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Six African football legends are urging the continent to unite and step up efforts to vaccinate every child against the life-threatening polio virus. In partnership with the UN-backed Global Polio Eradication Initiative (GPEI), they have launched the ‘Kick Out Polio’ campaign ahead of the Africa Cup of Nations (AFCON) 2025 which begins in Morocco on…
The award, one of the nation’s highest honours for international figures, recognised Prof. Oramah’s dedication, pivotal role, and strategic leadership in expanding trade and investment relations between the Member States of Afreximbank and Barbados. Dr. Kevin Greenidge, Governor of the Central Bank of Barbados and longtime Afreximbank board member, was equally honoured with the Order…
STORY HIGHLIGHTS In Benin, massive campaigns to rehabilitate old plantations have improved the productivity of cashew, the country’s second largest export crop after cotton. World Bank support helped rehabilitate 122,547 hectares of old cashew plantations and establish 17,818 hectares of new cashew plantations, reaching nearly 40,000 beneficiaries. These investments helped increase the production of raw…
President Netumbo Nandi-Ndaitwah has been named Africa’s political leader of the year by the African Leadership Magazine (ALM) Persons of the Year 2025 Awards, while minister of health and social services Esperance Luvindao has been recognised as Africa’s public health champion of the year. The awards, regarded as Africa’s premier public-choice recognition programme, follow a…
The Minister of Foreign Affairs (Regional Cooperation), John Mulimba, has announced Uganda’s role as co-host of the forthcoming Africa-France Forward Summit scheduled for 11-12 May 2026 in Nairobi, Kenya. The announcement followed a meeting held at the Ministry of Foreign Affairs on December 3, 2025, between Mulimba, the French Ambassador to Uganda, Virginie Leroy, and…
Uganda has been selected to host the first-ever Africa Dragon Boat Cup in October 2026, a move officials say will boost sports diplomacy, tourism promotion and Uganda’s visibility on the global sporting stage. The announcement was made on Thursday by Solomon Muwonge, president of the Uganda Dragon Boat Federation, during a meeting with Ambassador Richard…
Abuja — Young Nigerian Student innovators have began their quest for the 2025 Junior Achievement (JA) Africa’s Company of the Year (COY) prize that will enable them represent the continent at the Ralph de la Vega Global Entrepreneurship Competition. This came as JA Africa announced the opening of the 15th edition of the COY competition,…
MSF Clinic Hit in South Sudan Airstrike An MSF healthcare facility in Pieri, Jonglei state, South Sudan, was struck during an airstrike on 3 December, with MSF teams later finding bullet damage within the compound after the gunship helicopter departed. Airstrikes were also witnessed in Lankien, where MSF also runs medical services, though no structural damage…
The G20 Leaders’ Summit Declaration in Johannesburg stressed Africa’s interests – but will it survive Trump? On paper, South Africa’s G20, which climaxed with the Leaders’ Summit in Johannesburg on 22 and 23 November, was a triumph for Africa. This was the first G20 held on African soil, and Africa’s interests dominated the 30-page Leaders’…
One quiet Sunday morning, children from the Africa Children’s Heart Foundation were heading to church when they noticed something unusual outside their gate. A small boy, dirty, frightened, and crying, sat alone by the entrance. At just four years old, it was clear he could not have arrived there by himself. Someone had abandoned him….
