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...

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...

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...

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,...

August sees record breaking N$5.3 billion deficit

Chamwe Kaira August recorded a trade deficit of N$5.3 billion, the highest on record, statistician general and Namibia Statistics Agency (NSA) chief executive officer Alex Shimuafeni said on Thursday. The figure shows a sharp decline from July,...

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...

Tinubu commissions 874 cadets into Nigerian Armed Forces

President Bola Tinubu, on Saturday, commissioned 874 cadets into the Nigerian Armed Forces during a ceremony at the Nigerian Defence Academy (NDA), Kaduna. Represented by Senate President Godswill Akpabio, the President officiated the...

Machete salesman claims 'pointed tip for stabbing' is for 'pinching coconuts'

Juan Martinez(Image: Southport Inquiry) A company director who sold the Southport killer a kukri machete with a "pointed tip for stabbing" claimed its use was for "pinching coconuts". Juan Martinez's company Hunting & Knives sold the kukri Congo...

Regragui to announce Thursday Morocco squad for Bahrain friendly and World Cup qualifier

HESPRESS English – Morocco News General Hespress ENTuesday 30 September 2025 - 23:43 Morocco coach Walid Regragui will hold a press conference Thursday in Salé to unveil his squad for the upcoming friendly against Bahrain and the World Cup 2026...

AFRICA/SIERRA LEONE - Food, drinking water, medical care, and psychosocial support for a group of 220 juvenile prisoners

Friday, 3 October 2025 SDB Freetown (Agenzia Fides) – Supporting the most vulnerable juvenile prisoners on their path to social rehabilitation and reducing the risk of recidivism after serving their sentences – this is the goal of the...

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

The European Union (EU) has unveiled a €545 million package to scale up renewables investment in Africa. This announcement was made at the Global Citizen Festival via video message in the context of the United Nations General Assembly, according...

Trump and Xi set to meet as TikTok deal nears resolution

Chinese President Xi Jinping at the start of a bilateral meeting with the president of the Republic of Congo, Denis Sassou Nguesso, in Beijing, on September 4, 2025. LINTAO ZHANG/AFP A meeting in South Korea at the end of October, the TikTok issue...

Heirs Energies Leads Discussion On Energy Transition At Summit

Heirs Energies, is set to make a strong impact at Africa Energy Week (AEW) 2025, taking place from 29 September – 2 October 2025 in Cape Town, South Africa. Represented by CEO Osa Igiehon and Executive Director/CFO Sam Nwanze, Heirs Energies will...

World Relief Spokane continues its efforts to serve refugees who live here

World Relief Spokane continues to serve Christi tells how World Relief serves refugees now. Christi Armstrong, executive director of World Relief Spokane, said she is often asked what World Relief is doing now that the refugee pipeline has stopped...

Jane Goodall, Who Redefined Humanity Through Chimpanzees, Dies at 91

Video by National Geographic. Jane Goodall: The Hope (Full Episode) | SPECIAL Jane Goodall, the British primatologist whose patient fieldwork in Africa changed the way the world thinks about animals and whose relentless advocacy turned her into a...

38 events announced for 'hyper local and proudly Scouse' festival

The festival is back for its 21st edition(Image: Publicity) Liverpool’s Homotopia festival returns to the city next month promising an unmissable programme of performances, film screenings, exhibitions, walks, talks, workshops and parties....

Norwegian singer Oleahh finds her voice in Nairobi with cross-cultural sound

Norway-born singer Johanne Oleahh simply known as Oleahh is as much an artiste as she is a cultural bridge. With a heart full of melodies, a mind bursting with ideas, and a passport that reads like a map of the world, she is carving her own path...

Russia’s long game in Africa and Latin America

It began with bananas and Soviet-era weapons. In early 2024, Ecuador tried to offload its ageing Russian arms stockpile to the United States, which intended to pass it on to Ukraine. Moscow responded with a trade war, partially banning Ecuadorian...