INTERVIEW | Prof Gordon Gray says US–Israel strikes on Iran have led to a full-scale regional war Prof Gordon Gray at the 2011 Independence Day reception at U.S. Embassy Tunis. PHOTO/ U.S. Embassy Tunis. Eyewitness Africa Editor Patrick Mayoyo posed questions to Professor Gordon Gray, Kuwait Professor of Gulf and Arabian Peninsula Affairs at the…
The Alliance of African Multilateral Financial Institutions (AAMFI) has appointed Dr. Corneille Karekezi as Chairperson of its Governing Council, succeeding Samaila Zubairu, President and Chief Executive Officer of the Africa Finance Corporation (AFC), who served as the Alliance’s second Chairperson following its establishment in 2024. The appointment was confirmed at the Ninth Meeting of the…
Afreximbank President, Dr George Elombi addresses the 50th Regular Meeting of the Conference of Heads of Government of the CARICOM in Basseterre, St. Kitts and Nevis Pan African Multilateral Bank, African Export-Import Bank (Afreximbank), has announced a major expansion of its engagement with the Caribbean Community (CARICOM), increasing its regional financing limit from US$3 billion…
A new scramble for Africa is underway. It is not marked by warships or colonial flags, but by battery supply chains, green transition targets, and high-level trade delegations. The race is for lithium, cobalt, graphite, manganese, platinum group metals and rare earth elements — the minerals powering electric vehicles, renewable energy systems and digital infrastructure….
SA reached a median mobile download speed of 65.7Mbps by the end 2025. (Image from 123RF) Despite slipping five places, South Africa’s mobile download speeds make it a “consistent leader” in Sub-Saharan Africa (SSA). Additionally, the country is one of only three SSA nations in the global top 100 list for mobile in the fourth…
The Chairperson of the African Union Commission, H.E. @ymahmoudali, yesterday evening held consultations with the Permanent Representatives of the AU Regional Economic Communities (RECs), briefing them on the Commission’s strategic priorities ahead of the 48th Ordinary Session of the Executive Council & the 39th Assembly of Heads of State & Government (Addis Ababa, 11-15 Feb…
Addis Ababa — – Ethiopia is translating long-held development ambitions into concrete achievements, reinforcing its role as a regional powerhouse and positioning itself as Africa’s leading renewable energy hub, according to the Government Communication Service (GCS). In a statement released today, GCS highlighted the inauguration of major development projects under the leadership of Prime Minister…
Rwanda’s military dominance in the Great Lakes Region deters countries from sending troops to help stabilise eastern DRC. In early December 2025, the M23-Alliance Fleuve Congo (AFC) coalition, supported by the Rwanda Defence Force, took control of Kamanyola, a strategic town on the border of the Democratic Republic of the Congo (DRC), Rwanda and Burundi….
After emerging as winners of the 2025 JA Rwanda National Company of the Year Competition, four students from Rwanda Coding Academy (RCA) represented the country at the JA Africa regional competition, held from December 3 to 5, 2025, in Abuja, Nigeria. The students described their participation in the regional competition as both transformative and eye-opening,…
Geneva, December 20, 2025 (SUNA) – On the sidelines of the World Refugee Forum, Sudan’s Permanent Representative to the United Nations in Geneva, Ambassador Hassan Hamid, held a joint coordination meeting on Saturday at the mission’s headquarters with Mamadou Dian, Regional Director of the UN High Commissioner for Refugees (UNHCR) for East Africa, the Horn…
