Ethiopia Ranks Near Bottom On Global Housing Affordability Index
Only Syria and Cuba rank lower than Ethiopia on a recently published global index on income and property prices, highlighting the massive gap between income and housing costs in Addis Ababa and elsewhere. According to Numbeo, a crowd-sourced online database…
Tinubu Hosts ECOWAS Leaders As 67th Summit Opens In Abuja
President Bola Tinubu, on Sunday, received West African leaders at the 67th Ordinary Session of the Authority of Heads of State and Government of the Economic Community of West African States (ECOWAS), held at the Banquet Hall of the State…
Nigeria to host 4th AU MSME forum
Nigeria is set to host the 4th African Union (AU) MSME Forum in Abuja from Monday, June 23 to Friday, June 27, 2025, as stakeholders across Africa gather to address critical challenges facing small businesses, particularly access to affordable financing,…
Nigeria’s first female fighter pilot shines in Ghana
Flt. Lt. Kafayat Sanni, Nigeria’s first female fighter pilot, has made history at the prestigious Ghana Armed Forces Command and Staff College, Accra. Sanni emerged as the Best Allied Student and won the Best Assistant Commandant Paper award at…
Senegal women’s basketball team members denied US visas, prime minister says
The Senegalese women’s basketball team have finished either first or second in four of the last five AfroBasket championships over the last decade and has won 11 titles in total. Senegal scraps US training after visa denials Five players,…
First batch of Ghanaians living in Iran evacuated to Turkey
First batch of Ghanaians living in Iran evacuated to Turkey The Ministry of Foreign Affairs has announced that the government has successfully evacuated the first batch of Ghanaians living in Iran to Turkey. This form part of measures put…
IMF wants Zim to take bold steps ahead of SMP
THE International Monetary Fund (IMF) says its supervised economic reform plan on Zimbabwe, the Staff Monitored Programme (SMP), will begin once the country has taken “decisive steps” to address policy issues, dealing a major blow to re-engagement efforts. Zimbabwe…
Tanzania launches modern copper processing plant
Tanzania has officially launched the country’s first modern copper processing plant, marking a milestone in placing Tanzania on the global copper production map, the Ministry of Minerals said in a statement Thursday. The plant, inaugurated Wednesday by Prime Minister…
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Former Vice President, Dr. Mahamudu Bawumia has described as “significant” over 60 New Patriotic Party (NPP) Members of Parliament (MPs) who visited him at his office in Accra to declare support for Bawumia to become flagbearer. According to the former…
We serve a nation that doesn’t value us: Kenya’s nursing exodus reaches catastrophic levels
Despite Kenya’s acute nurse shortage, thousands of qualified nurses sit idle—trapped between a broken hiring system and a government pushing them to leave the country. What you need to know: Kenyans account for 6.5 per cent of all African applicants…