Africa

Bank of Africa of Mali will distribute dividends to its shareholders for the first time since 2020, thank to the repairing of its financial ratios

President Mohamed Ould Ghazouani has declared that he will run for a second term in the presidential elections scheduled for June

The Savings Lives Entity, a project of UNDP and other agencies, was launched to tackle the proliferation of small arms in Ghana

STEM Sisters, a new mentoring programme, teaches coding, robotics, engineering to young girls in rural areas; according to UNICEF, only 46% of girls complete secondary education, with pregnancy and poverty as major factors

Egypt and Italy will collaborate to establish a centre for artificial intelligence in Cairo, with the aim of promoting the development and use of Ai throughout Africa; the agreement was signed in Egypt’s New Administrative Capital

Herds of endangered hippos, stuck in the mud of dried-up ponds, risk death in drought-stricken Botswana, conservation authorities made known, while at local level are calling for hippos to be relocated to reserves to protect villagers

The country has become Africa's top crude oil producer; a further increase in the price of Brent crude, to around $90 per barrel, would represent a key for recovery for the economy

March average daily crude oil production declined to 1,2 million barrels from 1,3 in February, continuing last year's trend; Nigerian oil production faces crude oil theft and pipeline vandalism causing huge losses and incalculable environmental damage

The Cuanza-Norte Provincial Department of Forestry Development Institute needs over 100 inspectors to control and prevent poaching, illegal fires and illegal exploitation of forest resources

The shipwreck of a boat with migrants off the coast of Djibouti claimed at least 16 lives; in 2023, over 700 people died along the eastern route considered by the UN agency to be 'one of the most dangerous and complex migration routes in the world'

The Talitha Koum centre breaks the taboo of autism, still little known in Burundi where autistic children are often hidden, accused of being spoilt, capricious or possessed

Central African authorities and WFP leaders are getting organised in the framework of the implementation of the school canteen programme

A training seminar has been organised in Retaj to raise awareness and train healthcare personnel on pharmacovigilance, the science of examining the adverse effects of drugs, upon initiative of the National Agency for Medicines and Medical Evacuations