The introduction of the African Continental Free Trade Area (AfCFTA) aims to help harmonise the continent’s liberalisation of trade among its member countries, creating a single market based on a framework for the free movement of people, goods and services. All 55 member countries of the African Union are... Read more

The last has not been heard of the just concluded election in Zimbabwe as riot police on Friday chased away journalists waiting for a news conference by opposition leader Nelson Chamisa. The riot policemen were shouting “out, out,” a Reuters witness said. Chamisa has questioned the outcome of Monday’s... Read more

ZANU-PF, Zimbabwe’s ruling party took an early lead over the opposition MDC-Alliance in the first election of the post-Robert Mugabe era, initial results showed. Out of the 48 parliamentary results declared so far, ZANU-PF won 37 seats, while the opposition MDC -Alliance won 11. The results were declared by... Read more

The presidents of Somalia and Eritrea on Monday signed an agreement to establish diplomatic ties after over a decade of animosity, in the latest lightning rapprochement between Horn of Africa rivals. “The two countries will establish diplomatic relations and exchange ambassadors,” read a “joint declaration on brotherly relations” signed... Read more

By: Celine Bremaud  It will take another 217 years to close the economic gender gap. This is according to the latest Global Gender Gap Report released by the World Economic Forum which found that globally, gender parity is shifting into reverse for the first time since it was first... Read more

Climate change, youth political participation, economy, security, others, top agenda Immediate past President of Ghana, John D Mahama and Spanish Former Deputy Prime Minister María Teresa Fernández de la Vega, are among dignitaries confirmed to discuss the Africa’s economic growth and Shared Prosperity of Commonwealth Member States from Africa... Read more

The African Export-Import Bank (Afreximbank) has announced the appointment of two staff members to Directorship positions to head its Communications and Events Management Department and Treasury and Markets Department respectively. Obi Emekekwue was named Director and Global Head of the Communications and Events Management Department while Chandi Mwenebungu becomes... Read more

LAGOS, Nigeria, 2 February 2018,-/African Media Agency (AMA)/- January 2018: 2017 saw an improved economic performance by the African continent compared with 2016, a trend we expect to continue into 2018. That being said, this performance was truly varied across African nations, with the strongest growth rates coming from... Read more

  From Dianabasi Effiong   Gov. Ben Ayade, of Cross River has charged the United Nations to ensure that the crisis in Southern Cameroon which forced thousands of residents to flee into Nigeria especially Cross River did not escalate into humanitarian crisis.   Ayade stated this when he received... Read more