SOUTH Africa’s Inkatha Freedom Party (IFP) announced on Wednesday that it will join a unity government with the African National Congress (ANC) and the Democratic Alliance (DA). This decision comes as parties rush to finalise a deal before the newly elected parliament convenes on Friday. The…
THE burial of Malawi’s Vice-President Saulos Chilima, who tragically died in a plane crash on Monday, will be held on July 17, the government announced. Chilima, along with eight others, was flying towards a northern town when the military aircraft they were…
AFRICA’S Great Green Wall project, designed to restore degraded landscapes and bolster economies across the continent, is significantly underfunded and unlikely to meet its 2030 completion goal, according to Alain Richard Donwahi, president of the recent UN summit on desertification.…
1993, 2023 share similar fate on annulment THE 10th National Assembly has been urged to urgently commence the probe of the role played by the Independent National Electoral Commission INEC in the 2023 general election. It should also look into…
A renown human rights activist and Executive Chairman, Centre for Human Rights and Social Justice(CHRSJ), Comrade Adeniyi Alimi Sulaiman has referred to the winner of the fairest and freest June 12,1993 Presidential election, late Bashorun MKO Abiola as a beacon…
MALAWI has declared 21 days of national mourning to honour Vice-President Saulos Chilima and eight others who tragically died in a plane crash. The group was flying on Monday towards a northern town when their military plane disappeared from radar amid…
GHANA has finalized a pact with its official creditor committee to formalize a debt restructuring deal agreed in January, smoothing the path towards further funding from the International Monetary Fund (IMF), its finance ministry announced on Wednesday. This agreement sets…
GHANA, the world’s second-largest cocoa producer, is set to delay the delivery of up to 350,000 tons of cocoa beans to the next season due to poor crops, according to five sources who spoke to Reuters. This decision further exacerbates the…
NIGERIA’S President Bola Tinubu reaffirmed his commitment to economic reforms despite rising public hardships and promised to send an executive bill to parliament soon to establish a new minimum wage. Tinubu, who has been in power for a year, has…
INCREASED competition, stakeholder collaboration, and investment in financial infrastructure are key to reducing global remittance fees, according to Risana Zitha, Managing Director and Head of Africa at investment banker DAI Magister. Zitha emphasised the significant role remittances play in the African…
