NOUADHIBOU, Mauritania, July 23, 2026/APO Group/ — Just 38 people, out of around 190, have survived an horrific attempt to cross by boat from western Africa to the Canary Islands. The survivors disembarked at Nouadhibou, Mauritania, on 18 July, where Médecins Sans Frontières (MSF) teams assisted them on arrival. The deadly incident highlights the perils…
ACCRA, Ghana, July 23, 2026/APO Group/ — President John Dramani Mahama has called on African heads of state to significantly increase domestic healthcare funding, warning that the continent’s reliance on foreign aid has become an unsustainable and urgent vulnerability. Speaking at the opening of the African Union’s Extraordinary Summit on Universal Health Coverage and ending…
ACCRA, Ghana, July 23, 2026/APO Group/ — The Chairperson of the African Union (AU) Commission, Mahmoud Ali Youssouf, has agreed on the need to address growing concerns over rising xenophobic attacks on foreign nationals in South Africa at the next AU summit. His commitment came after bilateral talks with President John Dramani Mahama, who reiterated…
JOHANNESBURG, South Africa, July 23, 2026/APO Group/ — South Africa’s major industrial energy consumers and the broader C&I energy sector will once again share a platform this October, as the EIUG Conference co-locates with the C&I Energy + Storage Summit Johannesburg on 28–29 October 2026 at The Maslow Hotel, Sandton in Johannesburg. The partnership between…
HOUSTON, United States of America, July 23, 2026/APO Group/ — Venezuela Energy Week will host an Industry Showcase in Houston on August 18, 2026: a targeted industry roadshow designed to engage U.S. energy stakeholders ahead of the October summit. Held at The Post Oak Hotel, the showcase will convene senior representatives from across the U.S….
ACCRA, Ghana, July 23, 2026/APO Group/ — Ahead of the Ecclesial Assembly of the Church in 2028, the Symposium of Episcopal Conferences of Africa and Madagascar (SECAM) (www.SECAM.org) is organising from 3th to 5th August 2026 in Addis Ababa, Ethiopia, the First Preparatory Seminar on the theme “The Synodal Church in Africa: Journeying Towards the…
