Mogadishu — Somalia’s Information Minister Daud Aweis Jama held talks on Monday with the United Nations’ deputy special envoy and humanitarian coordinator George Conway, focusing on boosting cooperation in media, public awareness and emergency response. The meeting, held in Mogadishu, brought together officials from the Ministry of Information and the United Nations to discuss coordination…
Thousands of young African men have signed up to fight in Moscow’s war against Ukraine. Some have posted cheerful videos with Russian soldiers. But many others say they were deceptively lured to Russia and then coerced into signing military contracts. Many have been killed on the battlefield. Though Africa is thousands of miles from the…
A quiet but consequential shift is underway in Africa’s economic order. The Democratic Republic of the Congo (DRC), long defined by paradox vast wealth amid deep poverty,is now projected to become sub-Saharan Africa’s fifth-largest economy in 2026. This is not speculation. Projections from the International Monetary Fund place the DRC’s GDP at around $123 billion,…
Urban centers across Africa are attracting increasing attention from international investors, reflecting broader shifts in demographics, economic activity and infrastructure development. Cities such as Lagos, Nairobi, Cairo and Johannesburg are positioned as key hubs within regional and global investment strategies. According to data from the United Nations, Africa is experiencing one of the fastest rates…
Costa Ricans buy more electric vehicles per person than almost any other country in the Western Hemisphere, a fact that would not surprise anyone stopping recently at the Croc Skywalk, a tourist attraction above a slow-moving river where people can gawk at sunbathing crocodiles. Numerous electric vehicles, most of them made by Chinese companies like…
South Sudan is currently facing one of the most severe food insecurity situations in the world, according to data from the United Nations and humanitarian organizations. An estimated 7 million people are experiencing high levels of food insecurity, with some regions approaching famine-like conditions. The situation is linked to a combination of factors, including conflict,…
World Athletics president Sebastian Coe says the organisation will not “strangle innovation”, following the debate around the so-called ‘super shoe’ which helped Sabastian Sawe become the first person to run a competitive marathon in under two hours. The 31-year-old Kenyan won Sunday’s London Marathon in one hour 59 minutes 30 seconds, writing himself into history…
Zimbabwe’s proposed overhaul of medical aid regulations has sparked fierce debate, with industry players warning that the changes could trigger rising healthcare costs, reduced access, and the collapse of private medical cover for thousands of citizens. At the centre of the dispute is a proposed amendment to Statutory Instrument 330 of 2000, which seeks to…
Journalists from News24 checked the new immigration document and found that 102 out of 148 references are completely fake. Two independent law firms will run the disciplinary hearings and check every policy document the department wrote since November 2022. The Department of Home Affairs has suspended two senior officials. They face action because they used…
Majority Chief Whip and Member of Parliament for South Dayi, Rockson-Nelson Etse Kwami Dafeamekpor, has dismissed claims that the government has reintroduced entrance examinations for prospective law students. It would be recalled that MP for Old Tafo, Ekow Vincent Assafuah in a statement criticised the government over the decision to reintroduce entrance examinations for admission…
