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– Prime Minister Dr. Kamil Idris extended his sincere congratulations to the national team players following their 1-0 victory over Equatorial Guinea in the second match of the 2025 Africa Cup of Nations in Morocco. The Prime Minister sent a congratulatory message to the players, technical staff, and administrative team through the Undersecretary of the…
The Africa Centres for Disease Control and Prevention (Africa CDC) has challenged Malawi’s media to take greater responsibility in developing and disseminating accurate messages on public health emergencies, including cholera, measles and Mpox. Speaking during a capacity-building workshop for journalists and health officials on Risk Communication and Community Engagement (RCCE), Africa CDC Team Leader Dr…
The United Nations and the United States on Monday formalized an agreement under which the US committed $2 billion in humanitarian assistance for global relief programmes, a move the UN’s top relief official hailed as a landmark commitment to saving lives amid escalating humanitarian needs worldwide. Speaking at the signing in Geneva, UN Emergency Relief…
The world of work today, in the 21st century, is far more unpredictable than it was in the 20th century. Jobs come and go, roles change constantly, and automation and digital disruption are the only constants. Many young people will one day do jobs that don’t yet exist or did not exist a few years…
Museums and universities around the world hold vast collections of cultural artefacts, artworks, objectified belongings and even ancestral remains. Many were not freely given but taken during colonial times, through force, manipulation, theft or violence. For decades, they have sat in storerooms and display cases, classified into categories like anthropology, natural history or ethnology, separated…
Addis Ababa — The completion and operational launch of the Grand Ethiopian Renaissance Dam (GERD) stands as a powerful political, diplomatic, and economic signal from Ethiopia to Africa and the global community,” Professor Ashok Swain of Uppsala University stated. In an exclusive interview with the ENA, Professor Swain, who also serves as UNESCO Chair on…
Global cocoa prices have come down after two years of rising costs. At the end of 2024, the price of cocoa almost hit US$12 000 per tonne. Now, it has dropped to around US$5 000 per tonne. That is a drop of more than 50% in just one year. Follow us on WhatsApp | LinkedIn…
Former heavyweight champion George Foreman and footballers Diogo Jota and Denis Law were among the sports stars who died in 2025. Here is the second part of AFP’s review of the sporting figures we lost this year: Boxing George Foreman died on March 21 aged 76. Foreman was the last of the great quartet of…
Cassablanca — Riyad Mahrez has emerged as the early scoring leader at the 2025 TotalEnergies CAF Africa Cup of Nations in Morocco, while Nigeria have underlined their title credentials by becoming the tournament’s most productive attacking side after two rounds of group-stage matches. Mahrez, the Algerian captain, tops the scoring chart with three goals, continuing…
Algeria defeat Burkina Faso to reach the knockout stages Sudan secure a vital win over Equatorial Guinea Mozambique edge Gabon 3–2, claiming their first-ever AFCON win Cameroon and Côte d’Ivoire play to exciting draw in Marrakech Cameroon and defending champions Côte d’Ivoire shared the spoils in a pulsating 1–1 draw in their second Group F…
