[UN News] A page feels like it's turning. After years of debate, the long-awaited roadmap for phasing out fossil fuels may finally be written into the official decisions of COP30.
[The Conversation Africa] Since it was set up in 1992, the United Nations Framework Convention on Climate Change has focused mainly on mitigation. Mitigating the effects of climate change is all about transitioning away from fossil fuels to renewable energy, improving energy
[Premium Times] The summit, scheduled for 22nd to 23rd November, will be attended by six Nigerian governors as part of the President's delegation.
[allAfrica] Many developing countries, particularly in Africa, are experiencing a rapidly worsening sovereign debt crisis, according to global economic experts. Economic stability is at risk if this crisis is not addressed quickly and thoroughly, and experts are calling on G20
[Jubilee] Johannesburg, South Africa -- Debt High on G20 Agenda as Faith Leaders Call for Debt Relief and Aid for Developing Countries
[UN Women] UN Women's 16 Days of Activism campaign demands a world where technology is a force for equality - not harm.
The US-based Trinidadian rapper addressed the UN in New York alongside Trump administration officials, making claims that lack evidence.
[Leadership] The United Kingdom has expanded its travel safety advisory, adding 11 more countries, including Bangladesh, India, Iran, Jordan, Libya, Malawi, Malaysia, Morocco, Nepal, Papua New Guinea and Rwanda, to its methanol poisoning watchlist amid rising global cases
[Capital FM] Rome -- The world is facing a global hunger crisis with inadequate resources to respond, the United Nations World Food Programme (WFP) warned today.
[World Bank] Western and Central African countries are committed to accelerating digital transformation to ensure broadband access, develop artificial intelligence capabilities, create digital jobs, and build an integrated market by 2030.
[This Day] President Bola Tinubu will on Wednesday depart the nation's capital, Abuja, for a two-nation visit to Johannesburg, South Africa and Luanda, Angola.
[UN News] Expanding terrorist networks, mass displacement and the collapse of essential services in West Africa and the Sahel are a growing concern worldwide.
[UN News] Ending hunger by 2030 would cost just $93 billion a year -- less than one per cent of the $21.9 trillion spent on military budgets over the past decade, according to the UN World Food Programme (WFP).
[UN News] Forty-five per cent of the 8.2 billion people on the planet live in cities, which is only going to increase as the world becomes increasingly urban.
[IPS] We did not start this fire, but we are being handed the bill. The wealthy country's bill. It's time to pay it.The USD 1.3 trillion roadmap is only a starting point; delivery and accountability are the real tests of success. --Evans Njewa, Chair of the Least Developed
[The Conversation Africa] Travelling on Africa's roads comes with many challenges. The biggest is arriving at your destination safely. The continent is one of the hotspots of global road trauma. Its traffic deaths account for about one quarter of the global number of victims,
[IPS] We need to protect the future of the millions of boys and girls on the frontlines of the climate crises around the world. I want world leaders to understand that this future starts now and, with urgency, position education at the core of climate resilience. --Adenike
[IPS] Some of you might be shocked that even though fossil fuels are 86 percent of the cause of climate change, it took 28 years before the words 'fossil fuels' could even be mentioned in the COP document. It is as absurd as Alcoholics Anonymous holding 28 years of conferences
Thousands of women have been raped in Ethiopia’s Amhara conflict, BBC Global Women finds.
Millions of displaced Syrians are looking to return home after a civil war ended last December. The problem in some cases? Other people are still living in their homes.
[IMF] Increasing government revenue and better managing debt can help foster resilience and accelerate growth
[Independent (Kampala)] Nairobi -- Africa is facing the worst cholera outbreak in 25 years, Africa Centers for Disease Control and Prevention Director General Jean Kaseya said in an online briefing.
[MSF] Copenhagen -- At the World Conference on Lung Health this week, Médecins Sans Frontières (MSF) released data from our operational research highlighting that using the World Health Organization (WHO) recommended treatment decision algorithms for diagnosing tuberculosis
[African Union] The Chairperson of the African Union Commission, H.E. Mahmoud Ali Youssouf, today received Ambassador Elchin Amirbayov, Special Envoy of the President of Azerbaijan. Amb. Amirbayov conveyed a message from H.E. President Ilham Aliyev, including an invitation to
[African Union] The African Energy Commission (AFREC) has launched a new continental training on Renewable Energy in Nairobi today aimed at helping African Union (AU) Member States turn renewable energy concepts into bankable and buildable projects while fostering peer-to-peer
[African Union] We, Heads of State and Government of Member States of the African Union, guided by the principles of Agenda 2063 and sustainable development goals, gathered for the second Africa Climate Summit (ACS2) in Addis Ababa, Ethiopia, from 8 to 10 September 2025, in the
[WFP] Rome, Italy -- Agency to double-down on scaling innovation, technology, and private sector collaboration to drive greater impact, and efficiencies
[African Union] The Chairperson of the African Union Commission, H.E. Mahmoud Ali Youssouf, extends congratulations to the Government and people of the Republic of the Kingdom of Morocco Anniversary of the country's independence.
[Nyasa Times] The French Ministry of Europe and Foreign Affairs, the Embassy of France, and the French Institute of South Africa (IFAS) have announced the return of Création Africa, an ambitious programme designed to strengthen and elevate cultural entrepreneurship across South
[New Dawn] The President of the University of Liberia (UL), Dr. Monica J. Maparyan, has unveiled a comprehensive five-year strategic blueprint intended to boost the university's performance and elevate its ranking among higher education institutions across Africa.
[Nile Post] Several entrepreneurs and ten global business leaders of African descent have urged young people to take responsibility for their future by embracing innovation and entrepreneurship.
[Vanguard] On this year's World Diabetes Day, the World Health Organisation, WHO, introduced its first global guidelines dedicated solely to managing diabetes during pregnancy, marking an important moment for maternal and child health. The condition affects about one in six
A teacher and a security guard die in the raid on a school in which 25 children and a teacher are abducted.
Tanzania relies on foreign loans, but "what happened eroded our global credibility", President Samia says.
The kingdom acknowledges for the first time it received cash as part of a deal with Trump's administration.
[ISS] The exclusion of the main opposition and rivalry between military factions could destabilise the 23 November elections.
[Capital FM] Nairobi -- Woodford Reserve, the small-batch Kentucky bourbon produced by Brown-Forman, has officially launched in Kenya, marking the brand's strategic entry into the East African premium-whiskey market.
[allAfrica] Former World Health Organisation (WHO) Director of Research Policy and Cooperation, Professor Tiki Pan, says Low-and Lower-Middle-Income Countries are adopting the WHO position on tobacco harm reduction hook, line and sinker despite stagnant smoking rates and the
[UN News] The last week of COP30 has begun in Belém with a palpable sense of urgency. Ministers and senior officials are now stepping into the spotlight, as negotiations move from technical wrangling to political decision-making. The stakes? Nothing less than charting a
TotalEnergies denies responsibility for the actions of local security forces involved in dozens of killings.
