The 13th Edition of the Marché des Arts du Spectacle d’Abidjan (MASA) 2024 (the Abidjan Performing Arts Market) opens in Abidjan, Côte d’Ivoire on April 13, 2024. MASA is the meeting par excellence for performing arts on the African continent. The ECOWAS delegation led by H.E. Fanta Cisse, the Resident Representative of ECOWAS to Côte d’Ivoire is...
Staff Reporter THE Minister of Agriculture, Water, and Land Reform (MAWLR), Calle Schlettwein, has dispelled allegations that Russia’s atomic agency subsidiary, Headspring Investments, is illegally drilling in the Stampriet aquifer, potentially exposing it to radioactive material. Schlettwein made this statement in response to questions posed by UPM President Jan van Wyk in parliament. Headspring Investments’...
The Southern African Development Community (SADC) has announced a virtual Extraordinary Summit on 2 February, to tackle the cholera situation affecting the region. The summit, chaired by His Excellency João Manuel Gonçalves Lourenço, President of Angola, will address reports on cholera outbreaks, evaluate the preparedness of SADC Member States, and discuss responses to recent incidents....
Nigeria has accused Mali, Burkina Faso and Niger of letting their people down by quitting the Economic Community of West African States (Ecowas). It is the first comment from the chair of the economic and political body since the three governments announced their decision to leave on Sunday. The three states were already suspended from...
The President, H.E Dr Hage Geingob will receive cancer treatment in the United States of America, according to a statement released by the presidency on Wednesday. The announcement made on 19 January revealed that Geingob had cancerous cells detected by his medical team following biopsy exams, leading to the decision to seek treatment abroad. “In...
Vice president Nangolo Mbumba on Friday left for Uganda’s capital Kampala for the 19th summit of heads of state and government of the non-aligned movement. The summit, which started on Friday, ends on Saturday, the Ministry of International Relations and Cooperation announced in a statement on Friday. Mbumba is accompanied by international relations and cooperation...
The draft UN resolution calling for the end of the US economic embargo has been adopted after 187 UN member states voted in support of the resolution. The 187 member states argued that the US decision to ignore the previous resolutions of the World Body with impunity was unacceptable. The blockade, imposed in 1962, has...
The draft UN resolution calling for the end of the US economic embargo has been adopted after 187 UN member states voted in support of the resolution. The 187 member states argued that the US decision to ignore the previous resolutions of the World Body with impunity was unacceptable. The blockade, imposed in 1962, has...
By Ambassador Randy Berry “The United States is all in on Africa.” President Biden affirmed during the U.S.-Africa Leaders Summit last December. The future is Africa. On example is its youthful population: The median age on the continent is nineteen. By 2050, one in four people in the world will be in Africa. The United...