Nigeria has recorded its first Ebola case of Africa's latest outbreak, in a woman who had travelled from Uganda to the capital Abuja, the government confirmed on Tuesday.

More than 50 years after it formed, Senegalese band Orchestra Baobab is still getting audiences dancing and is now counting on a new generation of musicians to carry on its legacy. The Afro-Cuban and west African fusion group is about to release "Made in Senegal," its first album in nearly ten years

Climate and biodiversity crises are interconnected and require coordinated government action. PHOTO/GREENPEACE. By PATRICK MAYOYO Greenpeace has urged governments attending the UN Biodiversity Conference (CBD COP17) to move beyond acknowledging failures and adopt concrete measures to halt biodiversity loss and prevent irreversible ecosystem collapse, warning that the world is falling dangerously behind its 2030 nature protection targets. The environmental organisation said the summit must deliver decisive action on financing, harmful subsidies and policies driving the destruction of nature, as governments prepare to assess collective progress under the Kunming-Montreal Global Biodiversity Framework (KM-GBF). Four years after the framework was adopted, CBD COP17 will conclude the Convention’s first Global Review of progress towards its goals and targets, providing a critical assessment of whether countries are on course to meet their commitments. An Lambrechts, head of the Greenpeace ...

Nikol Pashinyan, Prime Minister of Armenia. PHOTO/ IISD/ENB – Mike Muzurakis. By PATRICK MAYOYO Governments gathering for the 2026 United Nations Biodiversity Conference face a critical test: whether international commitments to halt and reverse the destruction of nature can be translated into measurable progress before the end of the decade. The conference, which opened in Yerevan, Armenia, today, will host the first global review of collective progress in implementing the Kunming-Montreal Global Biodiversity Framework (GBF). Adopted in 2022, the agreement sets out 23 targets for 2030 and four long-term goals for 2050. The review comes at a pivotal moment. Although countries have made progress in establishing national biodiversity commitments, implementation remains uneven. The global assessment of biodiversity action brings together national reports and other evidence to examine how far countries have progressed towards the framework’s objectives. The challenge for delegates is t...

At least 153 people have been killed in a drone strike on a market in the disputed Abyei region, where a fire at a nearby fuel depot continued to burn on Tuesday. Local officials blamed Sudan’s military for Monday’s attack, which also left dozens injured. 

Cédric Kouamé travels across Ivory Coast to collect old vinyl records before restoring them. The Ivorian DJ hopes to bring national attention to his passion through an official centre dedicated to the country's historical archives, as FRANCE 24's team on the ground reports.

A Kaspersky-commissioned survey highlights how relatives and friends help older people use technology. For South African banks and digital-service providers, the findings raise practical questions about accessibility, customer support and account control.

Virgin Atlantic plans to increase Johannesburg–London Heathrow services to ten weekly flights from December 2026 until late March 2027. Daily Airbus A350-1000 operations return on 25 October.

An independent public-interest assessment | Imo 2027 | October 19, 2026 Dr. Reginald Amadi: The Outsider’s Wager A Maryland care-services executive from Emekuku wants the APC ticket for Douglas House. This installment weighs the record behind the bid, the questions it has left unanswered and what winning would require. RESEARCH · CONCEPT · INVESTIGATION · […]

The Kanu File: What the Courts Ordered, and What Tinubu Withheld Two Nigerian courts awarded Nnamdi Kanu N1.5 billion and a published apology in 2022. This overview sets out the orders, the law that binds the federal government to them, what the public record shows on payment, and the plan of the 21 parts that […]