Download logo On a quiet sunny day in the village of Kuajiena Payam in Jur River, community members gather under the shade of a Morula tree to reflect on peace, security, justice, and the path ahead during an open dialogue focused on accountability through the military court system. This engagement was conducted under the project, Advancing Accountability for Sexual and Gender-Based Violence and Conflict-Related Sexual Violence Crimes in South Sudan: Achieving Impact through a...

Ghana is formalizing its artisanal and small-scale gold mining (ASGM) sector to align with global standards, promote sustainability and boost economic integration. Despite ASGM contributing over 35% to the countryrsquo;s total gold output, much of the countryrsquo;s artisanal mining activity remains informal. Speakers during a Mining in Motion 2025 panel outlined steps to address this challenge and accelerate the global integration of Ghanarsquo;s ASGM sector The session ndash; titled Integrating ASGM into Global Supply Chains, sponsored by Emirates Gold- examined policy gaps, market barriers and innovative solutions to enhance the credibility and competitiveness of ASGM gold on the...

At least 14 people were killed and several others injured in artillery shelling by the paramilitary Rapid Support Forces (RSF) in North Darfur in western...

Geneve The UN Human Rights Office said Wednesday that a drone strike on a UN humanitarian convoy in Sudan's North Darfur state has severely impacted the delivery of aid and breached international humanitarian law. The deadly aerial strike this week on a UN humanitarian convoy in Al Koma, North Darfur, clearly undermines access by civilians...

Les inondations soudaines qui ont frappé le Nigeria la semaine dernière après des pluies torrentielles ont fait plus de 200 morts, selon un nouveau bilan donné mardi par les autorités locales, tandis que des centaines de personnes sont toujours portées disparues. Les précisions de notre correspondant Moïse Gomis.

Un calme précaire régnait mardi à Tombouctou au lendemain d'une attaque jihadiste qui a visé un camp de l'armée malienne et l'aéroport de cette ville emblématique du nord du Mali. Les précisions de Serge Daniel, correspondant régional.

United Nations rights chief urges accountability after more than 70 bodies found in Tripoli militia strongholds.

Soueif is willing to do ?what it takes? to free Alaa Abd el-Fattah, after a lifetime of speaking up against injustice...

Mogadishu -- The African Union Support...

BAMAKO, Mali ? Extremists have killed dozens of soldiers in an attack on a military base in Mali, civil society and military sources said Tuesday, in the latest militant violence in West Africa?s restive Sahel region. The attack on Sunday on the base in Boulkessi, near the border with Burkina Faso, killed at least 60 soldiers and wounded 40 more, a civil society activist in the area told The...

Tony Attah, CEO of Renaissance Africa Energy ndash; a consortium of independent oil and gas companies -, has been confirmed to speak at this yearrsquo;s African Energy Week (AEW): Invest in African Energies 2025 conference, taking place from September 29 to October 3 in Cape Town. His participation comes at a pivotal moment as Renaissance Africa Energy spearheads one of Nigeriarsquo;s most ambitious upstream investment campaigns following the companyrsquo;s landmark acquisition of energy major Shellrsquo;s Nigerian subsidiary Shell Petroleum Development Company of Nigeriarsquo;s (SPDC). Attahrsquo;s participation at...

By Kebba AF Touray The President of the ECOWAS Commission, Dr. Omar Alieu Touray, has reported extensively on the activities and contributions of the ECOWAS institutions towards the improvement and enhancement of the welfare of the citizens. Dr. Touray reported during the closing of the just concluded first ordinary session of the ECOWAS Parliament, held in Abuja, Nigeria. The report provided the members of the ECOWAS Parliament with insights into the remarkable resilience despite the current economic, political and security contexts at both the international and regional levels that the Community has continued to show. These ECOWAS Institutions are the ECOWAS Parliament, ECOWAS Court of...

lsquo;The official reasons are manifestations of a deeper crisis,rsquo; analyst Zine Labidine Ghebouli tells Anadolu, pointing to the Francersquo;s right-ward political shift and Algeriarsquo;s efforts to reset tieslsquo;Without sustainable solutions on key dossiers of memorial cooperation, clandestine migration and the fate of French-Algerian author Boualem Sansal, the situation will keep escalating until 2027,rsquo; says Ghebouli Another diplomatic storm is brewing between Algeria and France, with analysts warning of a deepening crisis driven by shifting political landscapes, the rise of the French far-right, and unresolved colonial-era grievances. In early April, Algeria expelled 12...

A t a tense meeting in Nigeria's capital Abuja, health workers poured over drug registers and testing records to gauge whether US aid cuts would unravel years of painstaking work against tuberculosis in one of Africa's hardest hit countries. For several days in May, they brainstormed ways to limit the fallout from a halt to US funding for the TB Local Network (TB LON), which delivers screening, diagnosis and treatment. To tackle the spread of TB, you must identify cases and that is in a coma because of the aid cuts, said Ibrahim Umoru, coordinator of the African TB Coalition civil society network, who was at the Abuja meeting. This means more cases will be missed and disaster is looming....

The country is a successful democracy that has reasserted its independence, and is pursuing peace and security, says Alun Michael...

The UN World Food Program (WFP) and UNICEF on Tuesday condemned a deadly attack on a joint humanitarian convoy in Sudan's North Darfur state, in which five people were killed and several others injured. Multiple trucks were burned, and critical humanitarian supplies were damaged, the agencies said in a joint statement. The convoy, comprising 15 trucks, had been en route to El-Fasher in western...

Minister of Electricity and Renewable Energy Mahmoud Esmat conducted an inspection visit to the facilities of Arabelle Solutions and Framatome in Belfort, France, to oversee the manufacturing progress of turbine generators and associated electrical equipment for Egypt?s Dabaa nuclear power plant. The visit focused on evaluating the readiness of critical components?particularly those related to turbine generators?and reviewing the status of technical testing for the first unit?s...

Egypt and Benin signed two cooperation agreements on Tuesday following high-level talks in Cairo aimed at strengthening bilateral ties and addressing regional security and development challenges. ......

Download logo Ooklareg; (www.ookla.com), a global leader in connectivity intelligence, and the National Telecom Regulatory Authority (NTRA) organised the Telecommunications Regulatory Summit ndash; Middle East Africa in Cairo, Egypt, under the theme lsquo;Harnessing Data and Technology for Superior QoS: Strategies for Measuring and Optimising Network Performancersquo;. The event aimed to discuss strategies for collecting, using and sharing crowdsourced data to promote transparency, track policy impacts, and make informed investment decisions. The summit convened regulators from the Middle East and Africa, along with representatives from the International Telecommunication Union (ITU),...

African mining ministers from Ghana, Liberia, Malawi and the Democratic Republic of Congo (DRC) emphasized the need to review and reform Africarsquo;s mining codes during the Mining in Motion 2025 summit in Accra. Highlighting the role strengthened policies play in enhancing responsible governance, local value creation and the formalization of artisanal and small-scale mining (ASM), ministers outlined how evolving legal and policy frameworks are positioning the mining sector as a driver of equitable, sustainable development. Ghana is leading several ambitious initiatives to modernize its...

Marking its entry into North Africa?s booming hospitality and tourism industry. ......

ABUJA: Flash flooding in...

The Islamic Development Bank (IsDB) Grouprsquo;s 2025 Annual Meetings (www.IsDB.org) reaffirmed the strategic importance of startups and youth-led innovation in driving inclusive and sustainable development. Through a series of high-impact engagements, The Islamic Development Bank Group emphasized how entrepreneurial ecosystems can address pressing global challenges while unlocking new pathways for economic transformation. 3rd IsDB Startups Innovation Pitch Competition: Catalyzing Change through Innovate Entrepreneurship Held from May 18 to 21, 2025, under the theme...

Egypt#8217;s Foreign Minister, Badr Abdelatty, held political consultations with Benin#8217;s Foreign Minister, Olushegun Adjadi Bakari, on Tuesday, to discuss ways to support bilateral relations and address challenges facing the African continent. Foreign Ministry Spokesperson Ambassador Tamim Khallaf stated that Minister Abdelatty welcomed the Beninese Foreign Minister#8217;s visit, which comes within the framework of the political...

Libyan Prime Minister Abdul Hamid Dbeibeh said Tuesday that he will launch a political initiative aimed at resolving the countryrsquo;s long-standing political crisis, including plans to restructure his government. Speaking during a Cabinet meeting in Tripoli, Dbeibeh said the initiative will be announced in...

Download logo Journalists in Libya face frequent online harassment, which impedes their ability to fulfil their function as watchdogs against corruption, human rights abuses and other issues, journalists said last week during a round table discussion with the United Nations Support Mission in Libya. Thirty-one journalists from Libyarsquo;s east, west and south joined the online discussion Thursday as part of the Basirah professional development programme, organised in coordination with UNSMILrsquo;s Human Rights Section. It will inform an upcoming workshop on 19 June, led by a digital safety expert from the international non-governmental organisation Committee to...

In tonight's edition, more than four million people have fled Sudan since...

UN official says the devastating milestone shows the damage of the displacement crisis after two years of fighting.

Deadly attack on UN convoy in Sudan disrupts aid to hunger-stricken families in the war-torn country.

Baraka, a candidate for New Jerseys governor race, has condemned members of Trump administration for false arrest.