A drone strike hit a United Nations facility in war-torn Sudan on Saturday, killing six peacekeepers, U.N. Secretary-General Antonio Guterres said. The strike hit the peacekeeping logistics base in the city of Kadugli, in the central region of Kordofan, Guterres said in a statement. Eight other peacekeepers were wounded in the strike. All the victims are…
Nairobi — A new study and interactive dashboard released today in Nairobi at the seventh session of the United Nations Environment Assembly (UNEA) finds that current international financial flows remain billions of dollars short of what is required to achieve the global biodiversity target of protecting and conserving at least 30 percent of the world’s…
As Co-Chairs, the Aig-Imoukhuedes are expected to deepen the Board’s strategic influence and support the expansion of skills and entrepreneurship programmes King’s Trust International (KTI) has appointed Nigerian business leader Aigboje Aig-Imoukhuede and his wife, lawyer and philanthropist Ofovwe Aig-Imoukhuede, as the new co-chairs of its Africa Advisory Board. According to a statement sent to…
The University of Cape Town (UCT) has recorded strong performance in two major international rankings released in November 2025. The ShanghaiRanking’s Global Ranking of Academic Subjects (GRAS) 2025 reported consistent results for UCT across several subjects, while the Quacquarelli Symonds (QS) Sustainability Rankings 2026 confirmed the university’s positive activity in environmental, social and governance-related indicators….
The spending increase will stay in place for at least the next three years. Published On 1 Dec 20251 Dec 2025 Click here to share on social media share2 Share The United States has announced a new trade deal with the United Kingdom that includes zero tariffs on pharmaceutical and medical products in exchange for…
Addis Ababa — Ethiopia will host the 4th International Symposium of African Constitutional Courts and Equivalent Institutions, the Council of Constitutional Inquiry (CCI) announced. At a press briefing today, Dessalegn Weyessa, Director General of the CCI Secretariat, said the event opens on 28 November 2025 at the African Union Assembly Hall. The symposium’s theme is…
American astronomer-turned-medical physicist and now NASA astronaut Chris Williams joined two Russian cosmonauts aboard a Soyuz ferry ship Thursday for a Thanksgiving Day flight to the International Space Station. With commander Sergey Kud-Sverchkov at the controls of the Soyuz MS-28/74S spacecraft, flanked on his left by flight engineer Sergey Mikaev and on the right by…
China’s Foreign Ministry said Trump initiated call with Xi Jinping and that communication was crucial for developing stable US-China relations. Published On 26 Nov 202526 Nov 2025 Click here to share on social media share2 Share Chinese President Xi Jinping has “more or less agreed” to increase purchases of goods from the United States, President…
The city of Jos, Plateau State, came alive in dazzling colors and pride as it hosted the Miss and Mister Tourism Africa International 2025 World Finals, an event that celebrated the continent’s beauty, culture, and tourism potential. The grand finale brought together contestants from 23 African nations, transforming the city into a global stage for…
US Secretary of State Marco Rubio has called for international action to cut off the supply of weapons to Sudan’s paramilitary Rapid Support Forces (RSF), who are accused of mass killings in el-Fasher. At the end of a G7 foreign ministers meeting in Canada, Rubio said the RSF had committed systematic atrocities, including murder, rape…
