SUMMIT

The First Gombe State Peace and Security Summit has ended with a call on the state government to give religious leaders, security advisory role to help in mitigating threats and fostering religious tolerance. This is part of the…

President Muhammadu Buhari will depart Abuja later today Wednesday, July 6, to participate in the International Development Association (IDA) for Africa Summit in Dakar, Senegal. An institution of the World Bank Group, IDA is…

President Cyril Ramaphosa arrived in Munich, Germany for the G-7 summit. South Africa will participate in two outreach sessions Monday, in the first one, issues of climate, energy and health will be discussed. During the 2nd session,…

The war in Ukraine is the latest shock to hit global food production, causing concern about the food security situation in Africa. Participants at the EU-Africa Business Summit exchanged ideas on how the two continents can build a new…

African heads of state closed the two extraordinary summits in Malabo, with leaders pointing out at terrorism, bad governance, and coups d'état could have causal links and aggravate the humanitarian crises that plague the continent. "The…

The first African Elephant Summit came to a close on Thursday, in Hwange, northern Zimbabwe. Harare and some of its neighbours in southern Africa, Japan and China -two large consumer markets of elephant tusk- gathered in a bid to develop…

Africa is growing exponentially in terms of internet connectivity but at the same time lags behind on cybersecurity. This is a major concern and was the main theme during the first Africa’s cybersecurity summit organized in Togo’s…

Seven African heads of state gathered in Kinshasa to assess a 2013 agreement aimed at cementing peace in the Democratic Republic of Congo's violence-torn east and the Great Lakes region. The Peace, Security and Cooperation Framework aims…

At a two-day Turkey-Africa summit, which ended in Istanbul, President Erdogan has described as a great injustice, the absence of an African representative at the UN Security Council. The summit is also a business opportunity; Turkey has…

The third Turkey-Africa Partnership Summit is ongoing in Istanbul under the auspices of Presidency of the Turkish Republic. The two-day summit comes fast on the heels of a top-level business forum in October that focused on investment…