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.

Mogadishu -- Former President of Somalia, Mohamed...

Suspended Senator representing Kogi Central, Natasha Akpoti-Uduaghan, says her removal was not over sitting disagreement, but a premeditated move by Senate President Godswill Akpabio to silence her. ......

Attack in Timbuktu comes as Islamist group JNIM claims separate assault near border with Burkina Faso...

As part of the deal, the UK will secure lucrative investment projects in the 2030 World Cup. ......

Kano State declares Monday as a day of mourning after 22 people died a road accident while returning from a sports festival in south-west Nigeria. ......

The ldquo;Orange Corners Egyptrdquo; program announced the graduation of 100 startups in the first cohort of the 2025 program in the Delta region, during a ceremony held under the patronage of H.E. Dr. Rania Al-Mashat, Minister of Planning, Economic Development, and International Cooperation, and H.E. Ambassador Peter Mollema, Ambassador of the Netherlands in Cairo, at the Dutch Embassy in Cairo, in partnership with a number of private sector companies. This comes within the framework of promoting the concept of innovation and entrepreneurship among Egyptian youth. The ceremony was...

Libyarsquo;s fragmented justice sector is marred by serious due process violations and laws that violate international norms. The judiciary is unwilling and unable to meaningfully investigate serious crimes. Violations of the magnitude and persistence documented in Libya reflect the chronic shortcomings of Libyarsquo;s judicial institutions. Tackling structural institutional dysfunction, including within the judiciary, is a prerequisite to overcoming impunity. Libya should pursue comprehensive reform, respect fair trial standards and due process rights, assume control over all detention facilities, release all those held arbitrarily, end military trial of civilians, and arrest and...

JOS: Gunmen killed 25 people in two attacks across north-central Nigeria's Benue state over the weekend, the latest violence in a region known for deadly land disputes and repr ......

The Malian Armed Forces (FAMa) on Monday said it thwarted an ldquo;infiltration attempt by terrorist...

LATT Trading Shipping, the official agent of Hikaru Shipping Line in Egypt, has announced the launch of three new maritime routes connecting key ports across Asia, Africa, and Europe. The expansion is part of Hikaru?s broader strategic plan for growth in the upcoming fiscal year. According to Abdelrahman Leheta, Executive Director at LATT, the first of...

After an initial failed attempt on the back of the diplomatic crisis between Paris and Algiers (AI, 15/04/25), Rodolphe Saad?, ......

Simon Williams, HSBC?s Chief Economist for Central Eastern Europe, the Middle East and Africa (CEEMEA), and Helen Belopolsky, HSBC?s Global Head of Geopolitical Risk, recently shared their outlook on Egypt?s economic trajectory at an exclusive client event held at HSBC Egypt?s Head Office in...

By Kebba AF Touray The President of the Commission of the Economic Community of West African States (ECOWAS), Dr. Omar Alieu Touray, said inflation in Sub-Saharan Africa is projected to decline to 13.3 percent in 2025. Dr. Touray said the statement while presenting the State of the Community?s Interim report before members of the ECOWAS Parliament on Saturday, 31 May 2025, during the just concluded First Ordinary Session of the Regional Parliament in Abuja, Nigeria. The Interim Report on the State of the Community presents a performance of the community?s work programs against the background of the global and regional macro-economic, political and security situations, which impact the...