Author: Montage Africa

By Rédaction Africanews and AP Iran inaugurated a new military training base on Saturday in the centre of the capital Tehran. It’s a show of defiance in the face of American threats to ‘annihilate’ the country. The army will use the site to train volunteers in case of a ground invasion by the United States. A similar camp has been recently set up in eastern Tehran. “Regarding domestic unrest, the current capabilities of the armed forces are sufficient for now, and we do not see a need to expand those capacities,” Ali Kowsari, head of training for the paramilitary Basij…

Rebel forces in Ethiopia’s northern Tigray region have said they have temporarily withdrawn from the regional capital, Mekelle, as fighting with the national army moves towards the city. The Tigray People’s Liberation Front (TPLF), which has been running the region, said its decision to relocate was made because of concerns about risks to civilians. Two residents in Mekelle told the BBC that pro-government forces now control the city and TPLF forces have abandoned it. One resident also said mobile phone services appear to have resumed in parts of the city. Fighting has erupted in recent weeks between the TPLF and…

Dangote Petroleum & Petrochemicals was due to break ground this week in Lamu on a proposed 700,000 bpd refinery costing between $16bn and $20bn, but the project has now been dragged to court. For Dangote, this is essentially a replication of his Lagos model in East Africa. Just that this time he has made it an equity and debt structure where regional governments have been offered up to 30% equity and Kenya allocated 10%. On a $16bn project, that implies roughly $4.8bn equity and $11.2bn debt.However this is not the trigger of the frustration but the conditions that came with…

JOHANNESBURG, South Africa, 30 September 2026 -/African Media Agency(AMA)/ – How much agency does a brand actually need? It is an awkward question for an industry that has spent decades selling size as reassurance. More offices meant more reach. More people meant more capability. A global network meant someone, somewhere, had the answer. For clients, buying big felt like buying certainty. Now that certainty is open to challenge. If a smaller team can put senior decision-makers closer to the work, move faster and use AI to expand what it can deliver, what exactly does the bigger agency offer that the…

The roundtable focused on strengthening institutional and private-sector alignment, expanding HPV vaccination and exploring innovative financing solutions ABUJA, Nigeria, 30 September 2026, /African Media Agency (AMA)/ – MSD (tradename of Merck & Co., Inc., Rahway, N.J., USA (NYSE: MRK) has advocated for increased private sector engagement and partnerships as crucial to strengthening the cancer care ecosystem and expanding equitable access across prevention, screening, treatment and financing in Nigeria. MSD has underscored the critical role of private-sector collaboration in sustaining and accelerating progress in cancer prevention, screening, treatment and elimination in Nigeria. The call was made at a high-level…

My attention has just been drawn to a publication making the rounds by Dino Melaye on the NELFUND initiative. Dino Melaye, in his cluelessness, has claimed that NELFUND only pays #20,000 to students in higher institutions of learning. While we would have loved to ignore Dino Melaye’s sheer ignorance and public display of folly, it is imperative, in the interest of the national interest, to set the record straight and acquaint the public with the accurate information about the NELFUND initiative. It is rather unfortunate and pathetic to see a former student leader who, as a Senator, did not…

IBADAN, OYO STATE – The Federal Government has commenced another phase of its National Poverty Reduction with Growth Strategy (NPRDS) training and empowerment programme in Oyo State, with a target of helping five million Nigerians move out of poverty through skills acquisition, technology and entrepreneurship. Speaking on Monday at the NPRDS programme in Ibadan, the Senior Special Assistant to the President on Technical, Vocational and Entrepreneurship Education (TVEE), Dr. Abiola Arogundade, said the initiative was designed to equip Nigerians with practical skills while connecting beneficiaries to opportunities that can enable them to earn sustainable incomes. According to her, the programme,…

By AP Fear is growing in South African townships after a series of deadly shootings, with residents calling for stronger security measures as violence increasingly reaches their homes and communities. In Wedela, southwest of Johannesburg, residents say shootings linked in the past to illegal mining gangs had become a familiar concern — but the latest attack has left the community deeply shaken. Siyabonga Nondabula, local resident: “There were some shooting in the past there and between, as they’ve said Zama-Zama gangs. So now that it involves community members, and as a result of that over 17 people and even more…

By Rédaction Africanews with AFP AP Fighting in the north of Ethiopia continued to rage over the weekend, raising fears of a new humanitarian crisis in an already troubled region. Heavy clashes have resumed between the Tigray People’s Liberation Front and the federal government since Wednesday. The TPLF has seized airports and launched attacks into the neighbouring Ethiopian states of Afar and Amhara, saying they were engaged in a “defensive war” against the government of Prime Minister Abiy Ahmed. A humanitarian source estimated that at least 150,000 people have been displaced in Afar, but said it was impossible to give…

By Agencies Leopards are making a rare comeback along South Africa’s West Coast, more than 170 years after disappearing from the region. Conservationists say a small group of seven leopards, including two cubs, is now moving through a landscape that has changed significantly since the big cats were last seen here. Dr Jeannine McManus, Landmark Rewilding Trust: “So, it’s quite a landmark, historical, conservation event, spotting leopard, the last free-roaming apex predator in South Africa in most of its range, for the first time in 170 years in the site.” The return follows decades of habitat changes and the expansion…