(AFRICAN EXAMINER) – Gambia’s Supreme Court has commuted the death sentence of a government minister convicted of killing the finance minister to life in prison. This is one of few to be convicted of crimes committed during the 22-year rule of ex-dictator Yahya Jammeh. The case has been closely watched in the tiny West African […]
(AFRICAN EXAMINER) – France said on Monday that Algeria was threatening to expel 12 of its diplomatic staff, adding that it would take immediate reprisals should that occur in the latest flare-up between them. French Foreign Minister Jean-Noel Barrot said in a statement that the Algerian authorities were demanding that 12 of France agents leave […]
(AFRICAN EXAMINER) – A subsidiary of Nigeria’s Access Holdings PLC, Access Bank PLC, has secured approvals from the Central Bank of Kenya (CBK) and Kenya’s National Treasury and Economic Planning for the acquisition of 100% shareholding of the National Bank of Kenya (NBK). According to a statement issued by the CBK on Monday, Access Bank […]
(AFRICAN EXAMINER) – The Economic Community of West African States (ECOWAS), has granted 50,000 dollars to the Republic of Cape Verde to support the country’s 2025 to 2040 infrastructure master plan. This is contained in a statement issued by Mr Joel Ahofodji, Principal Officer, Information and Communication, ECOWAS, on Monday in Abuja. Ahofodji said that […]
(AFRICAN EXAMINER) – Senegalese President Bassirou Diomaye Faye said Friday he had “done everything possible” to bring junta-led Mali, Burkina Faso and Niger back into west Africa’s ECOWAS regional group, to no avail. The three Sahel countries quit the Economic Community of West African States at the beginning of the year, accusing the bloc of […]
(AFRICAN EXAMINER) – Egypt’s Ministry of Culture has expressed the desire to strengthen cultural cooperation with the BRICS countries of Brazil, Russia, India, China, and South Africa, among others. Rania Abdel Latif, the Head of the cultural ministry’s Foreign Cultural Affairs Department, said this in an interview with the Middle East News Agency (MENA), a […]
(AFRICAN EXAMINER) – Kofi Adams, Ghana’s minister for sports and recreation, has stated that an investigative committee will be created to probe the death of Segun Olanrewaju who died during a boxing match in Ghana. Adams made this known during a chat with Sporty FM, a Ghanaian radio station, on Tuesday. The African Examiner recalls […]
(AFRICAN EXAMINER) – South Sudan is suffering its worst cholera outbreak since it became an independent nation in 2011, the United Nations warned Monday, reporting almost 700 deaths in six months, including many children. The organisation’s children’s fund UNICEF said 40,000 cholera cases were reported from the end of September to March 18, “including 694 […]
(AFRICAN EXAMINER) – South Sudan’s President Salva Kiir has sacked the governor of northeastern Upper Nile state where clashes have escalated between government troops and an ethnic militia. Kiir accused the governor James Odhok Oyay of allying with his rival and First Vice President Riek Machar. The latest development compounds a confrontation between the two […]
(AFRICAN EXAMINER) – Namibia on Wednesday launched Universal Service Fund to improve digital connectivity, particularly in rural and underserved areas. Minister of Information and Communication Technology Emma Theofelus, speaking at the launching event held in Windhoek, said the fund is a step toward ensuring that every Namibian has access to reliable communication services. “We are […]
(AFRICAN EXAMINER) – Rwanda on Monday said it severed its diplomatic relations with Belgium, citing Brussels’ “pitiful attempts to sustain its neo-colonial delusions. The government of Rwanda today notified the government of Belgium of its decision to sever diplomatic relations, effective immediately,” the Rwandan foreign ministry said in a statement. Rwanda’s decision has been taken […]
(AFRICAN EXAMINER) – Libyan Illegal Migration Control Department on Wednesday said Libya deported 160 Bangladeshi migrants voluntarily to their home country. An officer with the department, Khalid al-Abyad, told Xinhua that “today, we deported 160 illegal migrants of Bangladeshi nationality to their country through a flight from Tripoli Mitiga International Airport to Dhaka, Bangladesh.” Al-Abyad […]
(AFRICAN EXAMINER) – The Economic Community of West African States (ECOWAS) has activated its Standby Force to curb terrorism and other transborder crimes in the subregion. The Minister of Defence, Mohammed Badaru, who disclosed this in Abuja on Tuesday at the Forty-third ordinary meeting of ECOWAS Committee Chiefs of Defence Staff said the economic growth […]
(AFRICAN EXAMINER) – The First Lady of Cape Verde, Mrs Debora Carvalho, on Monday called on foreign investors to take advantage of the abundant investment opportunities offered by her country. Mrs Carvalho made the call in an interview with the News Agency of Nigeria (NAN) in Praia, the country’s capital. According to her, Cape Verde […]
(AFRICAN EXAMINER) – The Economic Community of West African States (ECOWAS) has reaffirmed its commitment to empowering Micro, Small, and Medium-sized Enterprises (MSMEs) as key drivers of regional economic growth and development. ECOWAS Commissioner for Economic Affairs and Agriculture, Mrs Massandjé Toure-Litse, stated this during a meeting of the ECOWAS Small-Scale Business Coalition (ESBC) in […]
(AFRICAN EXAMINER) – The Federal Government on Thursday felicitated with fellow West African country, the Republic of Ghana on the occasion of its 68th Independence Anniversary. This was stated in a statement signed by the ministry’s spokesperson, Kimiebi Ebienfa, on Thursday. According to the statement, the Minister of Foreign Affairs, Ambassador Yusuf Tuggar, disclosed Nigeria’s […]
(AFRICAN EXAMINER) – The Nigeria Customs Service (NCS), Idiroko Command, and its counterpart from the Republic of Benin have reaffirmed their commitment to strengthening bilateral trade ties and combating trans-border smuggling. Speaking with newsmen on Tuesday in Idiroko, after emerging from the closed-door meeting, said that the engagement aimed to foster a secure and seamless […]
(AFRICAN EXAMINER) – The Federal Government on Tuesday called for a full investigation into the death of Nigerian footballer, Abubakar Lawal, who died in Uganda. The African Examiner writes that Lawal is a professional player with Vipers Sports Club and it was reported that he fell down from the third floor of Voicemail Shopping Arcade […]
(AFRICAN EXAMINER) – UN humanitarians have said that escalating violence in eastern Democratic Republic of the Congo (DRC) has continued to uproot thousands more people to neighbouring countries where they face dire conditions without many basic necessities. UNHCR, the UN refugee agency, reported on Thursday that 35,000 Congolese nationals have now reached Burundi since the […]
(AFRICAN EXAMINER) – Niger’s ruling military junta has asked the International Committee of the Red Cross (ICRC) to leave the country immediately, a source told AFP Wednesday. Niger has “terminated its agreements” with the ICRC and some foreign staff have started to leave the West African country, the source said, adding the organisation had closed […]
