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Plane Crash: APRA Commiserates with PR society, government, citizens of Malawi

Lagos, June 15, 2024 – The African Public Relations Association (APRA) has expressed heartfelt condolences to the Public Relations Society of Malawi (PRSM, an institutional member of APRA), the government and citizens of the Republic of Malawi over the tragic plane crash that claimed the lives of the Vice President of Malawi, H.E. Dr. Saulos Chilima, and nine others on June 10, 2024. In a condolence letter dated June 11, 2024, and addressed to Benson Linje, the President of PRSM, the continental association described the incident as a “huge loss, …

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2024 Elections in India, South Africa: Similarities and Differences

By Paul Ejime Abuja, June 9, 2024 -Politically speaking, India is the World’s largest democracy with a voter population of 969 million from the more than 1.4 billion inhabitants. It towers above South Africa, which has less than 62 million people, and about 28 million registered voters. The Asian giant is also the World’s fifth-largest economy, while Africa’s “Rainbow Nation,” ranks a distant 36th. However, both countries share much in common in international relations, particularly as members of the geopolitical bloc BRICS, formed in 2009 and includes Brazil, Russia, India …

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South Africa’s 2024 Election, a referendum on black leadership

By Paul Ejime Abuja, June 6, 2024 – The results of South Africa’s 2024 elections further illustrate what pro-democracy groups have always canvassed – good governance/leadership is tribe and race-blind. South Africa comprises people of diverse origins, cultures, languages, and religions, including Indian South Africans, who constitute 2.7% of the population, the 8.2% coloured South Africans,  and the indigenous majority Blacks who make up more than 81% of the nation’s estimated 62 million inhabitants. Much of the atrocities wrought by the authoritarian, minority white regimes that dominated the political, social, …

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Implications of Conference of Sahel States in Senegal

By Paul Ejime Abuja, June1, 2024 – Senegal will host a conference on Saturday, June 1 under the theme “The Alliance of Sahel States, a new platform for Senegal’s regional integration,” a development that could have potential implications on the unity and cohesion among ECOWAS member States, according to diplomatic sources. In an ironic but provocative move, Niger, one of the three so-called Alliance States of the Sahel (AES/ASS), which are dissociating themselves from ECOWAS, has invited other ECOWAS member States to join the Alliance, even when the 15-nation regional …

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Could Trump go to prison after his guilty verdict?

New York, June 1, 2024 – Now that the jury in Donald Trump’s criminal trial has made the historic decision to convict him, the judge overseeing the case will soon face a monumental choice: whether to sentence the 2024 Republican presidential candidate to time behind bars. After the 12-member jury on Thursday handed down its verdict finding Trump guilty on all 34 counts of falsifying business records he faced, Merchan set the former U.S. president’s sentencing for July 11. In the meantime, lawyers and prosecutors will recommend sentences to the …

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Unemployment is critical issue in Africa – AfDB President

Nairobi, May 31, 2024 – Dr Akinwumi Adesina, the President, African Development Bank (AfDB), says an increase in the Gross Domestic Product (GDP) must translate to job creation for youths to ensure growth on the continent. Adesina said this at a presentation on the African Economic Outlook held on the sidelines of the ongoing 2024 Annual Meetings in Nairobi. The AfDB president dismissed the pursuit of GDP growth, adding that the quality and impact of growth on job creation are paramount. “We have to ensure that our growth also gives …

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ILO predicts drop in global unemployment rate

Geneva, June 1, 2024 – The International Labour Organisation (ILO) has predicted a drop in global unemployment rate from 5.0 percent in 2023 to 4.9 percent in 2024. The new projection indicates that global unemployment will fall modestly this year even as inequalities in labour markets persist, with women in low-income countries particularly affected, according to a new ILO report. In the report, World Employment and Social Outlook: May 2024 Update, ILO said it had revised the earlier 5.2 percent unemployment rate for 2024 to 4.9 percent.  However, the downward …

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Post-COVID, China is back in Africa and doubling down on minerals

Johannesburg, May 29, 2024 – China’s flagship economic cooperation program is bouncing back after a lull during the global pandemic, with Africa a primary focus, according to a Reuters analysis of lending, investment and trade data. Chinese leaders have been citing the billions of dollars committed to new construction projects and record two-way trade as evidence of their commitment to assist with the continent’s modernisation and foster “win-win” cooperation. But the data reveals a more complex relationship, one that is still largely extractive and has so far failed to live …

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India to emerge global economic superpower

 New Delhi (India), May 24, 2024 – While the risk of global recession has receded, concerns of inflation are still there which re-ignites the risks of global financial stability. International organisations and rating agencies have predicted further slow-down in global growth this year. Downside risks include an escalation of the recent conflict in the Middle East, financial stress, persistent inflation and slowdown in international trade. A potential debt crisis is looming over the global economic landscape. The International Monetary Fund’s (IMF’s) Global Debt Monitor reported total global debt, private plus …

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Tinubu calls for stronger regional bodies in Africa to drive integration

Abuja, May 22, 2024 – President Bola Tinubu has called for stronger regional bodies to drive integration and trade ties among African nations. Tinubu made the call in Abuja on Wednesday at the Summit on the State of Democracy in Africa. He also called for the revitalisation of sub-regional blocs like ECOWAS, EAC, and SADC to usher in an era of robust intra-African commerce, economic growth, and job creation. The President, who was represented by Vice President Kashim Shettima, said the immense potential of the African Continental Free Trade Area …