Goddy Ikeh
The United Nations High Commissioner for Refugees (UNHCR), the UN Refugee Agency, is urgently appealing for $10.6 million to address the most pressing needs of 228,000 forcibly displaced people and their host communities across West and Central Africa, where devastating climate-induced torrential rains and floods have wreaked havoc and impacted over 5.1 million people.
Bakary Gamalo Bamba, director of the Guinean bimonthly newspaper Le Baobab, has been detained since October 20, 2024, on charges of invasion of privacy for recording a judge.
The West Africa Energy Cooperation Summit (WA-ECS) is set to tackle project development bottlenecks across the ECOWAS region and drive sustainable energy development across West Africa from 3-5 December 2024, in Lomé,Togo.
The price of OPEC basket of 12 crudes stood at $71.27 a barrel on Wednesday, October 30, 2024, compared with $70.79 the previous day, according to OPEC Secretariat calculations.
Experts in strategy, infrastructure and communication from several ECOWAS structures are meeting from 28 to 31 October 2024 in Lomé (Togo) to analyse the draft five-year strategic plan of the PPDU for the period 2025-2029, as well as its communication strategy.
One of the highlights of Macron’s three-day visit is his historic speech to the Moroccan Parliament, where he reaffirmed his country’s unwavering support for Morocco’s territorial integrity.
Interviewed by Roger Thurow, senior fellow for global agriculture at the Chicago Council on Global Affairs, Adesina and Banga discussed the transformative actions from MDBs in meeting Africa’s annual $1.3 trillion development needs
Informa Markets, organisers of the very first edition of the Africa Energy Expo (AEE), are pleased to announce that the 2024 AEE kicks off in Kigali on Monday, 4 November 2024.
The Nigeria Customs Service (NCS) in partnership with the World Customs Organisation (WCO) has organized a workshop on gender diversity in their bid to ensure gender diversity,
The Executive Secretary and Chief Executive Officer of National Sugar Development Council the (NSDC) Kamar Bakrin, has called on local and foreign investors to seize the opportunities in Nigeria’s sugar sector, noting its significant local demand and the $7bn African export market.