CITES Secretary-General Ivonne Higuero. PHOTO/ National Committee on Ecology of Uzbekistan. By SPECIAL CORRESPONDENT [email protected] The 20th meeting of the Conference of the Parties to the Convention on International Trade in Endangered Species of Wild Fauna and Flora (CITES) continued in the historic city of Samarkand, Uzbekistan, with a stirring speech by CITES Secretary-General Ivonne…
As the sun set on the Amazon, the promise of a “people’s Cop” faded with it. The latest UN climate summit – known as Cop30, hosted in the Brazilian city of Belém – came with the usual geopolitics and the added excitement of a flood and a fire. The summit saw Indigenous protests on an…
Kigali — “As NCBA, we are proud to support the ASEA Annual Conference. Our participation reflects our commitment to strengthening Africa’s capital markets and partnering with institutions that drive sustainable economic growth,” said NCBA’s managing director Maurice Toroitich. In alignment with the conference’s focus on innovation, regional integration, and sustainable finance, NCBA emphasized its commitment…
The African Union Commissioner for Education, Science, Technology and Innovation, H.E. Prof. Gaspard Banyankimbona, is leading a six-person delegation to Wuhan, China, from November 19-21, 2025, to participate in the China-Africa Innovation for Sustainable Development Conference. The delegation includes representatives from the Education, Science, Technology, and Innovation Department; the Economic Development, Tourism, Trade, Industry, and…
Algeria will host the International Conference on the Crimes of Colonialism in Africa to consolidate a unified position on reparations, historical justice, and the criminalisation of colonialism. The conference, from November 30 to December 1, 2025, will bring together African ministers, legal experts, historians, and academics, was endorsed by the AU Assembly earlier this year….
At the close of an international conference in Paris on the Great Lakes region, French President Emmanuel Macron has announced that €1.5 billion has been pledged in aid. Meanwhile the airport in Goma, in the Democratic Republic of Congo, will reopen to humanitarian flights. Millions of people are facing hunger in the DRC, which has…
France and Togo are co-hosting a conference in Paris on Thursday to support peace and prosperity in the Great Lakes region of Africa. A coalition of international NGOs will urge participants to step up their financial response to the “unprecedented humanitarian crisis” in eastern Democratic Republic of Congo and neighbouring countries. The conference aims to…
With the 2025 Africa Kaizen Annual Conference (AKAC) underway, delegates have consistently emphasised the need to develop regional value chains to industrialise the African continent and enable businesses to compete globally. “While we have observed an improvement in the manufacturing sector, its contribution to the economy has stabilised around 12-13% over the years, up from…
World Athletics (WA) has announced that the selection of Lagos, Nigeria’s bustling commercial hub, as the host city for its inaugural Africa Road Running Conference was influenced by its extensive commercial connections across the African continent and beyond. Mr Alessio Punzi Cisternino, WA’s head of road running, revealed this information during a press conference held…
In line with the adage, “A healthy nation is a prosperous nation,” the National Sports Commission (NSC), in partnership with World Athletics and the Athletics Federation of Nigeria (AFN), is set to host the first-ever Africa Running Conference in Lagos. The landmark event seeks to promote health, fitness, and athletic excellence, while driving mass participation,…
