The Grand Egyptian Museum (GEM) announced yesterday that its official opening, originally scheduled for July 3, has...

The US administration under President Donald Trump is weighing a sweeping expansion of its travel ban, potentially...

The International Finance Corporation...

Egypt is stepping up efforts to become a regional energy hub, highlighting major strides in power interconnection projects with Arab, African, and European partners, according to data published by the Egyptian Cabinet. ......

Egyptian President Abdel Fattah Al-Sisi met with the Managing Director of the International Finance Corporation (IFC), Makhtar Diop, on Sunday to discuss boosting investment flows and providing financing for the country#8217;s private sector, the presidency said in a statement. Egyptian...

Download logo Today, President Abdel Fattah El-Sisi met with Managing Director of the International Finance Corporation (IFC), Mr. Makhtar Diop. The meeting was also attended by Vice President and General Counsel for IFC, Mr. Ethiopis Tafara, and Minister of Planning, Economic Development, and International Cooperation, Dr. Rania Al...

Download logo Today, President Abdel Fattah El-Sisi received a phone call from President of the Republic of Cyprus, Nikos Christodoulides. Spokesman for the Presidency, Ambassador Mohamed El-Shennawy, said the call focused on regional developments. President El-Sisi emphasized Egyptrsquo;s categorical...

At least 100 people have been killed in a gun attack on a village in Nigeria?s...

Download logo While the residents of Uror Country continue to be plagued by cattle raids, revenge killings, and the mobilization of armed youth, the region has become a major destination for displaced families seeking to return and rebuild their lives. This makes efforts to strengthen protection of civilians more important than ever and is why peacekeepers serving...

Download logo Today, President Abdel Fattah El-Sisi met with Chairman of the Board of Directors of the Martyrs and Victims Honoring Fund, Major General El-Sayed El-Ghaly, and the Fundrsquo;s Executive Director, Major General Ahmed Al-Ashaal. The fund honors the martyrs, as well as victims, missing and the injured of military and security operations and terror attacks and their families. Spokesman for the Presidency,...

Nigeria | 21 minutes ago ? It#8217;s wrong for govt to fight repentant terrorists, says commissioner Francis Sardauna in Katsina Residents of Katsina State were aroused by anger and resentment on Sunday following the engagement of a wanted terrorist kingpin, Ado Aleru, in a peace deal with residents of Danmusa Local Government Area of the state. Aleru, who was declared wanted by the Katsina State Police Command in 2020 for terrorising Katsina and Zamfara communities, attended a meeting in the Bichi community of Danmusa with other...

Thousands of pro-Palestine activists were blocked from reaching Egypt?s Rafah crossing for the Global March to Gaza.

Au Mali, les suites de l?embuscade tendue vendredi dans le nord du Mali à un convoi de l?armée malienne et de l?Africa Corps (ex-Wagner) par les rebelles maliens du Front de Libération de l?Azawad (FLA). Chaque camp revendique une victoire.

Nigeria | 2 hours ago Michael Olugbode in Abuja The European Union (EU) has allocated ?500,000 (over N900 million) in humanitarian aid to provide emergency assistance to children and mothers suffering from severe acute malnutrition in Northern Nigeria as a response to the alarming levels of record from the area. The funding, according to a statement yesterday by EU, will enable the Nigeria Red Cross Society to assist approximately 170,000 households affected by or at risk of malnutrition in the northern states of Adamawa, Benue, Borno, Katsina, Niger, Sokoto, Taraba, Yobe, and Zamfara. The statement...

Nigeria | 2 hours ago Bassey Inyang in Calabar The Cross River State Governor, Senator Bassey Otu, has been accused of allegedly orchestrating a calculated disruption of the inauguration of projects executed by the Federal Government in Calabar, the state capital. The incident, allegedly involved the destruction of structures prepared for the inauguration of a road projects executed by the Federal Government through the Niger Delta Development Commission (NDDC). The Calabar South Local Government Chairman, Hon. Patrick Archibong, was alleged to have...

Nigeria | 42 minutes ago Olanrewaju Fatunmbi Nigeria is in celebration mood. Celebrating 26 years of an unbroken civil rule alongside Icons of democracy. In democratic governance, development and happiness of the people are the primary objectives of participatory governance. For us in Ogun West Senatorial District, Senator Solomon Olamilekan Adeola (aka Yayi) is effectively on course, promoting grassroots development, striving to achieve the happiness of the greater good of all and sundry. Not only that his developmental projects have changed the infrastructure landscape of his constituents, his empowerment initiatives, human capital development programmes, healthcare delivery service, and...

Download logo In a demonstration of Ugandarsquo;s growing commitment to collaborative Healthcare Diplomacy, the Uganda Embassy in Washington D.C. in partnership with the Uganda Cancer Institute (UCI), and key stakeholders including AFRECC, Olympus, and Kyabiirwa Surgical Center, hosted a high-level esophageal Cancer Symposium at Four Points by Sheraton, Kampala. Under the theme ldquo;Leveraging Science, Innovation and Technology to Address the Burden of Esophageal Cancer in Sub-Saharan Africa,rdquo; the event marked the culmination of a four-day health-focused agenda that began with specialized surgical training at Kyabiirwa Surgical Center in Jinja. Over 50 patients received treatment...

Malian army says its soldiers clashed with members of an armed separatist group in the country ......

South Africa have secured their first major title by beating defending champions Australia by five wickets in the final of the World Test Championship at Lord?s Cricket Ground in London. The Proteas knocked off the remaining 29 runs they needed before lunch on Saturday ? sealing the win with more than a day and a half to spare, and sparking emotional celebrations in front of a packed crowd.Recommended Stories list of 4 itemslist 1 of 4Messi, Inter Miami to open Club World Cup against Egyptian club Al Ahly list 2 of 4Which players made the cut for the 32 teams playing at FIFA Club World Cup? list 3 of 4Qatar and Saudi Arabia to host AFC 2026 World Cup playoffs list 4 of 4Can FIFA Club World...

In 2023, Gen. Michael Langley, commander of U.S. Africa Command, warned that African countries face new destabilizing challenges, including ?climate change is increasing desertification.? One year earlier, Morocco, a close U.S. ally on the northwestern edge of the Sahara Desert, had already started taking bold steps to get ahead of the negative effects of climate change. In particular, it began building a series of dams to better manage its increasingly precarious water resources. Scheduled for completion between 2026 and 2029, the dams will lessen the impact of more frequent and more violent floods, and they will allow Morocco to adapt to longer and more acute droughts. However, while the...

The agriculture ministry calls on divine intervention to achieve food security, angering many. ......

At least 102 people were killed in a pre-dawn attack on a community in Benue State in north-central Nigeria, local officials and witnesses said Saturday. Armed men, suspected to be criminal herders, stormed the Yelewata community in Guma Local Government Area late Friday night and continued the assault into the early...

Conflict between nomadic herders and settled farmers over land and resources are common in the region. ......

Life amp; Style | 15 minutes ago Vanessa Obioha As the African Diaspora International Film Festival (ADIFF) continues this weekend in Chicago, the critically acclaimed Nigerian feature film ?The Man Died? is set to screen tomorrow, June 15, at FACETS Cinematheque. The screening, scheduled for 3:30 p.m., is part of the festival?s three-day showcase of stories from Africa and its...

Il y a 700 ans, le 14 juin 1325, le Tangérois Ibn Battuta débutait un long périple. En près de trente ans, il aurait parcouru 120 000 kilomètres de la Mecque jusqu'aux bords de la Volga, en passant par le Mali ou encore la Chine. Connu dans le monde arabe comme l'un des plus grands explorateurs de tous les temps, ce pèlerin devenu voyageur a été éclipsé par Marco Polo dans les pays occidentaux.

Au Mali, Les suites de l?embuscade tendue vendredi dans le nord du Mali  à un convoi de l?armée malienne et de l?Africa Corps (ex-wagner)  par les rebelles maliens du Front de Libération de l?Azawad (FLA)? Chaque camp revendique une victoire?. On le sait, la guerre est aussi une affaire de communication même si la réalité sur le terrain s?impose finalement ?

The genocide denial and Holocaust revisionism raging in Europe all point to the normalisation of genocidal violence.

Responding to the announcement on Wednesday that the Nigerian government has pardoned the Ogoni Nine, Isa Sanusi, Amnesty International Nigeria's Director, said: ......

Since the outbreak of crises in Libya in 2012, then in Mali and the entire central Sahel, as well as the proliferation of Boko Haram in the countries of the Lake Chad Basin, the Sahel region has been facing enormous security challenges that are aggravated by political, geopolitical, socio-economic, and environmental factors. The deterioration of the security situation is aggravated by highly porous borders, attacks by non-state armed groups as well as inter-community conflicts that have had and continue to have negative impacts on communities and force millions of people to be displaced. But also this situation has generated a major crisis of governance and lack of confidence in the...

Ken Saro Wiwa?s activism captured global attention in the 1990s. Now, in the face of ecocide, the movement has stalled. ......