A team of 80 security agents tasked with protecting the electricity grid was ambushed onMonday in Shiroro, Niger State, by around 200 Boko Haram fighters during a patrol mission,Babawale Afolabi, spokesman for the Nigerian Security…
BRICS Summit: President of Russia Vladimir Putin meets…
The prime minister of Ethiopia, Abiy Ahmed, who is attending his first BRIC summit on behalf of a member country, met Russian president Vladimir Putin at a bilateral meeting on Wednesday 23 October. Putin described…
Climate Change Intensified Devastating Floods Across African Nations,…
Human-caused climate change has greatly amplified the seasonal rain in the Niger and Lake Chad basins this year and caused catastrophic floods in several African countries, a study by the World Weather Attribution (WWA) has…
Zambia’s President Dismisses Constitutional Court Judges, Sparking Political…
In a decision that has escalated political friction in Zambia, President Hakainde Hichilema fired three Constitutional Court judges over what has been described as corrupt practices. The said judges include Justice Annie Sitali, Justice Mungeni…
Kenyan Court Blocks New Deputy President Appointment
Kenyan President William Ruto nominated Interior Minister Kithure Kindiki as his new deputy president on Friday but the court has stopped his appointment until it considers a case next week that questions the impeachment of…
South Africa asks Taiwan to move its de…
South Africa's government said on Friday that it had asked Taiwan to relocate its de facto embassy out of the capital Pretoria, while Taiwan accused it of bowing to pressure from China. South Africa rejected…
UAE Dispatches 3 Planes with 120 Tonnes of…
The UAE continued its humanitarian aid to Lebanon, sending three more planes carrying essential relief aid, including medical and food supplies, ambulances, and shelter equipment. These flights are part of the two-week national relief campaign,…
The United Arab Emirates’ GDP is expected to…
The World Bank’s latest semi-annual MENA Economic Update released on Wednesday, indicates that the GDP of the UAE is projected to grow at 3.3% in 2024, rising to 4.1% in 2025 Update. Entitled "Growth in…
Key highlights from inaugural EU-GCC Summit in Brussels
The Belgian capital of Brussels hosted the first EU-GCC Summit on October 16 under the theme "Strategic Partnership for Peace and Prosperity". European Council President Charles Michel and Emir of Qatar HH Sheikh Tamim bin…
Africa Elections 2024: Will New Leadership Bring Lasting…
The candidate from Mozambique's ruling party was significantly ahead in the initial results of all 11 provinces in the presidential election on Wednesday, while his primary opponent expressed his refusal to accept the results, claiming…
Tragic Bus Crash in Northeastern Egypt Claims Lives…
A bus transporting university students smashed and overturned on a highway in northeastern Egypt, resulting in at least 12 deaths and 33 injuries. The Ain Sokhna Highway is where the tragedy happened, according to the…
Lost Childhoods: The Impact of War on Sudan’s…
In an interview conducted in Sudan, Sheldon Yett, the UNICEF Representative in the nation, expressed that, “Kids, didn't start this war. They are not the ones who are really fighting this war, and they're not…
Mozambique votes for president and the ruling party…
Mozambique is currently voting for a new president on Wednesday in an election and it's expected to extend the party’s rule as it completes 49 years in power since the southern African nation gained independence…
Saqr Ghobash Engages in Parliamentary Cooperation Talks with…
The Union of the Comoros Parliamentary Council received His Excellency Engineer Mustadran Abdo, President of the Federal Parliament of the Union of the Comoros, and the accompanying delegation at the Council's headquarters in Abu Dhabi…
UNICEF Reports At Least 13 Children Killed in…
The fighting between the Sudanese army and rival paramilitary forces in North Darfur, Sudan, has killed at least 13 children and wounded four others, UNICEF said. These children were aged between 6 and 17, the…
Cooperation between Nigeria and the United Arab Emirates…
Links between the United Arab Emirates and Nigeria have reached an important milestone with the resumption of daily Emirates Airlines flights between Lagos and Dubai. The development coincided with the recent 64th anniversary of Nigeria's…
AFRICOM Chief on threats, way forward for US…
The Commander in Chief of the US armed forces in Africa General Micheal Langley has started to mould the presence of the army in the continent after the withdrawal of the forces from Niger. There…
UAE plans to invest $23 billion in low-carbon…
United Arab Emirates will invest $23 billion over five years in next-generation low-carbon energy, such as hydrogen and ammonia, to capture 5% of the world's clean hydrogen production by 2030, a senior Abu Dhabi National…
Prince Harry receives warm welcome as he touches…
After making a memorable appearance at the WellChild Awards in the United Kingdom, Prince Harry landed at his next destination in South Africa on tuesday. Hours after he took off from London he landed at…
