The Cinema Exhibitors Association of Nigeria (CEAN), the country’s premier Film Trade Association Body, has announced good news for cinema lovers on the occasion of the International Cinema Day. Opeyemi Ajayi, the chairman of the…
African climate activists press leaders on ‘life or…
Climate change presents world leaders with "life or death" choices, the Ugandan climate activist Vanessa Nakate said on Wednesday as she pressed them to treat it as an urgent crisis. Poverty, hunger, conflicts, disease and…
No show from hostages, despite speculations in Mali
They waited for hours throughout the night, to no avail. Supporters of malian political figure Soumaïla Cissé gathered to celebrate the announced return of their candidate, who has been held hostage for over six months.…
Senegal holds large religious festival amid pandemic
Tens of thousands of Muslims descended upon Senegal's holy city this week for the annual Grand Magal pilgrimage, a tradition in West Africa that some fear could become a super-spreader event for COVID-19. The Magal…
NEWS: Unions press South Africa, urges Government to…
South Africa's largest trade unions held nationwide marches on Wednesday to protest the high level of job destruction, the poor state of transport, corruption and the lack of measures to combat the deep crisis generated…
Influencing Africa’s informal economy for young people
By 2050, Africa will be domestic to 25 percentage of the world's workforce. And yet there is no guarantee that these people – in particular the developing share of young human beings among them –…
Ethiopian Senate Votes to Sever All relations with…
Ethnic tensions in Ethiopia continue to mount after The Ethiopian Senate voted on Tuesday to sever all relations between the federal authorities and both the Tigray regional parliament and executive. This comes after the Tigrayan…
Breaking: Togo Set To Move Towards Decentralization
Yawa Kouigan is the mayor of Atakpamé, Togo's fifth largest city in population. She is the first mayor elected in the last 30 years and faces several daily challenges. "This pollution is the kind of…
NEWS: Egyptian Town Laments Missing Migrant Relatives
The Egyptian metropolis of Dahmasha. About sixty kilometres from Cairo. A ghost city considering the fact that a number of hundred of its younger guys went into exile by way of neighbouring Libya. In September,…
NEWS: ECOWAS Lifts Mali Sanctions
West Africa's ECOWAS has determined to lift the post-coup sanctions the bloc had put in software towards Mali. ECOWAS leaders now call on bilateral partners to resume help to Mali in a statement signed by…
South Sudan set to campaign against child marriage
South Sudan’s authorities in partnership with UNICEF launched a marketing campaign Monday against toddler marriage to address the challenges ladies are facing. In South Sudan, 52% of all ladies are married before they attain 18…
South Africa: AlphaCode’s incubate programme awards startup with…
AlphaCode, the startup incubator from Rand Merchant Investments (RMI), has awarded Oyi Medical Card R450 0 at its first virtual demo day. Oyi is one of seven startups that were awarded entrepreneurial programs valued at…
NEWS: Military given key posts in Mali’s interim…
Mali's meantime president Bah Ndaw, a retired colonel who was once sworn in closing month, appointed a 25-strong authorities on Monday, in which members of the army occupy key posts, according to a decree study…
Hundreds ask transitional government to resign in Sudan
Hundreds of demonstrators took to the streets of Sudan’s capital Monday, worrying the departure of the transitional government. According to eyewitnesses and photos on social media, protection forces mounted a cordon in front of the…
NEWS: Rwanda appreciates its teachers
Rwandan President Paul Kagame on Monday paid tribute to the country's teachers on World Teachers’ Day. "Let’s take a moment to recognize our teachers, in particular in this challenging time. Students and mother and father…
Zimbabwe: Teachers vow to continue strike over wages
Teachers in Zimbabwe vowed to proceed their strike towards the 40% increment in salaries of teachers, which they reflect onconsideration on under their actual needs, neighborhood media stated Monday. “We are escalating our marketing campaign…
Sudan: Protesters shut port in protest of peace…
Sudanese protesters shut the Southern Port of Sudan on Sunday in protest of a recently-signed peace deal with insurrection groups. On Saturday, the Sudanese transitional government signed a power-sharing deal with the Sudan Revolutionary Front…
Ivory Coast opens 60,000-seater stadium ahead of AFCON…
Ivory Coast inaugurated Saturday its new 60,000-seat Olympic stadium, built with the help of China, in Ebimpe, on the outskirts of Abidjan, in preparation for the African Cup of Nations soccer in 2023. The ceremony,…
Business: Healthy deal for Sasol under the conditions
Petrochemicals giant Sasol fell almost 5 percent on the JSE on Friday after it announced that it would sell 50 percent of its difficult Lake Charles Chemicals Project (LCCP) in the US for $2 billion…
