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Adekunle Owolabi is a journalist, political analyst, and digital strategist with experience across Africa and the Middle East. He focuses on international diplomacy, promotes digital inclusion, and advocates for a borderless Africa.

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Minister of Foreign Affairs and International Cooperation Senator Pholile Shakantu addresses journalists at the ICC Ezulwini Palazzo on Wednesday. Photo: Adekunle Owolabi/Swazi24
Diplomacy

Shakantu backs UAE candidate for UN top job

MBABANE, Eswatini: Eswatini's Minister of Foreign Affairs and International Cooperation, Pholile Shakantu, has welcomed the United Arab Emirates' nomination of Lana Zaki Nusseibeh...

Phiksile P. Mkhwanazi speaks to The African Daily on the sidelines of the Russia-Africa Summit in Moscow.
DiplomacySouthern AfricaTourism

Eswatini courts global tourists at Russia-Africa summit

MOSCOW, Russia: Eswatini is seeking to expand its international tourism footprint by building partnerships with Russia and other countries while positioning itself as...

Vusie Dlamini of the Eswatini Tourism Authority speaks to The African Daily’s Adekunle Owolabi during an interview on the sidelines of the Russia Africa Summit in Moscow.
DiplomacySouthern AfricaTourism

Eswatini eyes Russian tourism market

MOSCOW, Russia: Eswatini is looking to strengthen its tourism ties with Russia, with the southern African kingdom identifying the Russian market as a...

Seychelles News Agency chief editor Betymie Bonnelame with The African Daily editor Adekunle Owolabi on the sidelines of the third Russia-Africa Summit in Moscow. Photo: Supplied
East AfricaNews

AI is making newsrooms lazy, warns Seychelles editor

Moscow, Russia - The chief editor of the Seychelles News Agency, Betymie Bonnelame, has warned that African newsrooms are leaning too heavily on...

Former AU Commission chairperson Dr Nkosazana Dlamini-Zuma with The African Daily editor Adekunle Owolabi on the sidelines of the third Russia-Africa Summit in Moscow. Photo: Supplied
DiplomacyNews

Dlamini-Zuma urges Africa to set its own terms with Russia

MOSCOW, Russia: Former African Union Commission chairperson Dr Nkosazana Dlamini-Zuma has called on African countries to unite behind a common agenda when engaging...

Wode Maya speaks to The African Daily Editor Adekunle Owolabi during an interview on the sidelines of the third Russia Africa Summit in Moscow.
DiplomacyNewsWest Africa

Wode Maya calls for fairer Africa Russia ties

MOSCOW, Russia: Ghanaian travel vlogger and digital content creator Wode Maya has called on African leaders to demand clearer economic benefits from partnerships...

Zimbabwean President Emmerson Mnangagwa during talks with the leadership of PSB Bank and Rossotrudnichestvo on the sidelines of the Third Russia-Africa Summit in Moscow. Photo: Supplied
Southern AfricaTrade & Investment

Mnangagwa courts Russian bank finance at Moscow summit

Moscow - Zimbabwean President Emmerson Dambudzo Mnangagwa has used the Third Russia-Africa Summit in Moscow to press for fresh trade finance and credit...

Zimbabwean President Emmerson Mnangagwa during talks with the leadership of PSB Bank and Rossotrudnichestvo on the sidelines of the Third Russia-Africa Summit in Moscow. Photo: Supplied
DiasporaSouthern Africa

Mnangagwa meets Zimbabwean students in Moscow

Moscow - Zimbabwean President Emmerson Dambudzo Mnangagwa has met Zimbabwean students studying in Russia, using his visit to Moscow for the third Russia-Africa...

Russian President Vladimir Putin addresses the eighth Gas Exporting Countries Forum (GECF) summit in Moscow.
DiplomacyEnergyWorld

Putin calls Africa the continent of the future at gas summit

Moscow - Russian President Vladimir Putin has described Africa as the “continent of the future”, calling for greater investment in the region, as...