17 African Countries Back Reforms To Expand Electricity Access — World Bank

Seventeen African governments have endorsed reforms and action plans to expand electricity access under Mission 300, the World Bank has said. The World Bank Group and African Development Bank Group lead the initiative, which aims to connect 300...

Ghana Re-Elected as ANCA Chair for Second Term, Steering Africa’s Cybersecurity Ambitions Into a Defining Phase

In Rabat on 17 September 2025, the 6th meeting of the African Network of Cybersecurity Authorities (ANCA) delivered a signal moment: member states unanimously re-elected Ghana as chair for a second term, extending its leadership through what could...

Top Trump Africa Aide: Sudan’s Warring Parties Near Talks

Warring parties in Sudan are nearing direct talks to end one of the world’s worst humanitarian crises, according to Massad Boulos, President Donald Trump’s senior advisor for Africa. The US is holding discussions with the Sudanese military and...

Sought by luxury labels, Nigerian leather reclaims home market

Most Nigerian leather, often semi-finished, is exported to Europe and Asia and turned into luxury items bearing international brand labels, with zero trace of its origins. But with her homegrown brand, Isi Omiyi creates high-end pieces to try to...

Q&A-Africa's internet shutdowns double in less than a decade

What’s the context? Internet shutdowns doubled across Africa since 2016, with governments using blackouts to control information and suppress dissent. NAIROBI - Internet shutdowns across Africa have doubled in less than a decade, plunging millions...

New FAO-EU initiative will boost vulnerable populations’ access to aquatic foods

The Food and Agriculture Organization of the United Nations (FAO) and the European Union (EU) today launched an initiative to increase access to safe and nutritious aquatic foods for vulnerable populations in Africa and Latin America while...

Nigeria Recommits to Climate Action, Just Energy Transition at Landmark Regional Conference

Michael Olugbode in Abuja Nigeria has reaffirmed its leadership in tackling climate change, pledging bold action on climate resilience and a just energy transition. At the opening of the inaugural WASCAL International Conference on Climate Change...

Trump's tariffs: What's in effect and what could be in store?

US President Donald Trump | Photo Credit: EVELYN HOCKSTEIN US President Donald Trump has launched a global trade war with an array of tariffs that target individual products and countries. Trump has set a baseline tariff of 10 per cent on all...

Osinbajo arrives Côte d’Ivoire to lead ECOWAS election observers

The Head of the Economic Community of West African States Election Observation Mission for Côte d’Ivoire’s upcoming presidential election, Professor Yemi Osinbajo, arrived in Abidjan on Monday afternoon to lead the regional bloc’s efforts in...

Lawyer: $309 billion lawsuit by Malawi against Vancouver-based gem wholesaler essentially dismissed

The African nation of Malawi’s bid to seek $309 billion from a Vancouver gem wholesaler appears to be at its end. U.S. District Court Judge David Estudillo issued a new decision in the case Monday, overriding a previous decision allowing the...

Joint Communiqué Of ECOWAS, AU Election Observation Missions

The Economic Community of West African States (ECOWAS) and the African Union (AU) announce the arrival, on 20th October 2025, of their Joint Election Observation Mission to the 25th October 2025 presidential election, in the Republic of Côte...

Airtime Purchases Made Up 57% of CEMAC Mobile Money Transactions in 2023 (BEAC)

(Business in Cameroon) - Mobile Money payments across the six CEMAC countries rose by 36.33% in 2023, reaching 2.961 trillion CFA francs, up from 2.172 trillion in 2022, according to a recent report on payment services by the Bank of Central...

ARCN pledges to strengthen agric research Institutes, colleges 

The Executive Secretary of the Agricultural Research Council of Nigeria (ARCN), Dr. Abubakar Adamu Dabban, has reaffirmed the federal government’s commitment to address challenges bedeviling the agricultural research institutes and federal...

Nigerian Militants Increasingly Employ Digital Warfare

Executive Summary Militant groups in Northern Nigeria, including Boko Haram and ISWAP, increasingly exploit encrypted messaging apps, social media algorithms, and AI tools to recruit, radicalize, and coordinate. Nigeria’s counterterrorism response...

America’s Millionaires and Billionaires vs. Other Top Countries

Mapped: Financing Risk by Country in 2025 This was originally posted on our Voronoi app. Download the app for free on iOS or Android and discover incredible data-driven charts from a variety of trusted sources. Key Takeaways Most countries (90)...

9 Countries Where Tourists Rarely Return for a Second Visit

Tourism rarely provides the perfect vacation experience that compels travelers to book return trips to the same destination. While some nations build thriving repeat visitor bases, others struggle to encourage tourists to come back for more. The...

Community Events Calendar: Oct. 24 through Nov.1

Time, date, location subject to change. Check veronapress.com for updates. Drug Take Back 8-10 a.m., Verona Senior Center, 108 Paoli St. Help create a safer community by bringing your unused or expired medications to the Drug Take Back event....

Will Whites Ever Learn?

Subscribe to future audio versions of AmRen articles here. The Fate of Africa: From the Hopes of Freedom to the Heart of Despair, by Martin Meredith, Public Affairs Press, 2005, 752 pp. At close to 800 pages, The Fate of Africa is a huge book...

Poland officially endorses Morocco's Autonomy Plan, describing it as ‘serious and realistic’

Diplomatic statement between Poland and Morocco International support and opening of consulates in the Moroccan Sahara Diplomatic and economic relations between Poland and Morocco Trade between Morocco and the European Union in 2024 Poland...

UN liquidity crisis: analysis of contributions paid by UN Member States by date of payment (2019-2025)

This analysis is regularly updated and serves as complementary information to ISHR’s report ‘Budget Battles at the UN: How States try to Defund Human Rights’ launched on 21 October 2025. Funding the UN’s regular budget The UN’s regular budget...