[The Conversation Africa] Teodoro Obiang Nguema Mbasogo of Equatorial Guinea is 82 and has been in power for 45 years. Denis Sassou Nguesso of Congo, 79, has held on to power for 40 years. Cameroon's Paul Biya is 91 and has been president for 42 years.
[UNHCR] Dakar -- The UN Refugee Agency (UNHCR) hosted a workshop in Dakar focused on strengthening the emergency preparedness and response capacities of local humanitarian actors in francophone countries. Held from August 19 to 21, 2024, this workshop was part of the
[SciDev.Net] Lagos -- Artificial Intelligence (AI) and traditional medicine may seem like strange bedfellows but African researchers are harnessing both to advance drug discovery on the continent.
[RFI] France will donate 100,000 mpox vaccine doses to countries hit by an outbreak of the disease as it readies vaccination centres at home, outgoing Prime Minister Gabriel Attal said this week.
[IPS] New York -- Imagine a world where every young person has the tools they need to succeed, regardless of their age, area of residence, ethnicity, college name, or the title on their resume. It's a world where dreams are limitless, and potential knows no bounds.
[ACNS] From topics of Artificial Intelligence, Climate Change, Conflict and Growing Youth Populations, Anglicans will be represented at the United Nations 'Summit of the Future' this September. Martha Jarvis from the Anglican Communion's UN Team will be attending the Summit in
[Premium Times] The agency also noted that many African countries are highly vulnerable to mpox infection due to widespread malnutrition and the prevalence of HIV.
[RSF] The Nigerian news site NatureNews, the Ivorian radio station Gbêkê FM and the Senegalese news sites PressAfrik and Financial Afrik have followed Niger's Studio Kalangou in getting certified with the Journalism Trust initiative (JTI), which Reporters Without Borders (RSF)
[The Conversation Africa] COVID stunned the world with an unanticipated pandemic. Now mpox, a disease which originated in animals, has been declared a global public health emergency.
[VOA] Abuja, Nigeria -- A U.S. State Department official was in Nigeria this week to meet with local and regional authorities about the responsible use of artificial intelligence in military applications.