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2 former African leaders join AWF global board of trustees
The African Wildlife Foundation (AWF) has onboarded two former African heads of state Issoufou Mahamadou, former President of Niger and Hailemariam Desalegn, former Ethiopian Prime Minister, to the organization’s global board of trustees. The former leaders will share their diverse…
Women and girls’ needs require urgent attention – UNFPA
The United Nations Population Fund says Women and girls’ needs require urgent attention as climate shocks, conflict and COVID-19 fuel humanitarian crises. In a report, the agency noted that $835 million is needed to provide life-saving essential services to meet…
Senegal’s president calls on Africa to harmonize oil legislation
Senegalese President Macky Sall has said that Africa needs harmonized oil legislation to avoid ruinous competition among its oil-producing nations as they vie for investors. President Sall Thursday said that as some developed nations push for an end to investments…
Liberia parliament passes $786 million
Liberia where members of the House of Representatives have passed the 2022 national budget in the tune of 786 million United States dollars. The passage followed a report from the Houses’ Committee on Ways and Means. WADR’s Monrovia Correspondent Darlington…
Israel to donate 1 million COVID vaccines to African nations
The government of Israel says it was donating 1 million coronavirus vaccines to the U.N.-backed COVAX program. The Foreign Ministry in a statement Wednesday says the AstraZeneca vaccines would be transferred in the coming weeks, a decision that was part…
Nigeria’s COVID-19 cases rise with 1,424 new infections, highest in six months
Nigeria Centre for Disease Control (NCDC) has confirmed the highest number of Covid-19 cases per day in six months when it recorded 1,424 cases of the disease on Wednesday. The latest statistics from 15 States including the nation's capital, Abuja,…
RSF condemns Sierra Leone rapper’s “obscene and dangerous” comments about journalist
Reporters Without Borders (RSF) has condemned a well-known Sierra Leonean rapper’s outrageously insulting and obscene comments on Facebook about a radio station director. It says online harassment of journalists in Sierra Leone must stop. In a video posted on Facebook…
AFCON: Vaccination and COVID-19 test required for fans
Supporters attending matches at next month’s Africa Cup of Nations in Cameroon will be required to show proof of vaccination and present a negative Covid-19 test result, officials announced Thursday. The announcement was made in a joint statement signed by…
Presidential election petition hearing begins in the Gambia
The Supreme Court of the Gambia will hold the first hearing of the petition filed by the leading opposition party United Democratic Party UDP today Friday in Banjul. The opposition party filed a petition against the presidential election results and…
$835 billion wasted in global trade misinvoicing
A report published by Global Financial Integrity (GFI) has found an estimated 1.6 trillion dollars in potential trade mis-invoicing among 134 developing countries, of which 835 billion dollars occurred between developing countries and 36 advanced economies, in 2018. This report,…
Reduced cabinet named as new Burkina PM forms government
Burkina Faso’s new Prime Minister Lassina Zerbo has appointed a new government with a reduced cabinet. The new government comprises 25 ministers, down from the previous 30 ministers. Six women are also listed in the new cabinet. Zerbo was announced…
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