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  By Osa Igiehon, CEO of Heirs Energies. As Africa Energy Week wraps up in Cape Town, we are faced with a pressing question: Can we genuinely fulfil the promise of eradicating energy poverty by 2030? The answer hinges not on foreign investment or external solutions, but rather on a crucial factor—African responsibility for our own challenges. Currently, around 600 million Africans live without electricity. In Nigeria alone, over 85 million […]

  Egyptian authorities detained prominent independent journalist Ismail Iskandarani over Facebook posts, Human Rights Watch said today. They should immediately and unconditionally release Iskandarani and establish an independent committee to review the detention of thousands of peaceful critics and release all those detained for peaceful speech, assembly, or association. According to his lawyers, security forces arrested Iskandarani on September 24, 2025, at a checkpoint in Matrouh governorate only two days after President Abdel […]

  His Excellency President Dr. Julius Maada Bio has formally received the Year-Two Report on the implementation of the Feed Salone initiative from the Minister of Agriculture and Food Security, Dr. Henry Musa Kpaka, during a meeting with members of the Presidential Council on Feed Salone at the State House. Opening the meeting, the Minister of Agriculture and Secretary to the Presidential Council, Dr. Henry Musa Kpaka, said the purpose […]

  Awat and Freselam Elementary and Junior Schools in Asmara have provided awards to 418 outstanding students who scored high marks in the eighth-grade national examination for the 2024/2025 academic year. Accordingly, Awat School has presented medals and certificates of recognition to 109 students who scored over 90 points and tablets to outstanding students who scored above 98 points. Freselam School, on its part, has provided medals and certificates of […]

  In connection with World Teachers’ Day, eleven exemplary teachers have been awarded in Elaberet sub-zone. The recognition program was organized by the Teachers’ Association in the sub-zone, and the awardee teachers have long years of teaching experience in pre-school, elementary, junior, and high schools. Ms. Asha Ali-Nur, administrator of the sub-zone, noting the importance of the teaching profession in societal development, highlighted the significance of recognizing exemplary teachers in […]

  Today, World Health Organization (WHO) joined Uganda’s Ministry of Health and other stakeholders to disseminate the Family Planning Bottleneck Analysis Report, a rapid assessment that highlights barriers hindering the scale-up of evidence-based family planning practices in Uganda. Led by WHO, Ministry of Health, Makerere University School of Public Health, and UNFPA, the study applied the WHO global protocol adapted to Uganda’s context, ensuring locally relevant and sustainable solutions. “Ensuring […]

  President Cyril Ramaphosa has established a panel for the selection of the next National Director of Public Prosecutions (NDPP) who will be identified through an open and transparent process that reflects the importance of this vital position in our democracy. President Ramaphosa has appointed Minister of Justice and Constitutional Development, Ms Mmamoloko Kubayi, as Chairperson of the panel comprising: The Chairperson of the South African Human Rights Commission The […]

  Parfait Onanga-Anyanga was speaking at a Security Council meeting focused on the key issues faced by Africa and cooperation between the UN and the African Union (AU) – a continental organisation comprising 55 African Member States. He warned that “concerns remain in some parts of the continent about the number and complexity of conflicts.” He said these conflicts were often worsened by “weak or ineffective State authority, violence extremism conducive to terrorist activities, the […]

  Nearly 22,000 people fled their homes in northern Mozambique in a single week last month due to a resurgence in fighting across Cabo Delgado, the UN refugee agency (UNHCR) warned on Tuesday. The surge in displacement in late September marks a turning point in the conflict – now entering its eighth year – with more than 100,000 people already uprooted during 2025. The violence in Cabo Delgado began in 2017, […]