Cholera deaths increased by 30% in 2025, despite fewer cases being reported to the World Health Organization (WHO). In 2025, 47 countries reported 451 499 cholera cases and 7870 deaths to WHO. This is the highest number of annual cholera deaths reported to WHO since 1999. These figures reflect surveillance data reported to WHO and…
Group Managing Director and Chief Executive Officer, United Bank for Africa (UBA) Plc, Oliver Alawuba, has called for greater focus on turning Africa’s vast opportunities into investable projects. He also emphasised the need for dependable revenues, credible institutions and accountable delivery to unlock sustainable capital for the continent. Alawuba made the call in New York,…
Edzard Overbeek, Group CEO at Vertage HeadFirst Global, a leader in work orchestration, today announced it will become Vertage, as it builds a global technology platform that dynamically curates the right mix of expert talent and AI agents to deliver the work outcomes enterprises need. This press release features multimedia. View the full release here:…
Victoria, Seychelles — After decades in which the high seas were too often treated as a distant frontier–vast, ownerless and beyond meaningful protection–the High Seas Treaty entered into force on 17 January 2026. It was a landmark achievement for international cooperation and a reminder that, even in an increasingly divided world, nations can still come…
Donald Trump and Xi Jinping met in Washington as world leaders gathered at the UN General Assembly in New York. From AI to trade to Taiwan and Iran, their meeting shows how the world’s two biggest powers shape events on their own. Published On 25 Sep 202625 Sep 2026 Share What the Trump-Xi meeting revealed…
Global Tech Africa (GTA) Conference 2026 will be held in Kano with organisers positioning the event as a platform for using technology to accelerate industrialisation, expand market access and strengthen regional trade across Africa. The organisers announced the conference at a Press Conference held on Wednesday at MTN Plaza, Ikoyi, Lagos. Themed “Connecting Africa, Accelerating…
WASHINGTON — He has accused China of hacking America’s elections and plundering its wealth, yet President Donald Trump has showered the visiting Chinese leader, Xi Jinping, with tributes and affection during their summit meeting this week at the White House. Trump met his Chinese counterpart on the tarmac at Joint Base Andrews, Maryland, outside Washington…
There is something pleasingly improbable about Angh. The film comes from Nagaland, a mountainous state of fewer than two million people on India’s northeastern frontier, and is in Konyak, a tribal language unfamiliar to most Indians, never mind audiences abroad. It was director Theja Rio’s first feature and most of its cast faced a camera…
Addis Ababa — Ethiopia has used the 81st United Nations General Assembly to put a broader strategic question before the international community: can a global system facing profound geopolitical, economic, technological and environmental change remain credible without giving greater weight to Africa and the Global South? For President Taye Atske Selassie, the answer is increasingly…
Addis Ababa — Ethiopia has placed its pursuit of reliable maritime access firmly on the global diplomatic agenda, with President Taye Atske-Selassie telling the United Nations that securing access to the sea is essential to sustaining the country’s economic transformation and deepening its integration into global trade. Addressing the General Debate of the 81st Session…
