Tag: African Union (AU)

Despite joining forces and pooling funds to acquire doses, Africa’s 30 per cent vaccination goal by year-end seems unattainable.

Soldiers in the West African country of Guinea overthrew the civilian government, while the continent was still savouring its Zambian ...

Many African states are digging their heels in at Israel’s return to the African Union as an observer.

The Sahel has had the unfortunate task of shouldering the burden emanating from the repercussions of the civil strife in ...

This first book on Africa’s soft power, showing the author’s quest to Africanise the concept, is commendable in light of ...

I doff my hat to Jeffrey Sachs, even if he is more accommodative of Africa's bad leadership. After all, African ...

The vaccines will be strategically deployed to cover areas that have difficult terrains, the official said.

South Africa called the move "shocking" and said it was “appalled” by the AU Commission’s decision to grant Israel observer ...

In 2017, African leaders adopted the “AU Master Roadmap (AUMR) of Practical Steps to Silencing the Guns in Africa by ...

In Nigeria, WhatsApp users do not have a choice and have to comply with the new privacy policy. As such, ...

Thus far, there is a general apprehension that the private sector has not been adequately engaged in the AfCFTA to ...

In a statement issued in Lagos, the organisations condemned the government’s action as a violation of international norms and standards.

Adesina argues that there is no continent without its own peculiar problems and that anyone with an eye on the ...

The Africa CDC, the specialised healthcare agency of the African Union (AU), said the death toll related to the pandemic ...

Nigerians deserve railway stations that are both modern and also attuned to the significance of their heritage, culture and history.

Dr. Ngozi Okonjo-Iweala is going to the WTO to save the organisation  and the rest of the world. Africans have high ...

President Buhari is deeply respected within the sub-region and the rest of Africa. He is measured in speaking but firm ...

Powerful countries should end these needless vaccine wars and save lives by opening warehouses for the vaccines to flow through ...

Nigeria's situation at the AfDB foreshadowed what would eventually play out at the WTO, with respect to the candidacy of ...

Ambassador Bankole Adeoye At the AU Summit this week, which ended on February 7, Nigeria contested ...

"The imperative for the immunisation of 60 percent of Africans with safe and secure vaccines cannot be overemphasized."

Salem wrapped up with his submission that Nigeria as an African leader must play its role to “defend the shared ...

Noting that vaccines are costly, Ms Pandor, however, stressed that all countries must get vaccines and must get them speedily.

The U.S. has insisted on South Korea’s candidate for the WTO position.

"This has drawn renewed attention to the reality of widespread foreign security operations in Africa."