Thursday, October 1, 2026

Africa

September 3, 2024

NDPC urges Somalia to strengthen data protection ecosystem

NDPC national commissioner Vincent Olatunji said this when data protection experts from Somalia visited Abuja.

Vincent Olatunji and Jamal Mohamed
August 30, 2024

24,000 people, mostly children, missing in Nigeria: Red Cross

The ICRC official said the 24,000 cases in Nigeria likely only represent a fraction of the total number of missing people in Nigeria.

August 29, 2024
Kashim Shettima
August 29, 2024

Ghana, U.S. sign agreement on modular reactor project

Ghana has signed a commercial deal with the United States for a small modular reactor project using NuScale Power technology.

Nana Akufo-Addo
August 28, 2024

10 foreigners die after bus overturns in South Africa

In March, 45 people travelling from Botswana to South Africa were killed in another bus accident.

Road crash in South Africa
August 28, 2024

Tanzania’s Ndugulile nominated as next WHO African region director

Mr Ndugulile’s nomination will be submitted for appointment by the 156th session of the WHO executive board, which takes place in February 2025 in Geneva, Switzerland.

African member states voted to nominate Ndugulile during the 74th session of the WHO Regional Committee for Africa
August 28, 2024

Flooding from Sudan dam collapse worsens humanitarian crisis

Twenty villages in eastern Sudan have reportedly been “destroyed” after floodwaters burst through a major dam, according to UN humanitarians.

Collapsed dam
August 28, 2024

14 African countries pledge $45 million to WHO investment round

WHO has announced that 14 African countries and several partners have pledged more than $45 million to the WHO Investment Round.

World Health Organisation officials (Credit: New York Magazine)
August 28, 2024

ECOWAS convenes meeting for funding peace, security

The EPF seeks to support ECOWAS’ activities and initiatives, including conflict prevention, management, resolution, peacekeeping, peacebuilding and recovery.

ECOWAS Peace Fund (EPF)
August 27, 2024

TikTok activist abducted, tortured in prison by Cameroonian authorities: HRW

Cameroon’s authorities and security forces forcibly disappeared Ramon Cotta, a social media activist, and apparently tortured him, Human Rights Watch said today.

Ramon Cotta