meeting, to be chaired by CAF President Patrice Motsepe comes a month before the tournament begins. Ahead of the continental…
