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Africa

May 1, 2024

ECOWAS hails ‘free, fair, credible’ election outcomes in Nigeria, Liberia, Senegal

ECOWAS’ permanent observer to the United Nations spoke on the promise of democratic consolidation in West Africa at the University of Massachusetts’ sixth Africa Day.

TINUBU, LIBERIAN AND SENEGALESE PRESIDENTS
May 1, 2024
North Atlantic Treaty Organisation
May 1, 2024

ECOWAS hails Togo’s peaceful poll

ECOWAS dispatched 40 observers for the legislative and regional polls in the country.

ECOWAS
May 1, 2024

African presidents request increased concessional funding from World Bank’s IDA

President William Ruto called for tripling of IDA’s financing capacity to $279 billion by 2030.

AFRICAN HEADS OF STATE
May 1, 2024

Africa needs socioeconomic transformation not ‘sustainable underdevelopment’: President Museveni

“A loan for seminars is very quick to get but for agriculture is hard to get,” Mr Museveni said.

President Yoweri Museveni
April 30, 2024

23 killed, 44 injured in violent clashes over cattle theft

The latest incident comes after other deadly attacks relating to cattle theft in South Sudan.

Cattles
April 30, 2024

UN deploys peacekeepers amid fresh inter-communal violence in South Sudan

It noted another bout of communal violence in Tambura town of Western Equatoria State that displaced more than 13,000 people.

WAR-RAVAGED SUDAN
April 30, 2024

Nigerian refugees in Chad, Cameroon to be repatriated

20,000 Nigerians, representing about 3,000 households, took refuge in Chad, while 14,000 households were in Cameroon.

Nigerian refugees
April 30, 2024

Lightning, mudslides kill 10 people in Rwanda

Philippe Habinshuti, the ministry’s permanent secretary, told reporters on Monday that the landslides killed some victims while others were struck by lightning.

FLOOD-RAVAGED LIBYA
April 30, 2024

Iran ready to promote friendly ties with African states

Iran said that following its victory in the 1979 Islamic Revolution, Africa has gained a special position in the country’s foreign policy.

African leaders and Iran leader Ebrahim Raisi