ACROSS Africa, remittances sent by migrants working abroad have become a vital economic lifeline, often outstripping Foreign Direct Investment (FDI) and Official Development Assistance (ODA). In 2023, the continent welcomed approximately $100bn in remittances – nearly 6 percent of Africa’s Gross Domestic…
AT an extraordinary summit in Harare, leaders from the Southern African Development Community (SADC) have reaffirmed their strong support for the Democratic Republic of Congo (DRC) government amid a rapidly deteriorating security situation in the Eastern DRC. The meeting comes…
AFRICAN countries have taken bold commitments to implement clean cooking energy solutions to offset the devastating effects of open fire cooking which kills roughly 600,000 women and children annually across the continent. At the Mission 300 Africa Energy Summit held in Tanzania…
A bus carrying Palestinian captives arrived at the West Bank town of Beitunia on Saturday following the handover of Israeli captives in Gaza. The inmates departed from Ofer prison in the occupied West Bank and arrived at Beitunia near Ramallah,…
Congolese troops with support from Burundi’s army appeared on Friday to be holding back a push south by Rwandan-backed rebels seeking to expand their grip on eastern Congo in a weeks-old advance that has raised fears of a broader regional conflict.…
US President Donald Trump will put in place 25 per cent tariffs on imports from Canada and Mexico and 10 per cent tariffs on goods from China effective on Saturday, the White House said, but it provided no word on…
GOLD prices are expected to decline in 2025 while silver prices may increase, according to Economic Survey 2024-25 tabled in Parliament on Friday. Citing the World Bank’s Commodity Markets Outlook for October 2024, the economic survey highlighted that commodity…
UNITED Nations agencies on Friday called for an end to the violence in the eastern Democratic Republic of the Congo (DRC) as fighting between government forces and the Rwandan-backed M23 armed group expands. The rebels have already seized the…
THE World Bank has announced that it has earmarked 1.2 billion dollars for investment in girls’ education across 18 states. The states include; Borno, Ekiti, Kebbi, Kaduna, Plateau, Katsina, Kano, Adamawa, Kogi, Nasarawa, Niger, Bauchi, Jigawa, Yobe, Kwara, Gombe,…
GRAMMY-WINNING Nigerian artist Tems announced on Thursday that she would be cancelling her upcoming concert in Kigali, Rwanda, scheduled for March 22. The decision comes in response to the escalating conflict in eastern Democratic Republic of Congo (DRC), where Rwanda…
