Month: October 2025

  Themed “ICE,” the conference also marked Canon Central&North Africa’s 10-year anniversary and reinforced Canon’s solution-led approach to customer experience. Canon welcomed 100 partners from across Africa and celebrated their outstanding contributions through a gala dinner and awards ceremony. Canon Central&North Africa (CCNA) (www.Canon-CNA.com), a leading provider of imaging solutions, successfully hosted its annual Dealer Conference at Conrad Hotel, Dubai. Themed “ICE: Innovation, Customer, and Experience,” this year’s edition carried […]

  Hanna Tetteh, the Special Representative of the Secretary-General, said that while some progress has been made toward implementing a UN-backed political roadmap, divisions between the House of Representatives and the High Council of State continue to block key steps needed ahead of long-awaited national elections. “The two institutions have yet to achieve this objective,” Ms. Tetteh told ambassadors in the Security Council. “They have not yet discussed jointly the constitutional and […]

  First Ladies of Burundi, Central Africa, Liberia, São Tomé&Príncipe and Senegal attend 12th Merck Foundation Africa Asia Luminary, Co-chaired by The Gambia First Lady and Merck Foundation CEO. The 12th Edition of Merck Foundation Africa Asia Luminary was officially inaugurated by the Vice President of The Republic of The Gambia, Mr. MUHAMMAD B. S. JALLOW and Merck Foundation Chairman, Prof. Dr. Frank Stangenberg-Haverkamp. The conference was co-chaired by The […]

  The Chairperson of the African Union Commission, H.E. Mr. Mahmoud Ali Youssouf, warmly welcomes the signing of an agreement in Doha, State of Qatar, between the Government of the Democratic Republic of the Congo and the Congo River Alliance (M23 Movement). This agreement establishes a crucial mechanism for the supervision and verification of a permanent ceasefire. This signing, facilitated by the State of Qatar, is a direct outcome of […]

  Africans and people of African descent whose lives continue to be shaped by the discriminatory legacies of the transatlantic slave trade and colonialism must receive reparatory justice, Amnesty International said ahead of the Wakati Wetu Festival, due to take place from 22-23 October in Nairobi, Kenya. The festival, for which Amnesty International is a partner, is the first of its kind in Africa. Wakati Wetu (which means ‘our time’ in […]

  Moroccan authorities have cracked down on youth-led protests demanding sweeping reforms to public services, resulting in deaths and mass arrests, Human Rights Watch said today. The authorities should heed protesters’ calls and fulfil the rights to health care and education, respect the right to peaceful protest, and investigate the use of lethal force by the Royal Gendarmerie and other alleged widespread abuses against protesters by public security forces. Nationwide protests […]

  The Gash Barka Region administration conducted a meeting on 13 October aimed at reviewing the implementation of development programs and the expansion of social services over the past six months, as well as outlining programs for the coming six months. At the meeting, reports focusing on the programs implemented, highlighting both strengths and challenges, in collaboration with Government institutions and the Western Command of the Defense Forces were presented […]