Ethiopia Heads to Polls Amid Regional Instability Ethiopia is scheduled to carry elections on June 1, 2026. The nation faces inner safety challenges and heightened competitors for energy within the Horn of Africa. Regional powers like Egypt, the UAE, Saudi Arabia, Turkey and Israel are pushing for affect on this strategically important area, already destabilised by…
By Eng. Asiimwe Jonard, princeasiimwe12@gmail.com “Bear in mind to lookup on the stars and never down at your ft. Attempt to make sense of what you see and surprise about what makes the universe exist. Be curious.” – Stephen Hawking For millennia, Africa has not been a spectator to the heavens however an unique interpreter…
The federal authorities is contemplating the opportunity of limiting flights from international locations affected by the Ebola virus as a part of renewed efforts to forestall any outbreak in Nigeria. This was disclosed on Thursday by the Chief of Employees to the President, Femi Gbajabiamila, after a high-level strategic assembly held in Victoria Island, Lagos…
Small and medium-sized enterprises (SMEs) throughout Africa proceed to face tighter lending situations, increased collateral necessities, and restricted entry to formal commerce finance regardless of proof displaying that their credit score threat profile has remained comparatively secure. In line with a brand new African Improvement Financial institution (AfDB) report launched in Brazzaville on Could 27,…
Because the information unfold in regards to the outbreak of Ebola in mid-Could 2026, the World Well being Group (WHO) launched a report about pandemics. The title was: A World on the Edge: Priorities for a Pandemic-Resilient Future. The doc was ready by the WHO’s International Preparedness Monitoring Board. It units out why the world…
The Division of State, in shut coordination with the U.S. Facilities for Illness Management and Prevention (CDC), is constant to mount a speedy and complete response to the Ebola outbreak within the Democratic Republic of the Congo (DRC) and Uganda. America is proud to be the most important monetary contributor to the Ebola response effort….
1000’s of Muslims started to go away the holy metropolis of Mecca on Friday after having accomplished the hajj pilgrimage in scorching warmth and regardless of the shadow of battle throughout the Center East. This yr greater than 1.7 million folks from 165 international locations took half in one of many world’s largest non secular…
The newest financial outlook report by the African Improvement Financial institution (AfDB) tasks that the continent will develop at 4.2 per cent in 2026, barely down from 4.4 per cent in 2025, earlier than bouncing again to its development trajectory in 2027. The downward revision for 2026 comes behind heightened geopolitical tensions and world provide…
Nigeria’s rising affect in Africa’s expertise and innovation ecosystem has obtained recent international recognition as startups based by Nigerians emerged strongly on Bloomberg’s newest checklist of 25 African Startups to Watch. The rating, which highlights revolutionary startups fixing important challenges throughout the continent, underscored Nigeria’s increasing dominance in sectors corresponding to fintech, synthetic intelligence, well…
Marketing campaign laid blame for South Africa’s skyrocketing electrical energy tariffs on the toes of the fossil gas business As TotalEnergies held its Annual Basic Assembly in France on Friday, local weather activists gathered on the firm’s Johannesburg headquarters to protest the fossil gas business. The gathering was organised by the StopEACOP (East African Crude…