Ecowas envoy leaves Mali without deal on poll date
Former Nigerian President Goodluck Jonathan has ended a two-day visit to Mali without any agreement on a date for elections to return the country to...
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Women’s rights organization calls on Uhuru to end cross-border FGM
Women’s rights organization, Equality Now has called on Kenya’s President Uhuru Kenyatta who is also the Chairperson of the East African Community and Ghana’s President...
Guinea’s ousted president in good health, Ecowas says
Guinea’s ousted President Alpha Condé is in good health, leaders of the West African regional bloc Ecowas say. Its envoys visited Mr Condé, who was detained...
West African leaders suspend Guinea following coup
Guinea has been suspended from the West African regional bloc Ecowas following the coup that overthrew President Alpha Condé on Sunday, Burkina Faso’s Foreign Minister...
Kenya to host first CARICOM-Africa Summit on Tuesday
Kenya will make history on Tuesday when it hosts the inaugural CARICOM-Africa Summit. President Uhuru Kenyatta will chair the virtual event under the theme ‘Unity...
EAC launches 50 Million African Women Speak Networking platform
The East African Community (EAC) has kicked-off national launches of the 50 Million African Women Speak Networking Platform (50MAWS), a digital platform aimed at empowering...
African leaders condemn Mali coup, demand immediate release of detained president
African Heads of State have strongly condemned the Tuesday military coup in Mali during which President Ibrahim Boubacar Keïta was seized by mutinying soldiers. Led...
COMESA to launch women’s digital networking platform
The Common Market for Eastern and Southern Africa (COMESA) this week started conducting national launches of a digital platform specifically designed to address the information...
COMESA, EAC and ECOWAS launch platform to connect women
A digital platform specifically designed to address the information needs of women in business and connect them via a custom-built social networking tool has been...
African Continental FTA Negotiations – the end game
At their last summit, this July, the African presidents re-iterated their determination to launch the Continental Free Trade Area (CFTA) this year, that is, by...