The Liberia Special Economic Zones Authority (LSEZA) has secured membership in the Africa Economic Zones Organization (AEZO), opening new opportunities for Liberia to strengthen its engagement with Africa’s growing Special Economic Zones (SEZs) ecosystem. The membership provides LSEZA with access to a continental platform for knowledge exchange, technical cooperation, investment promotion, and partnerships in the…
Nairobi — Women leaders should move beyond securing positions of influence and focus on using their platforms to create opportunities and build institutions that benefit future generations, Lapid Leaders Africa Founder and CEO Esther Mwaniki has said. Mwaniki said representation remains important but should not be treated as the ultimate measure of progress for women…
President Yoweri Museveni has called on African defence leaders to recognise the close link between national security, economic strength and political cohesion. Closing the inaugural African Conference of Chiefs of Defence Forces on Military Operations Other Than War at Speke Resort Munyonyo, Museveni said a strong defence force cannot be sustained without a strong economy….
Rwanda’s national women’s football team face an uphill battle to reach the 2028 Olympic Games after suffering a narrow 1-0 defeat to Ethiopia in the first leg of the second qualifying round at Kigali Pelé Stadium on Wednesday evening. The result leaves coach André Cassa Mbungo’s side needing a positive result in the return leg…
Nairobi — Pan-African law firm Cliffe Dekker Hofmeyr (CDH) has launched a 2026 guide on labour laws across Africa as businesses face growing employment and compliance risks when expanding into different markets. The Labour Laws in Africa 2026 Guide provides comparative labour law information covering 20 African countries and is aimed at employers, investors, legal…
Nairobi — Former President Uhuru Kenyatta is in Rwanda as part of renewed African Union-led diplomatic efforts to end the conflict in eastern Democratic Republic of Congo. Kenyatta was received by Rwandan President Paul Kagame at Urugwiro Village in Kigali alongside other members of the AU Panel of Facilitators, as the continental body stepped up…
The United States is violating international law by deporting migrants to African countries where they have no ties, NGO Human Rights Watch said on Thursday, accusing Washington of using deportation to remote destinations as a deterrent to immigration. United States deportation policy has expanded sharply since President Donald Trump returned to the White House in…
Early warnings must be heeded to protect coping capacity and prevent a foreseeable shock from becoming an irreversible setback. A strong El Niño event is expected to persist from this year until February 2027, transforming global weather systems and triggering devastating climate extremes. The World Meteorological Organization has reported a 100% chance of El Niño…
Something important happened in Kigali last week, and it had little to do with the size of the crowd. At the second edition of the Umurage International Books & Art Festival, held under the theme “The Future Is Written: Human Voices, Intelligent Tools,” African publishers, writers, educators, artists and policymakers asked questions the continent’s book…
Way back in 1901, Western scientists celebrated the sensational ‘discovery’ of a very strange, unicorn-like creature in the dark and humid depths of an African rainforest. Now, more than 125 years later, that famous animal is in trouble, and seemingly slipping off the global conservation radar. Hands up if you’ve ever seen, or heard of,…
