Rather than indicating disunity, the outcome shows that the AU upheld its procedures for endorsing candidates to international positions. A draft decision to endorse former Senegalese president Macky Sall’s candidacy for United Nations (UN) Secretary-General has been rejected by the African Union (AU). In a 27 March statement, the AU said 20 of its 55…
The managing director and chief executive of the Federal Airports Authority of Nigeria (FAAN), Olubunmi Kuku, has disclosed that Nigeria emerged as the second-largest domestic passenger market in Africa, recording over 10.5 million passengers and a 10 per cent year-on-year growth. Kuku made this known during her closing address at the ACI Africa Regional Conference…
H.E Ambassador Mohamed Fathi Edrees, Permanent Observer of the African Union (AU) to the United Nations (UN), delivered a compelling briefing on April 2nd, 2026, to visiting students from the University of Bayreuth, Germany, who came to participate in the Model UN program at the UN headquarters in New York, USA. The fruitful and very…
Fences are among conservation’s most controversial interventions. To some, they are essential for conserving wildlife, minimising encroachment, and preventing the type of conflict that happens when humans come into contact with wildlife. To others, fences represent exclusion. They break the landscape up into pieces, prevent wild animals from moving freely over long distances and create…
Sudan Marks April 6 Anniversary with Renewed Calls for Civilian Rule Sudanese political parties and civil groups marked the seventh anniversary of the April 6 sit-in in Khartoum by renewing calls for an immediate end to the war and a return to civilian rule. The anniversary commemorates the mass protest that culminated in the…
Increasingly capable and organized militant Islamist groups in the Sahel, Somalia, and the Lake Chad Basin continue to expand their reach and lethality. Highlights Fatalities linked to militant Islamist groups in Africa continue to occur at near record levels. The 23,968 fatalities, an increase of 24 percent from 2024, reflect increased violence in nearly every…
STORY HIGHLIGHTS Beginning in 2019, the World Bank supported a comprehensive reform program that established Ethiopia’s first state-owned enterprises (SOEs) database, while strengthening oversight and updating the legal and governance framework. The SOEs have shifted from absorbing public funds to generating them, contributing a combined ETB 117 billion (approximately $720 million) to the national budget…
Since the outbreak of war in the Middle East, disrupted trade routes have caused delays to the delivery of medicines and other humanitarian aid to crisis zones such as Sudan and Mali. The Strait of Hormuz, which links Dubai to Port Sudan on the eastern coast of Africa, is a vital transit point for the…
Luanda — Around 1.2 billion dollars have already been secured for 13 priority projects in Africa, within the framework of Angola’s leadership in the African Union Development Agency Heads of State Orientation Committee (AUDA-NEPAD). The information was given, on Thursday, in Luanda, by the agency’s executive director, Nardos Bekele-Thomas, at the end of a hearing…
Talatona — The 75th Conference of the Airports Council International Africa (ACI-Africa) closes this Friday, in Luanda, after seven days of debates, workshops and masterclasses with an emphasis on strengthening the African airport sector. The event, considered one of the most important sector forums on the continent, brought together more than 400 delegates, including airport…
