Latest News for: West africa

Edit

Can the US find new partners in West Africa after Niger exit?

Al Jazeera 15 Sep 2024
... are calling a “blow” to Washington’s ambitions for influence in the troubled Sahel region of West Africa.
Edit

Delta Air Lines appoints Mary Gbobaniyi as Sales Manager, West Africa

Business Ghana 15 Sep 2024
Delta Air Lines has appointed Mary Gbobaniyi as its new Manager Sales, for West Africa ... the aviation market, "makes her an invaluable addition to Delta's leadership team in West Africa.".
Edit

MOWAA Gets Boost with Mellon Foundation’s $3 Million Grant 

This Day 15 Sep 2024
In a bid to strengthen Nigeria’s creative economy, the Mellon Foundation has donated a $3million grant to The Museum of West African Art (MOWAA) towards establishing a sustainable infrastructure for West Africa’s economic growth.
Edit

A Girl Wonder and Her Legacy of Galvanising Vision

This Day 15 Sep 2024
Her achievements include transforming the Lagos Theatre Festival into West Africa’s largest outdoor festival and founding Women in the Arts in 2015, a platform dedicated to promoting gender equality and showcasing female creatives.
Edit

State and Individual Terror in International Relations: The Implications for Global Peace and Security

This Day 15 Sep 2024
Fifthly, there is the implication of a likely rise in terrorist attacks in the foreseeable future especially in the West Africa region of Africa ... Eritrea, and Gabon in other regions of Africa. .
Edit

Endangered pygmy hippo goes viral from Thai zoo

Oelwein Daily Register 15 Sep 2024
Native to West Africa, the pygmy hippo is threatened by human activities, such as logging, mining and poaching, and there are only 2,000 to 2,500 left in the world, according to the International Union for Conservation of Nature ... sjc-rma/dhw ... .
Edit

NEW VISTAS OF OPPORTUNITIES FOR NIGERIA

This Day 15 Sep 2024
President Tinubu right there at the headquarters of CRCC promised that the Ibadan-Abuja-Kaduna-Kano railway segments will be completed and done to the satisfaction of Nigeria and West Africa at large.
Edit

‘It’s pure war’: Benin, key to fight against Haiti’s gangs, puts deployment on hold

The Spokesman-Review 15 Sep 2024
Islamic State and al-Qaida militants, for example, are currently spreading violence across West Africa, and the Pentagon has turned to coastal countries such as Benin and others in the region, to house U.S.
Edit

Fusion Fest celebrates South Bend’s immigrant entrepreneurs and international cuisines

South Bend Tribune 15 Sep 2024
That was North America ... There were also activities like a zip line and bungee trampolining outside the tents ... For Joanna Davis, a Black American designer from Chicago, fusion meant getting inspiration from the heritage of West Africa ... to 5 p.m.
Edit

The Special Representative Leonardo Santos Simão concludes his visit to Liberia

Capital Ethiopia 14 Sep 2024
As part of his continued regional engagement, the Special Representative of the Secretary-General and Head of the United Nations Office for West Africa and the Sahel (UNOWAS), Leonardo Santos Simão, concluded today a two-day visit to Liberia.
Edit

An unusual shift in the weather has turned the Sahara green

Yahoo Daily News 14 Sep 2024
El Niño – a natural climate pattern marked by warmer than average ocean temperatures in the equatorial Pacific – typically leads to drier than normal conditions in the wet portions of West and Central Africa.
Edit

Africans continue to demand meaningful reforms

Taipei Times 14 Sep 2024
Togun, managing director for public engagement at Humanity United, is a non-resident fellow at the Centre for Democracy and Development and a member of the board of Partners West Africa Nigeria.
Edit

Edun Meets World Bank Chief Over Power Sector Reforms

This Day 14 Sep 2024
... providing electricity access to 300 million people across Africa by 2030 ... Present at the meeting were World Bank Country Director for Nigeria, Ndiame Diop; Director of Infrastructure for West Africa,.
Edit

Storm tracker: Tropical Storm Gordon, Francine remnants, and another storm brewing

Usatoday 14 Sep 2024
Now located about 1,145 miles west-northwest of the Cabo Verde Islands, which lie off the west coast of Africa, Gordon is moving at about 9 mph with maximum sustained winds of 45 mph.
×