MSF Concludes Kano Diphtheria Emergency Response After Treating 14,700 Children

MSF Concludes Kano Diphtheria Emergency Response After Treating 14,700 Children

[mc4wp_form id=33047] Médecins Sans Frontières (MSF), also known as Doctors Without Borders, has ended its emergency diphtheria response in Kano State after nearly three years of intervention, during which it treated more than 14,700 children and supported the vaccination of over 835,000 others against the disease. The humanitarian organisation announced the conclusion of the emergency…

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Renew Capital Narrows 500+ African Companies to 15 Embedded Finance Investment Candidates

Renew Capital Narrows 500+ African Companies to 15 Embedded Finance Investment Candidates

KIGALI, Rwanda, July 9, 2026/APO Group/ — Renew Capital (http://RenewCapital.com/) has selected 15 companies from more than 500 applicants across 48 African countries to advance through its inaugural Renew Venture Lab: EmFi Series. The size and breadth of the applicant pool point to a larger shift underway across Africa: some of the continent’s most promising…

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U.S. Strikes 170 Iranian Targets In Two Nights—CENTCOM

U.S. Strikes 170 Iranian Targets In Two Nights—CENTCOM

[mc4wp_form id=33047] United States Central Command (CENTCOM) has announced that American forces struck more than 170 targets across Iran over two consecutive nights, in what it described as retaliation for Iranian attacks on commercial vessels transiting the Strait of Hormuz, as the fragile ceasefire between the two countries completely collapsed. CENTCOM said its forces initiated…

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Makor Resources Chief Executive Officer (CEO) to Speak at African Mining Week (AMW)  2026 Amid M Copper Strategy and Artisanal and Small-Scale Miners (ASM)  Formalization Drive

Makor Resources Chief Executive Officer (CEO) to Speak at African Mining Week (AMW) 2026 Amid $30M Copper Strategy and Artisanal and Small-Scale Miners (ASM) Formalization Drive

CAPE TOWN, South Africa, July 9, 2026/APO Group/ — Brooke Bibeault, CEO of copper-focused exploration and development company Makor Resources, has been confirmed as a speaker at African Mining Week (AMW) 2026, taking place October 14–16 in Cape Town. The event brings together global mining investors, developers and policymakers to discuss opportunities shaping Africa’s next…

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