The African Union and UNICEF have aligned on a continent-wide push to lift early grade learning, with attention on literacy and numeracy in the first years of school. The partnership centres on scaling approaches that show results in real classrooms, not just good paperwork. And yes, the tone is urgent, because delays cost children time […]
The room gets quiet for half a second. A colleague smiles and says, “Nice work on that report.” The person receiving it freezes, then laughs, then fumbles. This tiny moment happens daily across Africa, in offices, campuses, markets, and family gatherings. “How to respond to a compliment” stays a real-life skill, not a fancy topic. […]
Ghana’s President Akufo-Addo is billed to intervene in the dispute between Nigerian traders and the Ghana Union of Traders Association (GUTA). GUTA said Nigerian traders should keep off retail business and has moved in several cities to shut down shops owned by Nigerians. GUTA accuses the Ghanaian government of failing to enforce Section 27 (1) […]
Once again, Nigeria is one of the top 20 countries affected by spam calls and SMSes globally, a recent report by Truecaller has revealed. According to the study, the average Truecaller user in Nigeria receives 8.4 spam calls per month, which is 20% higher than last year. This year, Brazil topped the list, with the […]
Talal Afifi has worked for years to revive Sudanese cinema which has languished through decades of authoritarian rule. With the fall of longtime autocrat Omar al-Bashir, he sees new hope. Bashir’s Islamist-backed rule of 30 years had seen cinemas shuttered and US sanctions prevent imports of vital equipment in a country once known as a […]
Ethiopian Prime Minister Abiy Ahmed is pressing on with plans of the new Prosperity Party despite an open opposition by a close ally and Minister of Defence Lemma Megerssa. Abiy on Sunday (December 1) met with other leaders of seven of the nine regions of the country to sign a document that officially marked the […]
Suspected Boko Haram jihadists killed four Chadian troops early on Monday in a newly established military outpost on Lake Chad, the military and local officials said. Boko Haram has training camps on several of the islands that dot the vast, shallow Lake Chad, which straddles the borders of Nigeria, Niger and Cameroon as well as […]
A senior Sudanese rebel leader Monday called for a three-month extension to finalise a peace deal with the Khartoum government, as talks between the two sides are to resume next week. Yasir Arman, deputy leader of the rebel Sudan People’s Liberation Movement-North (SPLM-N), also called on Washington to remove Sudan from its blacklist of “state […]
At least 24 Tunisians were killed and 18 more injured Sunday when a bus plunged off a cliff into a ravine in the country’s north, officials said. The bus had set off from Tunis to the picturesque mountain town of Ain Draham, a popular autumn destination for Tunisians near the Algerian border, the tourism ministry […]
Cameroon’s conflict between separatist rebels and the government escalated on Sunday when the former fired on a passenger jet as it approached Bamenda airport in the northwest of the country. The scheduled flight from Douala landed safely and there were no casualties, Cameroon Airlines said in a statement confirming the attack. The airline has grounded […]
Egypt is hosting a new round of talks with Ethiopia and Sudan on a disputed dam built by Ethiopia on the Nile, as part of an agreement reached in Washington in November. The agreement was reached in Washington last month to break the deadlock in their long-standing row over the river’s critical water supply. The […]
Senegal and Liverpool forward Sadio Mane has dreamed about winning the prestigious Ballon d’Or, and many on the African continent are hoping this dream becomes a reality on Monday. Mane has had an impressive calendar year, winning the Champions League, the Premier League Golden Boot after bagging 22 goals and finishing second in the league […]
Pierre-Emerick Aubameyang’s scored a brace to earn Arsenal a draw against Norwich City in the Premier League at the Carrow Road on Sunday as they began life after sacked Unai Emery. Norwich City opened the scoring chart with a goal by Pukki Teemu but Arsenal who has been more dominant in the game got the […]
The President of Guinea Conakry, Prof. Alpha Conde has commended the Acting Chairman of the Economic and Financial Crimes Commission, EFCC, Ibrahim Magu for responding to his invitation to help reform the Anti-corruption agency in Guinea. He expressed his gratitude in a letter of appreciation dated November 28, 2019 and sent through the Ambassador of […]
Farmer in the Upper East Region of Ghana have hailed the construction of a $1billion multipurpose dam project because they believe it has the potential to radically transform agriculture in the area.President Nana Addo Dankwa Akufo Addo over the weekend cut the sod for the project to begin after years of being on the drawing […]
Popular Nollywood actress, Kate Henshaw has taken to her social space to blast mothers who bleached the skin of their kids, claiming they don’t have a right to change the skin of their kids. The movie veteran who doubles as a social activist for women and kids, slammed any beauty therapist who uses skin washing […]
In spite of the clean bill of prosperity in the economy, Nigeria is seeking the approval of the National Assembly to obtain external loan of $29.96 billion for the implementation of 39 key infrastructure embarked upon from 2016 to 2018.President Muhammadu Buhari, who had reported that economy was gathering momentum, addressed the loan request letters […]
The 2019 Conference on Land Policy in Africa ended in Abidjan over the weekend with academic institutions pledging to work with traditional leaders to initiate solutions to land governance challenges on the continent in an effort to root out corruption from the land sector.ECA in a statement on Saturday said stakeholders attending the five-day conference […]
The Netherlands will offer over 11.6 million euros (12.7million U.S. dollars) in grants to Rwanda in the next fiscal year to build four ports on Lake Kivu (West) as a move intended to develop trade, maritime transport and tourism around the lake, an official source revealed Saturday in Kigali.This grant represent 40 percent of the […]
Incumbent Namibian President, Hage Geingob, was re-elected with 56.3% of the votes cast, a very sharp drop from the 86% he received five years ago. The leader of the South West African People’s Organisation (SWAPO), which has been in power since Namibia’s independence in 1990, was well ahead of Panduleni Itula, SWAPO’s dissident candidate, who […]