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Africa: The "Optimist-in-Chief" Who Made Africa's Premier Development Bank a Global Powerhouse
[allAfrica] Washington, DC -- Heading the agenda at the five-day annual meeting of the African Development Bank (AfDB) that opens on May 26 is the election of the multilateral development bank's next president. Five candidates are vying to succeed Dr. Akinwumi Adesina, who has served the maximum of two five-year terms. During his tenure, the bank's capital has more than tripled, growing from $93 billion to $318...
Published on: May 23, 2025 | Source:
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Africa: The 'Optimist-in-Chief' Who Made Africa's Premier Development Bank a Global Powerhouse
[allAfrica] Washington, DC -- Heading the agenda at the five-day annual meeting of the African Development Bank (AfDB) that opens on May 26 is the election of the multilateral development bank's next president. Five candidates are vying to succeed Dr. Akinwumi Adesina, who has served the maximum of two five-year terms. During his tenure, the bank's capital has more than tripled, growing from $93 billion to $318...
Published on: May 23, 2025 | Source:Nigeria: Scaling Heat-Stable Uterotonics to Prevent Maternal Deaths in Nigeria
[Nigeria Health Watch] Every day, countless mothers around the world lose their lives to postpartum haemorrhage (PPH), a devastating reality that remains a widespread and persistent challenge in Nigeria. The country accounts for 28.5% of global maternal deaths, with PPH being a major contributor, causing 22% of these tragic losses.
Published on: May 23, 2025 | Source:Nigeria: Troops Pummel Insurgents As Twin Attacks Rock Borno Communities
[Premium Times] The troops killed scores of insurgents as three Civilian Joint Task Force members and a vigilante paid the supreme price.
Published on: May 23, 2025 | Source:Nigeria: Court Remands Two Brothers for Breach of Peace After They Allegedly Insulted Police Officer
[Premium Times] The case mirrors other instances where the police and the government have been criticised for needless arrests and prosecutions in Nigeria.
Published on: May 23, 2025 | Source:Liberia: Weah Abandoned Doe Family Despite Loyalty,' Says Grand Gedeh Native Watson Chelley
[Liberian Investigator] Monrovia -- A prominent son of Grand Gedeh County, Watson Chelley, has accused former Liberian President George Manneh Weah of turning his back on the family of slain President Samuel Kanyon Doe, despite years of unwavering support from Doe's kinsmen, particularly the Krahn ethnic group.
Published on: May 23, 2025 | Source:Kenya: Kindiki Reaffirms Commitment to Bottom-Up Development Approach
[Capital FM] Nairobi -- The Kenya Kwanza Administration has reiterated its pledge to uplift low-income earners, reaffirming its campaign promise to prioritise a "bottom-up" economic model.
Published on: May 23, 2025 | Source:Gambia: GRA, WCO Engages Security Officials On Border Management
[Foroyaa] The Gambia Revenue Authority (GRA), in collaboration with the World Customs Organization (WCO), officially opened the Coordinated Border Management (CBM) Workshop today at the Senegambia Beach Hotel.
Published on: May 23, 2025 | Source:Gambia: Justice Minister Calls for United Fight Against Rights Abuses
[Foroyaa] Dawda A Jallow, the Minister of Justice, has reaffirmed the commitment of the Gambia to the African Charter and called for a united fight against human rights abuses across the continent. Minister Jallow made this declaration on Thursday, 22nd May 2025, during the closing of the 83rd Ordinary Session of the African Commission on Human and People's Rights (ACHPR).
Published on: May 23, 2025 | Source:Gambia: Economist Warns U.S. Remittance Levy Could Impact the Gambia
[Foroyaa] The United States is currently considering a proposal to impose a 5% levy on all international remittance outflows, a move that could have far-reaching consequences for countries that are heavily reliant on remittance inflows, like The Gambia, economist Foday Joof warns.
Published on: May 23, 2025 | Source:Somalia: Opposition Leaders Hold Crucial Talks in Mogadishu Over Somalia's Political Future
[Shabelle] Mogadishu -- Senior Somali opposition figures have launched a series of high-level meetings in Mogadishu amid growing political uncertainty, calling for an inclusive electoral process and warning of deepening instability.
Published on: May 23, 2025 | Source:Somalia: Former Galmudug President Warns Somali Leader Against Extending Term Beyond 2026
[Shabelle] Mogadisho -- Former President of Galmudug State, Abdikarim Hussein Guled, on Thursday issued a strong warning to Somali President Hassan Sheikh Mohamud, cautioning against any attempts to extend his four-year term, which is set to end in May 2026.
Published on: May 23, 2025 | Source:Kenya: Mudavadi Urges Diplomatic Calm Amid Rising Kenya-Tanzania Tension
[Capital FM] Nairobi -- Prime Cabinet Secretary Musalia Mudavadi has called for calm and diplomatic maturity amid escalating tensions between Kenya and Tanzania.
Published on: May 23, 2025 | Source:Congo-Kinshasa: As More People Are Driven From Their Homes In DRC Food Insecurity Worsens, Creating Heightened Humanitarian Needs Regionally
[WFP] Kinshasa -- The United Nations World Food Programme (WFP) warned today that the sheer scale of people being displaced from their homes in the Democratic Republic of Congo (DRC) due to escalating conflict, is pushing food insecurity to crisis proportions and deepening an already strained humanitarian response both internally and across the region.
Published on: May 23, 2025 | Source:Consequences be damned
But we suffer even if we did not make the decision β like not having water or electricity for 48 hours
Published on: May 23, 2025 | Source:South Africa crime statistics debunk 'white genocide' claims - minister
Of the six most recent victims of farm killings, five were black and one white, the latest figures show.
Published on: May 23, 2025 | Source:Police Minister Senzo Mchunu debunks Trumpβs βwhite genocideβ claims in quarterly crime report
The statistics from the first three months of the year show an overall drop in crime but gender-based violence continued to be a concern
Published on: May 23, 2025 | Source:The case of the minister and the HIV activists: Are we entering denialism 2.0?
Activists say the health minister is in denial over the impact of US funding cuts and accusing them and the media of overblowing the crisis and spreading disinformation
Published on: May 23, 2025 | Source:Africa: Six Public Health Champions Celebrated At the Seventy-Eighth World Health Assembly
[WHO] At an award ceremony taking place during a Plenary of the Seventy-eighth World Health Assembly in Geneva on Friday, 23 May 2025, public health prizes and awards were presented to persons and institutions from around the world for their outstanding contributions to public health.
Published on: May 23, 2025 | Source:'Tortured' Ugandan activist found at Tanzanian border
One of Agather Atuhaire's colleagues says she shows "indications of torture" after being detained in Tanzania.
Published on: May 23, 2025 | Source:Nigeria: Jonathan, Attah, Others Win Champions of Nigerian Content Awards
[Premium Times] The award recognised and rewarded individuals and corporate bodies that set the highest standards in deepening local participation in the Nigerian oil and gas industry
Published on: May 23, 2025 | Source:Africa: 12 African Countries Commit to Strengthen Cross-Border Collaboration for Improved Mpox and Health Emergency Response
[Africa CDC] Nairobi, Kenya -- Twelve African countries have joined hands to facilitate stronger cross-border collaboration to respond, prevent and control disease outbreaks. The continent has recorded over 16,398 confirmed mpox cases and 1,180 deaths in 22 countries as of February 10, 2025.
Published on: May 23, 2025 | Source:Nigeria: Abiola's Wife Praises Tinubu Over Nigeria's IMF Debt Settlement
[Vanguard] Prof. Zainab Duke-Abiola, wife of late Chief MKO Abiola, has lauded President Bola Tinubu for his economic reforms, resulting in the repayment of $3.4 billion debt owed to the International Monetary Fund (IMF).
Published on: May 23, 2025 | Source:Uganda: Uganda's Snack Crickets Chomp On Food Waste
[SciDev.Net] In Uganda's Masaka district, Josephine Nabbanga tends to her growing colony of crickets.
Published on: May 23, 2025 | Source:Mauritius: Chagos Treaty Doesn't End Harm to Indigenous People
[HRW] The UK and Mauritius on May 22, 2025, announced they had agreed a treaty concerning the Chagos Archipelago. Over 50 years ago, the UK and US forcibly displaced the entire Chagossian Indigenous people, mostly to Mauritius, for a US military base on the island of Diego Garcia and have prevented their return to live in their homeland, an ongoing colonial crime against humanity.
Published on: May 23, 2025 | Source:US says Sudan used chemical weapons in war as it issues new sanctions
The state department is imposing new sanctions on the country's government because of the findings.
Published on: May 23, 2025 | Source:Kenya: Will Security Operations Halt Kenya-Ethiopia Cross-Border Crimes?
[ISS] Kenya's police have achieved some positive results, but lasting solutions require ongoing cooperation between the two countries.
Published on: May 23, 2025 | Source:South Sudan: Refugees Flee Escalating Violence On South Sudan-Ethiopia Border
[MSF] Gambella Region -- As violence intensifies across the South Sudan-Ethiopia border, Médecins Sans Frontières (MSF) has decided to relocate our medical services from the border town of Burbeiye to Mattar, in Ethiopia. This move corresponds with a mass displacement of South Sudanese refugees, who had already fled to Burbeiye, a town sitting directly on the border, and are now fleeing from there to Mattar in...
Published on: May 23, 2025 | Source:Afrikaner farmers feel βsafe and happyβ in US
The US embassy and state department are mum about how the claims of relocated Afrikaners were verified
Published on: May 23, 2025 | Source:South Africa: HIV Activists Urge Parliament to Respond to Pepfar Cuts
[GroundUp] Parliament told that many clinics have closed and people can't access HIV medication
Published on: May 23, 2025 | Source:Liberia: Civil Law Court Summons Speaker Koon Over U.S.$209,000 in Rental Proceeds
[FrontPageAfrica] Monrovia -- Just weeks after his election as Speaker of the 55th National Legislature, Hon. Richard N. Koon has been summoned by the Sixth Judicial Circuit, Civil Law Court, in Montserrado County to respond to a lawsuit filed by his wife, Angeline Mamie Worloh Koon. The case centers on allegations that the Speaker has failed to account for over US$209,000 in rental income from ten jointly owned...
Published on: May 23, 2025 | Source:Ethiopia: Prime Minister Abiy Engages Positive Discussion With French President Macron
[ENA] Addis Ababa, May 23, 2025 (POA)--Prime Minister Abiy Ahmed and President of France Emmanuel Macron engaged in positive discussions on a wide range of issues that strengthen our cooperation and partnership.
Published on: May 23, 2025 | Source:Congo-Kinshasa: Army-Backed Militias Abuse Civilians in South Kivu
[HRW] Nairobi -- End Support to 'Wazalendo' Armed Groups; Ensure Disarmament, Accountability
Published on: May 23, 2025 | Source:Zimbabwe: Continental Body Flags Zimbabwe's Poor Human Rights Record, Again!
[New Zimbabwe] THE African Commission on Human and Peoples' Rights (ACHPR) has for the umpteenth time raised concerns with Zimbabwe's poor human rights record.
Published on: May 23, 2025 | Source:'They see you as one of their own' β Wanyama's love for Scotland
Kenya legend Victor Wanyama says the welcoming nature of Scottish football fans was part of the reason for his surprise decision to join Dunfermline Athletic.
Published on: May 23, 2025 | Source: