African youth promote SDGs at UNGA in New York

African youth promote SDGs at UNGA in New York

Young African leaders were in New York City on Saturday to promote the United Nations Sustainable Development Goals, promoting the SDGs at their midpoint on the way to 2030 and ahead of this week’s SDG summit, an event held along with the annual UN General Assembly. Members of the African…

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Nigeria prepares for floods due to Cameroon dam releases

Nigeria prepares for floods due to Cameroon dam releases

Nigeria’s emergency management agency says it’s keeping close watch on river levels, following the decision in neighboring Cameroon to release water from the Lagdo Dam. Humanitarian affairs minister Betta Edu has recommended that frontline communities living in about a dozen states along the Benue River should begin preparing for high…

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Niger coup opposition emerges as ECOWAS plans new meeting

A former Tuareg rebel leader has formed the Council of Resistance for the Republic (CRR) movement in Niger, in order to support besieged President Mohamed Bazoum and restore the government displaced by the July 26 coup. Rhissa Ag Boula said Wednesday in a CRR statement that his group supports the…

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Coup in Niger met with protests, diplomatic condemnation

The Economic Community of West African States (ECOWAS) planned to send the president of Benin, Patrice Talon, to Niger to assist with negotiations over a coup to remove President Mohamed Bazoum, who remained in military custody in the presidential palace. The coup actors took to live television late Wednesday to…

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Progress moves forward on Nigeria Morocco Gas Pipeline

West African nations have signed new memoranda of understanding (MOUs) in support of the Nigeria Morocco Gas Pipeline Project, even as other pipeline projects on the African continent come under fire because of the global priority to halt investment in gas and oil exploration and move away from fossil fuel…

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Tinubu begins his term as Nigeria’s new president

Nigeria’s new president began his tenure on Tuesday, following an inaugural ceremony in Abuja in which he vowed to step up security efforts and address jobs and the economy. “My primary foreign policy objective must be the peace and stability of the West African subregion and the African continent,” said…

Laureen Fagan

Laureen is the editor of Africa Times

Nigerian leaders confirm moon sighting, mark the start of Ramadan

Nigerians will begin their observance of Ramadan on Thursday, following an announcement from the Nigerian Supreme Council for Islamic Affairs (NSCIA) and its National Moon Sighting Committee that the crescent moon was observed, marking the start of the holy month of fasting and prayer. “May Allah make it a blessed…

Laureen Fagan

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Nigeria’s opposition candidates reject Tinubu election victory

Opposition leaders in Nigeria have disputed the results of an election that placed Bola Ahmed Tinubu into the presidency, following an early-morning announcement of the final results by Mahmood Yakubu of the Independent National Electoral Commission (INEC). Tinubu, the All Progressives Congress (APC) party candidate supported by outgoing President Muhammadu…

Laureen Fagan

Laureen is the editor of Africa Times

INEC chief says Nigeria is ready for next month’s presidential election

It’s just 38 days until national elections in Nigeria, and Mahmood Yakubu, head of the country’s Independent National Electoral Commission (INEC), assured Tuesday that his organization is prepared to meet the challenge of managing 93.4 million registered voters as the February 25 elections move ahead as scheduled. Yakubu, speaking at…

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Laureen is the editor of Africa Times