Africa

The Ministry of Petroleum has officially launched the country's first round of oil and gas licences

African Development Bank has announced that the $430 million highway project linking Bamenda to Nigerian city Enugu will be completed by this year

Ancient animal tracks nearly two million years old were accidentally discovered by two Heriot-Watt University scientists during geological fieldwork in the famous Olduvai Gorge

An assessment update by the Afrobarometer Observatory shows worsening unemployment, poverty and access to healthcare and clean water, while progress is being made in education and gender equality in financial control

The Union de la Presse Francophone Djibouti has organized the press award ceremony, with several winners from the print, audiovisual and online media who stood out for the quality of their reporting and production

The UN World Food Program (WFP) has warned how 1.14 million inhabitants are being forced to the brink of starvation by climate change, while people are reportedly eating cactus leaves as a source of food and water

Nearly $10 million from the Abu Dhabi Fund for Development (ADFD) will fund a garment production unit to provide a livelihood for families in the country, build a student dormitory and two health centers for women and children

Amnesty International's Senior Campaigner for West and Central Africa recalled that there are hundreds of prisoners locked up for years, unable to receive visits from their lawyers and families

"for a world free from hunger and malnutrition", the government is ready to work with the EU and the French Agency for Development (AFD), as the technical advisor to the Minister of Agriculture and Rural Equipment said

Eight members of the Olympic team are under quarantine in Japan until the beginning of July, after a coach tested positive for coronavirus on arrival

The Radiological and Medical Sciences Research Institute of the Ghana Atomic Energy Commission wants to establish a laboratory for studies in human papillomavirus (HPV) and cervical cancer, to reduce the country's cancer burden

The future of Air Seychelles and the impact of the airline's financial situation on government finances and the national economy was addressed during a meeting of the Financial Stability Committee

VACSERA complex for biological products and vaccines in the city of Sixth of October will be the largest vaccine production complex in the MEA region - the has been confirmed after the visit of the Minister of Health and Population