[This Day] Advancing Cross-Border Payments At the -- inaugural Pan-African Payment and Settlement System (PAPSS) COWRY 2025 Participants Forum, held in Lagos, Nigeria.
[allAfrica] Abuja -- In a bid to tackle medical tourism among Nigerians, the African Medical Centre of Excellence (AMCE) has performed groundbreaking procedures and advanced treatments in the six months since its commissioning, officials announced during a press conference in
[African Union] On the occasion of the 25th anniversary of the Algiers Agreement, the Chairperson of the Commission , H.E. Mahmoud Ali Youssouf, wishes to pay a tribute to the historic achievement of peace that the Agreement represented for Ethiopia and Eritrea, and to the
[African Union] The Chairperson of the African Union Commission, H.E. Mahmoud Ali Youssouf, strongly condemns the deadly drone attack targeting the United Nations Interim Security Force for Abyei (UNISFA) logistics peacekeeping base in Kadugli, Sudan, which resulted in the loss
At least 13 people are missing after armed men stormed a church, an official tells the BBC.
[This Day] Moved by the understated labour of Chief Information Officers (CIOs) during the pandemic, Abiola Laseinde, a legal and business executive of over two decades, set out to give them a stage. Five years later, her vision has blossomed into a thriving tech ecosystem that
[Daba Finance] The Johannesburg Stock Exchange listed three new exchange-traded funds, giving South African investors broader access to global equities, multi-asset strategies, and international property markets, per African Markets report.
Benin arrive at the 2025 Africa Cup of Nations in Morocco looking to turn 2026 World Cup qualification heartbreak into a memorable continental campaign.
[Premium Times] Amid severe UN budget cuts and US disengagement, the resolution's survival depends on creative diplomacy and stronger African ownership.
[The Point] The continent's best footballers are preparing to descend on Morocco for the 2025 Africa Cup of Nations (Afcon) as the finals are held over Christmas and New Year for the first time.
[ISS] Amid severe UN budget cuts and US disengagement, the resolution's survival depends on creative diplomacy and stronger African ownership.
[Daily Maverick] The world today is shaped by a series of overlapping crises, what many now call a polycrisis. From geopolitical conflicts and shifting trade alliances to climate shocks and economic volatility, these forces are changing how nations and businesses operate. For
At least 70 homes have been inundated in Safi's old city centre, officials say.
[Independent (Kampala)] Morocco has become a hub for EV production, attracting global automakers, while Egypt has partnered with Chinese firms to produce electric buses
[New Times] Entrepreneurs from Tanzania, Kenya and South Africa emerged as the top winners at the seventh Africa's Business Heroes (ABH) Grand Finale on December 13.
The armed forces accused Father Deusdedit Ssekabira of involvement in "violent subversive activities".
[allAfrica] Geneva -- For the international aviation industry, Africa remains an area of potential rather than performance, the International Air Transport Association said this week in open days for the media at IATA's executive office in Switzerland.
[Shabelle] Brussels -- The European Union is expected to formally announce funding for the African Union Support and Stabilisation Mission in Somalia (AUSSOM) in early 2026, after a two-year pause in direct financial support, according to documents and diplomatic sources linked
[ENA] Addis Ababa -- Ethiopia is carrying its continued inspiring endeavors that strengthen economic cooperation and regional integration in the Horn of Africa, according to veteran experts.
[This Day] Africa stands at a historic inflection point. In the next 25 years, another one billion people will be added to our continent's population, making Africa home to one in four human beings on earth. Yet the structure of most African economies today is almost exactly
[UN News] Pressure on freshwater resources is growing as demand increases in regions marked by scarcity, the UN Food and Agriculture Organization (FAO) said in a report published on Friday.
[African Arguments] In Lagos, a maize seller recently doubled her prices within a single year. In Morocco, pipelines stretch across barren plains, carrying desalinated water to farms that once relied on rainfall. Across much of the continent, the pattern is unmistakable: in the