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The African Utopia at the End of the COVID-19 Tunnel
In 1990, when Cameroon's football team did the unthinkable and beat Argentina in the World Cup, the proportion of the world's population living below the poverty line was 37.1 per cent. Fast-forward 35 years later to 2015, following a global...

Students, Colleges, and Universities Win Against the Trump Administration’s Latest Anti-Immigrant Attack
After a week of chaos, international students were able to relax after the Trump administration agreed to rescind its latest attack on immigrants: an attempt to ban international students whose classes would be entirely online this fall. The...

Students, Colleges, and Universities Win Against the Trump Administration’s Latest Anti-Immigrant Attack
After a week of chaos, international students were able to relax after the Trump administration agreed to rescind its latest attack on immigrants: an attempt to ban international students whose classes would be entirely online this fall. The...

Coronavirus - West and Central Africa: UNHCR steps up efforts as combined challenges of conflict and coronavirus threaten millions of people
Download logo This is a summary of what was said by UNHCR spokesperson Babar Baloch – to whom quoted text may be attributed – at today’s press briefing at the Palais des Nations in Geneva. UNHCR, the UN Refugee Agency, has stepped up efforts...

Events Industry retools to build hospitals in Africa
A Cape Town-based exhibition builder, together with an event organizer, offer to work with governments and private sectors across Africa to rapidly build hospital infrastructures and shelters in the midst of the COVID-19 pandemic. Afrika Umoja, an...

Coronavirus - Ethiopia: Notification Note on COVID-19 Situational Update (18 April 2020)
Download logo The total laboratory tests conducted within twenty-four hours are 659; of this nine (9) of them are confirmed positive for COVID-19 and the total confirmed cases as of today is one hundred five (105). The Details of the cases are...

President Lourenço to visit Cabo Verde in July
Addis Ababa, ANGOLA, February 11 - The President of the Republic, João Lourenço, is to pay a state visit to the Republic of Cabo Verde, on the 4th and 5th July this year, at the invitation of his counterpart José Carlos da Fonseca., The...

VAALCO Energy, Inc. Announces Intention to List on the Main Market of the London Stock Exchange
HOUSTON, Sept. 16, 2019 (GLOBE NEWSWIRE) -- VAALCO Energy, Inc. (NYSE: EGY) (“VAALCO” or the “Company”), an independent energy company focused on development and production assets in West Africa, today announces its formal intention to seek a...

New revenue streams arising out of West Africa’s blue economy
Over 100 maritime leaders are uniting in Accra to showcase upcoming mega-projects and call for partners in development at African Ports Evolution - West Africa. CAPE TOWN, WESTERN PROVINCE, SOUTH AFRICA, July 6, 2017 /EINPresswire.com/ -- With...

Black History Month USA Salutes President Obiang
The purpose of Black History Month USA is to expand America's commemoration in February by highlighting one African country every year for 365 days. NEW YORK, NEW YORK, UNITED STATES, February 13, 2017 /EINPresswire.com/ -- H.E. Obiang Nguema...

Nigerian journalist Oluseyi Awojulugbe Wins APO Group Invitation to Attend the African Development Bank’s 2019 Annual Meetings
APO Group (www.APO-opa.com), the leading media relations consultancy and press release distribution service in Africa and the Middle East, today announced that Mrs Oluseyi Awojulugbe (@mz_Awojulugbe) from Nigeria has won APO Group’s invitation to...

Mellon Educate joins Africa Oil & Power as Charity Partner
Mellon Educate continues to promote quality education at the Africa Oil & Power (AOP) (https://AfricaOilandPower.com/) conference and exhibition; Mellon Educate collaborates with governments, schools, and communities to improve the quality of...

U.S-Africa Business Summit Prepares To Welcome Heads Of State And Global Business Leaders To Maputo
Download logo Preparations in Maputo are well under away ahead of the 12th U.S.-Africa Business Summit on June 18 - 21, 2019. Corporate Council on Africa and the Government of Mozambique will host more than 1,000 U.S. and African private sector...

Gambia: Women Accuse Ex-President of Sexual Violence
Download logo Three women have accused Gambia’s former president, Yahya Jammeh, of rape and sexual assault while he was in office, Human Rights Watch and TRIAL International said today. Former Gambian officials said that presidential aides...

External Actors Content to ‘Fight to the Last Libyan’ in Settling Scores, Top Official Tells Security Council, amid Concern over Migrants, Refugees
Download logo Several recent tragedies involving migrants and refugees in Libya have spotlighted the extreme vulnerability of those groups, the senior United Nations official in that country told the Security Council today, as he described a...

President receives message from Gabonese counterpart
Luanda, ANGOLA, September 6 - The President of the Republic, João Lourenço, received on Thursday, in Luanda, a message from his Gabonese counterpart, Ali Bongo, about the ongoing political reforms in the Economic Community of Central African...

Cameroonian journalist Monica Nkodo Wins APO Group Invitation to Attend the 2019 EurAfrican Forum, one the most prestigious EU-Africa events
APO Group (www.APO-opa.com), the leading media relations consultancy and press release distribution service in Africa and the Middle East, today announced that Monica Nkodo (@mimiost) from Cameroon has won APO Group’s invitation to attend the 2019...

March 13 Telephonic Press Briefing on Obangame Express 2019
Download logo March 13 Briefing with U.S. Navy Captain Eric Conzen, Commodore of U.S. Military Sealift Command Europe and Africa and Exercise Director for Obangame Express 2019, and Nigerian Rear Admiral Obed Habila Ngalabak, The Flag Officer...

Cameroon: Applications for the UK government’s prestigious Chevening Scholarships open 5 August 2019
Download logo Applications for Chevening Scholarships to study in the UK are open between 5 August and 5 November 2019, with applications to be submitted via www.chevening.org/apply. Chevening Scholarships are awarded to individuals with...

Democracy, Human Rights, and Labor: Notice of Funding Opportunity (NOFO): DRL FY18/19 IRF Burma
United States Department of State Bureau of Democracy, Human Rights and Labor (DRL) Notice of Funding Opportunity (NOFO): DRL FY18/19 IRF Burma This is the announcement of funding opportunity number SFOP0005688 Catalog of Federal Domestic...