Staff Writer

  Across Nigeria’s bustling cities and growing peri-urban communities, the signs of progress are everywhere - expanding markets, rising consumption, and a youthful population driving demand. Yet this growth brings with it a familiar challenge: plastic waste. From busy Lagos streets to the creeks of the Niger Delta, discarded packaging often clogs drains, litters markets, and seeps into waterways, threatening livelihoods and ecosystems alike. Nigeria generates an estimated 2.5 million […]

  At least 17 children were killed and a further 22 injured in a particularly violent October in El Fasher, Sudan, said Save the Children, as the city marks 18 months of siege. Save the Children analysed casualty reports from the Sudan Doctor’s Network - a group of medical professionals tracking the war –in October and found at least 115 civilians were killed and a further 102 injured in six […]

  A seminar focusing on the implementation of adult and pre-school education was conducted in the port city of Assab on 21 October. The seminar was attended by heads of departments, PFDJ representatives, sub-zonal administrators, heads of education offices, and other concerned institutions. Ambassador Mohammed-Seid Mantai, Governor of the Southern Red Sea Region, emphasized that the development of educational activities is the responsibility of all concerned institutions and the public, […]

  The Select Committee on Education, Sciences and Creative Industries has called on the Eastern Cape Provincial Department of Education to ensure that schools have administrative staff especially clerks, security, and kitchen staff. The Chairperson of the committee, Mr Makhi Feni, said it was apparent that teachers are caught between doing administrative work and teaching. He said that approach compromises the teaching time, and the teacher performance. “For rural schools […]

  The Chairperson of the Portfolio Committee on Higher Education and Training, Mr Tebogo Letsie, has reiterated the committee’s condemnation of the burning of infrastructure in a meeting with the University of Fort Hare’s Council, management, student representative council (SRC) and other stakeholders, after students set fire to buildings during recent protests at the university’s Alice campus. Mr Letsie said burning of the infrastructure is an outrageous criminality at an […]

  From 27 to 28 September, 13 artisans travelled to Nairobi to showcase their products at Bizarre Bazaar Global Village, one of Kenya’s largest open-air markets for art, fashion and design. The artisans, from both refugee and host communities in Turkana, made 102,000 Kenyan shillings in sales over just two days. ‘It was more than just a market – it was a space to learn, connect and dream bigger,’ said […]

  The Chairperson of the Select Committee on Education, Sciences and the Creative Industries, Mr Makhi Feni, this morning urged Eastern Cape Department of Education officials not to intimidate school principals when they raise issues with the committee. He said the committee meeting is an extension of a formal sitting of the National Council of Provinces (NCOP). “When information is given to the committee, it should be freely and truthfully […]

  In Cameroon, on Thursday, October 23, 2025, following the work of the National Commission for Vote Counting and Public Hearing of Disputes, the Constitutional Council will publish the final results of the presidential election held on October 12, 2025. The commission's consolidated results are as follows: Paul Biya (CPDM) : 53,66% Issa Tchiroma Bakary (CNFS) : 35,19% Cabral Libii (CPNR) : 3,41% Bello Bouba Maigari (NUDP) : 2,45% The Africa24 Group offers three […]