AFRICA

Abuja, Nigeria | Xinhua | The ongoing Russia-Ukraine conflict resulting in the disruption of wheat exports has pushed wheat prices higher by 60 percent in Africa, President of the African Development Bank (AfDB) Akinwunmi Adesina said in Abuja, the Nigerian capital, on Tuesday. Adesina, in a meeting with Nigerian President Muhammadu …

Mogadishu, Somalia | Xinhua | Somali Prime Minister Mohamed Roble said Tuesday he has authorized the African Union Transition Mission in Somalia (ATMIS) to take over the security of the hangar (tent) where the election of Lower House leadership is to take place Wednesday. Roble said the directive is due to …

Yaoundé, Cameroon | Xinhua | Cameroon Football Federation (FECAFOOT) President Samuel Eto’o said on Monday that Cameroon is appalled by allegations of match-fixing by Algerian football authorities. Algerian football coach Djamel Belmadi had told Algerian TV that Cameroon’s 2022 World Cup playoff win over Algeria “was a conspiracy between two or …

Nairobi, Kenya | Xinhua | More than 50 aid agencies have called for an urgent and substantial increase in funding and leadership to respond to the humanitarian catastrophe facing millions in eastern Africa due to the severe drought, warning that further delays will cost lives. The agencies including Save the Children, …

Malaria vaccine could save the lives of an additional 40,000 to 80,000 African children each year if widely deployed Geneva, Switzerland | Xinhua | The World Health Organization (WHO) has called for continued innovation and increased investment in fighting malaria. Ahead of World Malaria Day on Monday, the WHO announced that …

Juba, South Sudan | Xinhua | The recent intensified fighting in Unity and Upper Nile states between the parties to the 2018 revitalized peace agreement is undermining efforts to achieve a permanent ceasefire, ceasefire monitors said Monday. Asrat Denero Amad, the chairperson for the Ceasefire Transitional Security Arrangement Monitoring and Verification …

Addis Ababa, Ethiopia | Xinhua | The African Union on Monday sent a congratulatory message to Emmanuel Macron on his re-election as French President. “I extend my warm congratulations to President Emmanuel Macron on his re-election,” AU Commission Chairperson Moussa Faki Mahamat tweeted. “I’m happy to continue our commitment with him …

Lagos, Nigeria | Xinhua | Nigeria’s anti-drug agency said on Monday it had arrested one of the most wanted drug barons in the country at an airport in Lagos, the country’s economic hub. In a press statement on Monday, the National Drug Law Enforcement Agency (NDLEA) said a team of its …

Nairobi, Kenya | THE INDEPENDENT |  In the lead up to Earth Day 2022, The Walt Disney Company, Wildlife Direct, the U.S. Agency for International Development (USAID) and the U.S. Department of State have announced that production has commenced on the National Geographic Kids Africa educational entertainment series. Additionally, the series’ first group of …

Nairobi, Kenya | Xinhua | Kenya’s teenage female tennis sensation Angella Okutoyi is preparing to play in her second and third Grand Slam tournaments, the French Open and Wimbledon, as she continues her charge up the world rankings. Okutoyi, 18, became the first Kenyan female to win a junior match at …