ADDIS ABABA – African countries have made progress toward eradicating malnutrition and stunting but need to do more to hit United Nations malnutrition targets by 2025. This was the main message of a meeting that took place during the 33rd African Union Summit. Speakers at a meeting of the African Leaders for Nutrition (ALN) included […]
UN Secretary-General Antonio Guterres says promotion of gender equality and the “meaningful engagement of women and girls” was key to poverty eradication in Africa. Guterres stated this in his address to the 33rd African Union (AU) summit, which opened in Addis Ababa, the capital of Ethiopia, on Sunday. READ ALSO: Pakistan parliament votes in favour […]
Abuja – President Muhammadu Buhari on Sunday joined other African leaders to inaugurate the headquarters of the Committee of Intelligence and Security Services (CISSA) in Addis Ababa, Ethiopia, with a pledge to intensify security cooperation. President Obiang Nguema Mbasogo of Equatorial Guinea and Prime Minister of the Federal Democratic Republic of Ethiopia, Abiy Ahmed were […]
African leaders are gathering in the Ethiopian capital Addis Ababa on Sunday for the 33rd African Union (AU) summit focusing on security which is expected to discuss the Libyan crisis. The summit will see South Africa taking over the group’s presidency from Egypt. The two-day meeting is held under the theme “Silencing the Guns,” reflecting […]
Abidjan -The President of African Development Bank (AfDB) says youth unemployment must be given top priority by leaders of various countries. Adesina said this during the public presentation of African Economic Outlook 2020 in Abidjan on Thursday. He explained that with 12 million graduates entering the labour market each year and only three million of them […]
The President of the International Criminal Court (ICC), Prof. Chile Eboe-Osuji, has dismissed the insinuation that the immunity clause in the Rome Statute of the ICC is targeted at African leaders. He said that such suggestion is not correct because the rule against impunity started in 1919 when some African counties had not even gained […]
The Royal father of Ikolaje-Idiroko, an International border town in Ogun State, Oba John Olakunle Ojo has called on African leaders. to use culture in uniting the people. Oba Olakumle Ojo who made the call at the grand finale of the annual Ojude Oba Ikolaje Idiroko said the culture of Africans is very unique and […]
Aaron Motsoaledi, South Africa’s Minister of Health, Monday scolded African leaders who seek medical attention outside the shore of the continent. The minister who said the culture has become a major drain on their countries health expenditures, asserted that it was shameful African leaders frequently seek medical care abroad while most of their citizens grapple […]
Like most military dictators in the Old Order, Yahya Jammeh, a young army officer was enthusiastically hailed by the ordinary masses of The Gambia when he took over power from Sir Dauda Jawara who had gone to London to attend the ill-fated Charles and Diana wedding. The masses felt he was one of them especially […]
International experts have beckoned on African Leaders to heed the clarion call to “leapfrog the shackles of convention” as they approach a major education conference next month, in order to ensure that African economic growth is sustained by adequately trained young people. This statement credited to Shai Reshef, a leading global education entrepreneur is coming […]