Africa

KINSHASA, Democratic Republic of the Congo, July 29, 2026/APO Group/ — The United Nations World Food Programme (WFP) is urgently scaling up food assistance, logistics, telecommunications and air services in eastern Democratic Republic of the Congo (DRC), where Ebola has evolved from a localized health emergency into the fastest-spreading outbreak on record. Ebola is not…

LUANDA, Angola, July 29, 2026/APO Group/ — International energy company Chevron will bring a senior executive delegation to Angola Oil & Gas (AOG) 2026, with leaders spanning global exploration, regional operations and commercial strategy participating at the conference. As a Gold Sponsor, the company’s presence reflects both the scale of its investment in Angola and…

JOHANNESBURG, South Africa, July 29, 2026/APO Group/ — The African Energy Chamber (AEC) (https://EnergyChamber.org) will conduct a three-day working visit to Venezuela on August 3-5, 2026, reinforcing its support for the country’s energy sector reforms and advocating for increased international investment in oil, natural gas and associated infrastructure. Led by Executive Chairman NJ Ayuk, the AEC…

Source: African Development Bank Group (AfDB) | Jul 16, 2026 Africa holds about 30% of the world’s most critical mineral deposits, including cobalt, lithium, graphite, rare earths, platinum group metals, copper, manganese, and nickel African ministers, representatives from continental institutions, the private sector, and development partners have called for Africa’s critical minerals to drive a…

KINSHASA, Democratic Republic of the Congo, July 29, 2026/APO Group/ — Deployed in the Democratic Republic of the Congo since August 2003, the Bangladeshi Aviation Unit is one of the cornerstones of MONUSCO’s air operations. Its crews regularly carry out medical evacuations for Congolese soldiers wounded in combat, as well as civilians requiring urgent assistance…

LOMÉ, Togo, July 29, 2026/APO Group/ — Fish feeds families, pays school fees and holds communities together along Togo’s coast and inland waters. Whether it continues to do so depends less on what the country’s policies say than on whether they are implemented — and that is the question stakeholders have come to Lomé to…