Staff Writer

  The Youth Charter (www.YouthCharter.org) has welcomed the outcomes of the 39th Ordinary Session of the Assembly of the African Union, held in Addis Ababa, and is calling for immediate implementation mechanisms that translate Summit commitments into grassroots impact. The Assembly adopted the 2026 Theme of the Year: “Ensuring sustainable water availability and safe sanitation systems to achieve the goals of Agenda 2063.” Alongside this, African leaders reaffirmed the importance of youth […]

  Across Africa, the rapid rollout of solar generation is shifting the challenge from simply adding capacity to integrating power reliably into weak and unstable grids. Diesel dependence, frequency instability and limited transmission infrastructure are driving demand for battery energy storage systems (BESS) not as optional hardware, but as core infrastructure for resilient power systems. In markets from East to West Africa, storage is increasingly deployed not for arbitrage but […]

  With governments and operators from across Africa’s gas frontier confirmed to participate, the Invest in African Energy Forum (Paris, April 22–23, 2026) arrives as the continent’s LNG sector enters a new phase of growth. Major export projects are moving into expansion, emerging producers are scaling floating liquefaction capacity and several large undeveloped gas discoveries are advancing toward commercialization. Together, these developments are shaping where capital, partnerships, and infrastructure investment […]

  At an activity assessment meeting conducted on 17 and 18 February in the port city of Assab, it was reported that, as a result of growing public awareness on health issues, the utilization of health facilities in the Southern Red Sea Region has significantly increased. At the meeting, in which Ms. Amina Nurhusein, Minister of Health, and Ambassador Mohammed-Seid Mantai, Governor of the Southern Red Sea Region, took part, […]

  The Special Representative of the Secretary-General and Head of the United Nations Office for West Africa and the Sahel (UNOWAS), H.E. Mr. Leonardo Santos Simão, met on Friday 13th February 2026, with the ECOWAS Permanent Observer to the United Nations, H.E. Ambassador Kinza Jawara-Njai, and the Chair of the ECOWAS Group at the United Nations, represented by the Deputy Permanent Representative of the Republic of Sierra Leone to the […]

  The Central Region Assembly conducted its 24th regular meeting on 18 February under the theme “Our Disposition for Resilience and Development.” Mr. Abraham Semere, Chairman of the Assembly, noting that development programs in all sectors should be aligned with the set objectives and stages of implementation, called on members of the Assembly to actively participate in the effort. At the event, committees on economic development, social services, culture and […]

  The U.S. has intensified pressure on the International Energy Agency (IEA) – signaling that it could withdraw from the institution unless it refocuses on its founding mandate of safeguarding global energy security. U.S. Secretary of Energy Chris Wright said Washington is not satisfied with the Paris-based agency’s current direction, arguing that its modelling and outlooks have become overly shaped by climate ideology at the expense of practical energy realities. […]

  Technology in African mining is moving at a rate of knots. From automation and robotics to artificial intelligence and digital twins, technology is rapidly advancing exploration, productivity, health and safety, ESG best practice and increased mine life. Mining Review Africa, in partnership with BME (a member of the Omnia Group) and the Council for Geoscience, will host a webinar examining how technology is shaping intelligent mines across the continent. […]