Month: September 2025

  The Economic Community of West African States (ECOWAS) Commission has commenced a series of regional consultations in Senegal to advance the Youth, Peace, and Security (YPS) agenda. The first meeting was held in Matam on 22nd September 2025, bringing together government officials, youth representatives, civil society organisations, and development partners to kickstart the process of developing Senegal’s National Action Plan (NAP) on YPS. The consultations, which will also take […]

  The Economic Community of West African States (ECOWAS), through its Commission’s Department of Political Affairs, Peace and Security (PAPS), will convene a Regional Consultation in Bissau, Guinea-Bissau, from 24 to 26 September 2025, under the theme “The Future of Political Stability, Peace and Security in West Africa”. The Bissau meeting forms part of a series of three regional consultations being organised ahead of the Special Summit on the Future of Regional Integration, scheduled for […]

  The Congolese economy posted modest real GDP growth of 2.6% in 2024, marking a moderate increase in per capita income for the first time since 2016. This finding, according to the World Bank's new Economic Update for the Republic of Congo, underscores that the progress registered has not yet translated into a significant reduction in poverty. Entitled "Strengthen the management of produced, human and natural capital to raise living standards […]

  OPEC Secretary General Haitham Al Ghais will speak at African Energy Week 2025: Invest in African Energies in Cape Town to discuss the continent’s growing role in the global energy landscape. Since assuming office in 2022, Al Ghais has been a staunch advocate for Africa's oil and gas sector, emphasizing the continent's pivotal role in global energy security. His participation at AEW 2025 highlights OPEC's strategic focus on fostering […]

  A delegation from the ECOWAS Commission, led by Dr. Sintiki Tarfa-Ugbe, Director of Humanitarian and Social Affairs, paid a working visit to the National Disaster Management Organization (NADMO) in Ghana. The purpose of the visit was to assess and monitor the implementation of ECOWAS humanitarian assistance provided in response to the devastating floods of 2022 and 2023, which severely impacted communities across the Greater Accra and Eastern Regions, with […]

  By NJ Ayuk, Executive Chairman, African Energy Chamber (https://EnergyChamber.org/). Eni CEO Claudio Descalzi has never stopped making Africa his and Eni’s first choice for investment. I know Mr. Descalzi as a shrewd negotiator, a disciplined CEO, and a strong advocate of natural gas development on our continent. As he champions African energy independence and sovereignty, natural gas has been and remains key to his work in Africa. Even during […]

  The decision by President Abdel Fattah al-Sisi of Egypt not to sign a flawed Criminal Procedure Code and to send it back to parliament for revision was a positive move, 20 civil society organizations including Human Rights Watch said today. Parliament should completely revise the draft law to eliminate a series of provisions that raised human rights concerns. The following is the groups’ statement: We the undersigned Egyptian and international civil society organizations welcome the […]

  The Minister of Foreign Affairs, Dr Abdullatif bin Rashid Al Zayani, met the Minister of Foreign Affairs, African Cooperation and Moroccan Expatriates of the Kingdom of Morocco, with Mr Nasser Bourita at the United Nations Headquarters in New York. The meeting took place on the margins of the 80th session of the United Nations General Assembly.   During the meeting, the two sides reviewed the distinguished historical fraternal relations […]