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A Non Governmental Organisation based in Abuja, Nigeria. Helpline Foundation For the Needy has called on government to take action towards revamping the cultural heritage of the OI through women and youth empowerment and culture…

The IMF has called on governments in sub-Saharan Africa to be cautious about macroeconomic reforms, as famine spreads in a region badly affected by the aftermath of Covid-19 and the war in Ukraine. "Addressing the lack of resilience to…

The World Health Organization (WHO) has urged African countries to ramp up the implementation of a new roadmap, which was launched on Thursday, to curb outbreaks of bacterial meningitis on the continent by 2030. Meningitis is a dangerous…

Nollywood popular Actor, Kanayo O Kanayo has announced that Nigerians who are yet to get their Permanent Voter's Card (PVC) are part of the problem in the country. The movie Icon made this announcement via a video shared on his social…

German foreign minister Annalena Baerbock has urged the Malian transitional government to stop cooperating with Russian forces. This was after a meeting with the transitional president of Mali, Colonel Assimi Goïta in Bamako. The…

A UN expert has urged Sudanese forces to stop firing live ammunition and tear gas at anti-coup protesters in a crackdown that has killed more than 80 people. Demonstrations have continued in the northeast African country since army chief…

West African mediator in the Mali crisis, Goodluck Jonathan,  says it was imperative for the country to return to democratic rule as soon as possible. He made the comments a day after Mali's army-dominated legislature approved a plan…

The United States Embassy in Somalia has on Monday called for a de-escalation of tensions in the Horn of Africa country after President Mohamed Abdullahi Mohamed suspended the prime minister’s powers. "We strongly urge Somalia’s leaders…

South Africa's health minister has received his coronavirus booster vaccine and urged South Africans to come forward for their jabs. Speaking to reporters in Pretoria, Joe Phahla urged citizens "to ignore those anti-vax protesters" and…

The United Nations Libya mission says that the country's parliament should amend its election law to hold both presidential and parliamentary elections on 24th December as originally envisioned in a peace plan. The House of Representatives…