San Antonio Zoo enhances visitor experience with new sculptures and art installations

SAN ANTONIO – San Antonio Zoo is enhancing its visitor experience with new sculptures and art installations as part of the openings of The Ralston and Congo Falls exhibits, according to a news release. For decades, visitors have posed with the...

Inside Alteia Fund: Kevin Ramsamy's Vision for Africa's Trade Finance Future

Trade finance rarely makes headlines, but it underpins the global economy. By some estimates, more than 80 percent of world trade relies on it. In Africa, however, the African Development Bank (AfDB) puts the trade finance gap at roughly $81...

VICTOR DAVIS HANSON: From The League Of Nations To The United Nations To Trump Global?

Historians traditionally blame the failure of the League of Nations — the post-World War I, Versailles-era dream of President Woodrow Wilson — on many things. Its membership was small (58 nations). The League’s utopian rhetoric lacked commensurate...

Liberia Hosts 8th Association Of African Maritime Administrations Conference

By Amos Harris CONGO TOWN, LIBERIA – Liberia has officially opened its doors to over 300 maritime leaders, policymakers, and experts from Africa, Europe, and Asia as it hosts the 8th Annual Conference of the Association of African Maritime...

EU announces $638m to support Africa’s clean energy transition

The European Union (EU) has announced a €545m ($638m) package for Africa to support electrification, modernise power grids, expand access to renewable energy,and accelerate the continent’s clean-energy transition. The funding will back projects in...

EU commits $638 million to scale up renewables in nine African countries

The European Union has unveiled a €545 million ($638 million) package to accelerate renewable energy investment across Africa. The European Union has unveiled a €545 million ($638 million) package to accelerate renewable energy investment across...

After globalization: three photographs

“Globalization” is giving way to fragmentation, and a new geopolitical landscape is taking shape. Three widely discussed photographs in the media showcased the fundamental characteristics of this transformation. By Ergin YILDIZOGLU Join us on...

Declining profits and rising costs chase foreign banks out of Africa

Foreign banks are pulling out of Africa after decades of operations saddled by declining profit and rising operational costs reflecting the continent’s changing investment landscape and the diminishing appeal in the financial services sector....

European Commission pledges €545m to boost renewable energy in Africa

European Commission President Ursula von der Leyen unveiled a €545 million Team Europe package to accelerate Africa's clean energy transition. This announcement, made at the Global Citizen Festival, is an important milestone in the ‘Scaling Up...

From soil to sip: Africa’s coffee story comes full circle

Every cup of coffee tells a story and for many of us, that story begins right here in Africa, the birthplace of Arabica coffee. Picture dawn breaking over Ethiopia’s highlands or the lush hillsides of Kenya and the Congo. The air is cool, the...

“Very strong, really strong”: SECAM President on Church in Southern Africa, Hails IMBISA on Golden Jubilee

Credit: Zonke Tembe “But I'm here also to encourage our brothers to go on, mainly this year as we are celebrating the jubilee of hope,” said the Congolese member of the Order of Friars Minor Capuchin (OFM Cap) in reference to the ongoing Catholic...

Trump urges consideration for Nobel Peace Prize, claims of resolving conflicts

This report focuses on President Donald Trump's public statements expressing a desire for the Nobel Peace Prize. Trump claimed he brokered a ceasefire between India and Pakistan and resolved a conflict in the Congo with Rwanda. He stated, "It's a...

Climate change disrupting patterns of migratory animals—Earth’s early-warning system

There is bad news for the Indian subcontinent as well. According to the report, rising temperatures in the Himalayas are forcing cold-adapted species like musk deer, pheasants and snow trout to migrate higher up mountains, into smaller and more...

Liberia Hosts 8th Annual African Maritime Administrations Conference, Focuses on Ocean Protection and Blue Economy

Monrovia, Liberia – For the first time in its maritime history, Liberia is playing host to the 8th Annual Conference of the Association of African Maritime Administrations (AAMA). The four-day event, taking place at the Ellen Johnson Sirleaf...

Liberia champions maritime reform and sustainability

The Association of African Maritime Administrations (AAMA) is meeting in Liberia for its 18th Conference and General Assembly. By Stephen G. Fellajuah Congo Town, Liberia; October 1, 2025 – Liberia has emphasized that the 8th Association of...

EU launches €545m initiative to boost clean energy in Africa

BY SAM OTUONYE The European Union (EU) has unveiled a €545 million package to scale up renewable investments in Africa. This announcement was made at the Global Citizen Festival via video message in the context of the United Nations General...

Disneyland Jungle Cruise skippers memorize 600 ‘dad jokes’

The Jungle Cruise boat ride that debuted in 1955 at Disneyland has seen the script used by the skippers change and evolve over the decades to introduce jokes about angry hippos, leaping tigers and the backside of water as the attraction has been...

American Dream Awards Lifts Off with Culture, Service and a Full Cabin

The New American Dream Foundation turned The Amber Room Colonnade into an airport gate for “American Dream Airlines” on September 26, welcoming over 300 guests for its 11th Annual American Dream Awards Gala — with a destination of inspiration,...

CAFCL: Finidi Laud Players Over Impressive Performance 

Rivers United FC of Port Harcourt head coach, Finidi George, has lauded his players (boys) after they defeated Les Aigles du Congo 1-0 in the second leg of preliminary round of the CAF Champions League (CAFCL). He admitted that the game was a...

Bowleg on the defensive

Minister of Youth, Sports and Culture Mario Bowleg asserted yesterday that the government intends to move forward with plans to turn over management of junkanoo parades on New Providence to the National Junkanoo Committee (NJC). He said the...