ALGIERS, Algeria (MNTV) — Algeria will host the 4th Intra-African Trade Fair (IATF 2025) from September 4 to 10, in what is expected to be the event’s most ambitious edition yet, bringing together thousands of businesses, investors, and innovators from across the continent. Under the theme “A Gateway to New Opportunities”, the fair will take [...
KINSHASA, Congo (MNTV) — The Democratic Republic of the Congo has acquired more than 100 armoured vehicles from Abu Dhabi–based International Golden Group in one of its largest recent military purchases, officials said Tuesday. The $70 million deal includes Kasser II mine-resistant, ambush-protected vehicles designed to withstand blasts from e...
UNITED NATIONS (MNTV) — The United Nations has sounded the alarm over famine and a cholera outbreak in the besieged Sudanese city of El Fasher, where more than 60 people — mostly women and children — died from malnutrition in just one week. The U.N. Office for the Coordination of Humanitarian Affairs (OCHA) says El […]
ABUJA, Nigeria (MNTV) — Nigeria’s government, with World Bank financing, plans to roll out a 90,000-kilometre fibre optic network to expand broadband access nationwide. The initiative — called Building Resilient Digital Infrastructure for Growth (BRIDGE) — will be implemented as a public-private partnership and managed by a special-purpose com...
Egypt, Nigeria, Algeria and Morocco turn to sukuk — Sharia-compliant alternatives to bonds — for budgets and infrastructure CAIRO/ABUJA/ALGIERS/RABAT (MNTV) — Four of Africa’s five largest economies have recently turned to sukuk, Islamic finance certificates structured to comply with Sharia law, as part of efforts to attract a broader pool of ...
MOGADISHU, Somalia (MNTV) — Somalia has relaunched its national carrier, Somali Airlines, more than 30 years after the airline ceased operations following the outbreak of civil war in 1991 — a symbolic and strategic move that officials say marks a new chapter in the country’s development. The revival, announced by Somalia’s Minister of Transpo...
ADDIS ABABA, Ethiopia (MNTV) — Nigeria has unveiled a sweeping South-South cooperation initiative aimed at tackling climate change and accelerating technology exchange among developing nations, including an ambitious plan to plant 25 billion trees under its Green Legacy Programme. Vice President Kashim Shettima announced the program following ...
ABUJA, Nigeria (MNTV) — In celebration of Nelson Mandela Day 2025, Marvelous Ruona Otarigho, a former participant in Nigeria’s mandatory National Youth Service Corps (NYSC) program, has built and donated a fully equipped science laboratory to Government Junior Secondary School in Life Camp, Abuja — a school that previously had no such facility...
JOHANNESBURG / NEW YORK / PALESTINE (MNTV) — On Friday, the world once again unites to honor the towering legacy of Nelson Rolihlahla Mandela, South Africa’s beloved icon of justice and human dignity. Declared by the United Nations General Assembly in 2009, Nelson Mandela International Day marks the birthday of the man who dedicated 67 [&helli...
TEHRAN, Iran (MNTV) — Iran’s trade with African nations has witnessed significant growth in the first quarter of 2025, with exports rising by 85 percent compared to the same period last year, according to the Trade Promotion Organization (TPO). Mohammad-Reza Safari, who heads the Africa Department at TPO, said that the country’s trade balance ...
