The move of BYD to South Africa is one of the most evident indicators that electric vehicles (EVs) are entering mainstream discourse, not just in the African continent, but the whole world. Being one of the largest EV manufacturers in the world, BYD introduces volume, comparatively low-priced vehicles, and powerful battery technology into the market […]
Airports in Cairo, Nairobi, Marrakech felt louder this year. Rolling suitcases, hot air near the taxi lanes, the coffee smell. Africa Leads Global Tourism Boom — 10% Surge in International Arrivals in 2025 set the tone. Numbers moved, stories followed. That’s how it reads on the ground. Global Tourism in 2025: How Africa Pulled Ahead […]
June 21 is reserved for election in Ethiopia even as the African country battles out a bloody and long conflict in the Tigray region and reports of famine in the region. This is leading to escalated tensions between Ethiopia’s biggest ethnic groups. The elections were initially scheduled for August 2020 but had to be delayed […]
The Democratic Republic of Congo’s eastern region has long been a hotbed of rebel activity, frequently as a result of strife in neighboring Rwanda, Burundi, and Uganda. Uganda’s Allied Democratic Forces (ADF) is one of the most notorious groups active there right now. The Ugandan Islamist militant group was founded in the 1990s and initially […]
President Muhammadu Buhari of Nigeria has recognized that he has failed to fulfill a promise he made when he was elected in 2015. In a television address, he stated that the fight against Islamist militants in the north had unintended consequences, such as spreading violence to other areas. Mr Buhari expressed his “sincere sympathies” to […]
Cameroon Prime Minister Joseph Dion Ngute and Ferdinand Ngoh Ngoh, secretary-general at the president’s office (SGPR), appear to be crossing swords over the recent scandal of mismanagement of funds from a $338 million national COVID-19 response plan. Last month, Cameroon’s Audit Chamber of the Supreme Court unveiledsome discrepancies in reports of public health and scientific […]
Kenya lifted a ban on direct flights from Somalia on Thursday, ending a month-long standoff that saw air transport between the two countries halted. Kenya has “took full notice of intercessions made and has decided to reopen Kenya’s airspace to all flights originating from Somalia and departing from Kenya to Somalia,” according to its Foreign […]
The state-owned power utility company, Eskom announced major power cuts in South Africa. This is not the first time that country will be facing this issue, last month as well there was a 24 hour power cut as the company’s transformers and machines were busted due to overhead of power. This time company announced that […]
Eritrea has blamed the US government for the ongoing conflict in Ethiopia’s Tigray region. In a letter to the UN Security Council circulated on Monday, Osman Saleh accused President Joe Biden’s administration of “stoking further conflict and destabilization” through interference and intimidation in the region, apparently to “resuscitate the remnants of the TPLF regime”. The […]
Talking about uncertain political and economical force, Mali in Africa tops the list. This year in May, the Malian Army led by Vice President Assimi Goita captured President Bah N’daw, Prime Minister Moctar Ouane and Minister of Defence Souleymane Doucoure. The operation was headed by Assimi Goita, the head of the junta that led the […]
Members of the parliament engaged in scuffles over-rotational process of appointing the president Elections for the appointment of the Pan African Parliament’s (PAP) president were postponed once again on Tuesday after mayhem broke out between lawmakers during the meeting in Midrand. As per reports, lawmakers scuffled over the procedure to choose the presidency, that is […]
As it is rightly said that best lessons are learnt from a big mistake, similarly here in the case of the Suez Canal blockade, the business leaders and officials are taking big learning from the crisis which happened two months earlier. Everyone is concerned and ideating on how this incident can be prevented from happening […]
Hamas thanks Qatar for military support of $500 million to Gaza. Qatar is accused of strengthening the Hamas group in their increasing terrorist activities. After 11 days of fighting, Israeli air attacks and artillery fire killed 254 Palestinians in Gaza. This massive incident included 66 children and it ended wounding over 1,900 people. The rocket […]
Tens of thousands of people tried to escape the major city in the Democratic Republic of Congo after authorities issued an evacuation order warning that Mount Nyiragongo could erupt again. This volcano is said to be very powerful as more than 170 children are still feared missing and UNICEF officials said they were organising transit […]
US President Joe Biden has urged for an end to “human rights abuses” in Ethiopia’s troubled northern region of Tigray. The Ethiopian army and its Eritrean allies are against a regional Tigrayan force. The conflict surged when Prime Minister Abiy Ahmed ordered troops to disarm and detain leaders of the Tigray People’s Liberation Front (TPLF), […]
Emmanuel Macron, French President has arrived in Rwanda to kickstart new chapter of friendly relationship after it was shattered by France’s role in Tutsi genocide in 1994. This is said to be a crucial step to normalize relationship between France and Rwanda by addressing Paris role. Macron is first French president to visit Rwanda since […]
The African Tourism Board’s Patron Dr. Taleb Rifai, its President Alain St.Ange, and the Chairperson Cuthbert Ncubewish the Tourism Community from all the 54 States that make Africa the great Continent, a Happy Africa Day 2021.This day remains significant as it given an opportunity for Africans to remember that on May 25, 1963, 32 African countries signed the Charter of […]
Nigeria’s military says it is probing into reports of the demise of the Boko Haram leader Abubakar Shekau. Reports say that the Boko Haram leader died after blowing himself up in a bid to avoid capture by a rival terrorist gang. Since past reports claiming Shekau’s death have proved to be false, this news has […]
The Israel-Palestine issue is blazing with conflict, doubt and surveillance. Gaza, which is home to about two million people was bounded by the Mediterranean Sea, Israel and Egypt now have become the hotbed of war as tensions between Gaza and Israel escalated into the worst violence for several years. This had led the UN to […]
The USA is working tirelessly at the international, national and domestic level to prevent the spread of terrorism, nuclear war and violent extremism in Mozambique. Linda Thomas-Greenfield, who is a U.S Ambassador to the UN mentioned that the US is taking measures for the benefit of civil society impacting civilians from terror attacks and conflict […]