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26/09/2025

Kenyan President William Ruto has strongly criticized the United Nations of sidelining Africa in key international decisions on peace, security, and development.

“You cannot call it the United Nations while excluding the voices of 54 nations,” Ruto told the UN during the UN General Assembly.

“Africa will no longer stay on the sidelines as others decide on peace, security, and development without us. Ignoring Africa is unfair, unjust, and damages the UN’s credibility,” he said.

“Africa is central to the Security Council’s work, provides major peacekeepers, and suffers most from instability, yet we have no permanent seat,” he said.

26/09/2025

Burkina Faso, Mali and Niger set to establish a unified parliament to overse political affairs.

The Alliance of Sahel States are on the verge to establish a joint confederal parliament.

The Alliance, which comprises of Mali, Burkina Faso and Niger will have a unified parliament that will oversee their political and economic affairs.

The three Sahel States have also left the International Criminal Court, citing bias against Africans.

The Alliance will also establish a joint court in wake of their recent decision to leave the International Criminal Court.

21/09/2025

Kenya is the first country in the world to win all Distance Events at the 2025 World Championships.

800 meters champion - Lilian Odira

1,500 meters champion - Faith Kipyegon

3,000 meters steeplechase champion - Faith Cherotich

5, 000 meters champion - Beatrice Chebet

10,000 meters champion - Beatrice Chebet

Marathon champion - Peres Jepchirchir

21/09/2025

Botswana Makes History in Tokyo

Botswana 🇧🇼 has won Africa’s first-ever gold in the men’s 4x400m relay at the World Championships.

The team of Lee Bhekimpilo Eppie, Letsile Tebogo, Bayapo Ndori, and Busang Collen Kebinatshipi clocked 2:57.76 to become world champions.

South Africa 🇿🇦 also shined, taking bronze in the same event.

A historic moment for Botswana.

20/09/2025

Popular YouTuber Wode Maya Receives Ghana’s Diplomatic Passport

Ghana has officially honored Wode Maya, a renowned travel vlogger, and YouTuber, with a diplomatic passport, recognizing his significant contributions to positively promoting Africa globally.

This comes after Australia denied Wode Maya a visa to travel there.

Wode Maya is one of Africa’s biggest media personalities. He is known for his YouTube videos, where he uses the camera to change the distorted narrative about Africa.

He has traveled to over 30 African countries, documenting the continent’s diverse cultures, landscapes, and success stories.

20/09/2025

Nigeria Adds Chinese Mandarin to Its Senior Secondary School Curriculum

Nigeria has added Mandarin Chinese to its senior secondary school curriculum.

Nigeria joins other African countries such as South Africa, Uganda, Tanzania, and Kenya, where Mandarin Chinese has already been integrated into schools.

Ghana and Rwanda are also on track to incorporate Mandarin into their school curricula.

Mandarin, French, and Arabic are now optional subjects in the Nigerian senior secondary school curriculum.

The Nigerian government says it aims to boost cultural exchange and prepare Nigerian students for global competitiveness.

As of 2025, there are over 5,000 Nigerian students enrolled in Chinese universities.

20/09/2025

Busang Collen Kebinatshipi Becomes Botswana's First Men’s World Champion with 400-Meter Win in Tokyo

Botswana’s 21-year-old Collen Kebinatshipi has made history by becoming the country’s first men’s world champion.

He won the 400-meter final with a world-leading national record of 43.53 seconds.

In doing so, he became Botswana's first-ever world champion in a men’s event at the World Athletics Championships.

His fellow Batswana, Bayapo Ndori, finished third, winning the bronze medal with an impressive time of 44.20 seconds.

20/09/2025

Dangote Refinery Exports Nigeria's First-ever Petrol to the United States

Dangote Refinery, Africa's largest oil refinery, has successfully exported its first petrol shipment to the United States.

Around 320,000 barrels of petrol were shipped from Lagos port and arrived at New York Harbor.

This marks the first-ever direct shipment of refined petrol from Nigeria to the United States.

Additionally, Dangote Refinery shipped three more petrol cargoes to the United States within just 10 days.

Congratulations to Aliko Dangote, keep making Africa proud! 👏

20/09/2025

Burkina Faso, Mali, and Niger Leave the United Nations’ International Criminal Court

The Alliance of Sahel States — Burkina Faso, Mali, and Niger, has officially agreed to withdraw from the International Criminal Court (ICC).

The three Sahel nations stated that their decision to leave the ICC is based on what they describe as the court’s bias against African countries.

The Justice Ministers of Mali, Burkina Faso, and Niger met in Niger’s capital, Niamey, this week and approved the move, noting that they have already begun preparing the formal exit documents.

In place of the ICC, Burkina Faso, Mali, and Niger will establish their own tribunal, which they have named the Sahel Criminal Court for Human Rights.

The court will be based in Bamako, Mali, and will focus on cases related to terrorism, organized crime, and human rights.

18/09/2025

Talented Nigerian UK-Based Artist Adaeze Adinnu Celebrates Jason Jackson, the First Nigerian-born Mayor of Islington Borough, United Kingdom

Jason Jackson was elected as the Mayor of Islington London Borough Council, becoming the first Nigerian-born and the first Black person to hold the office since the borough’s establishment in 1900.

Jackson, who previously served as a councillor and committee chair, takes on the mayoral role after a steady rise through local government. His election marks a significant milestone for both the Nigerian community in the United Kingdom and the borough’s history.

To commemorate the achievement, Nigerian UK-based multi-award-winning artist Adaeze Adinnu unveiled a new painting of Mayor Jackson. Adinnu, known for her symbolic and culturally rooted works, described the image as “the rise of the phoenix.”

Adinnu has gained recognition in Nigeria and the UK art scene for celebrating African excellence and highlighting moments of Black achievement through her craft. Her painting of Jackson, she told The African Dream's Abu Bakarr Jalloh, reflects resilience and renewal, representing a broader story of Africans and people of African descent breaking barriers in leadership.

"The phoenix is a legendary bird that rises anew from its ashes. It embodies the struggle and triumph of Black people across the world — and that’s what Mayor Jackson has shown us," said Adaeze Adinnu.

Adaeze said her painting of “the phoenix” reflects not only Jackson’s personal rise to becoming Mayor of Islington, but also the collective journey of Nigerians, Africans, and the entire Black diaspora toward leadership and recognition in global spaces.

15/09/2025

Burkina Faso President Captain Ibrahim Traoré has handed over 764 heavy-duty machines to support infrastructure in major cities and towns.

They were handed over to the Faso Mêbo Presidential Initiative, an initiative launched by Traoré to strengthen the sovereignty of Burkina Faso and stop relying on foreign donors.

The machines include, among others: 4x4 pickup trucks, recycling machines, concrete mixers, crane trucks, dump trucks, tanker trucks, mobile projectors, and graders.

The Burkina Faso government self-funded the purchase of the machines with zero loans taken from the IMF, World Bank, or western financial institutions.

15/09/2025

South Africa's 2010 FIFA World Cup has been ranked as the greatest World Cup of all time by Sport Bible.

The 2010 FIFA World Cup in South Africa was the first ever World Cup hosted in Africa.

Over 3 million people attended the matches in South Africa.

South Africa hosted the World Cup in 9 different cities and 10 stadiums.

Over 3.2 billion people (almost half the world’s population at the time) watched it online and on TV.

The Final between Spain and the Netherlands was watched live by over 900 million people worldwide across TV and online platforms.

FIFA reported that the 2010 World Cup generated over 26 billion total media views across TV, online, and mobile combined.

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