Africa: Basketball South Africa Bungles Hosting of African Championships
[GroundUp] National teams, venues, still unannounced two weeks from U18 African Basketball Championship
[GroundUp] National teams, venues, still unannounced two weeks from U18 African Basketball Championship
[ISS] Recent protests show that citizens can demand accountability from their leaders instead of waiting for coups to fix broken governments.
The man, accused of killing 42 women, escaped from a police station, allegedly with inside help.
A 2,492-carat stone has been unearthed, in the biggest find since the Cullinan diamond in 1905.
[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.
William Smith, hailed for being a maths and science education innovator, has died aged 85.
[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.
[Premium Times] "The purpose of the training is for the participants to know the purpose of watching the votes."
[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.
[UN News] Violence cost the world nearly $20 trillion last year, but investment in peace and conflict prevention has been steadily decreasing, a senior UN official told the Security Council on Wednesday.
[Afropop] In association with Move Forward Music, the Lagos-based Palmwine Festival celebrating Nigeria's nascent alternative music scene returned to Central Park Summerstage on August 17. The promotion said, "Founded by the Nigerian rap duo Show Dem Camp--whose sound is
[Business Day Africa] African airlines are among those impacted by a new directive from the US Federal Aviation Administration (FAA), which mandates fresh inspections of Boeing 787 Dreamliner planes.
[The Conversation Africa] The modern Olympic Games is billed as the largest multi-sport event in the world, with a history dating back to 1896. Yet there's a glaring absence on the Olympic map and on its logo of five rings representing the five inhabited continents: Africa has
[Africa CDC] On Aug 13, 2024, the Africa Centres for Disease Control and Prevention (Africa CDC) declared mpox a public health emergency of continental security (PHECS) in Africa, acting under its mandate to address significant public health threats. This mandate was
[UN News] The spread of mpox across the Horn, eastern and southern Africa has increased the risk of infection for migrants who need "crucial" healthcare and other support ahead of an "anticipated surge" in cases, the UN migration agency (IOM) said on Wednesday, in an appeal for
[ISS] Despite being recognised globally as an effective strategy, community-oriented policing has been underused in Africa's peace missions.
While Lesotho sells water to South Africa some near a huge dam have to use an unreliable spring.
As a global emergency is declared over mpox, our health and science correspondent assesses the threat.
[Leadership] The ongoing Ukrainian conflict is negatively impacting Africans by reducing the aid allocated to African states under various programmes.
A team of independent famine experts, working under the U.N. umbrella, believe Sudan is experiencing famine. But issuing a declaration — which could bring in more aid — turns out to be complicated.
[New Times] In the next two months, Kigali will be the focal point as 1000 leaders from the global Artificial Intelligence (AI) ecosystem will gather from October 8 to 9, at Kigali Convention Centre, for Africa's inaugural AI summit.
[New Times] As Africa faces the brunt of climate change, the continent's agricultural sector, which employs over 60 per cent of its population and contributes approximately 23 per cent to its gross domestic product (GDP), is increasingly vulnerable to unpredictable weather
Humans could be at risk following the discovery of contaminated maize batches, health minister says.
[Capital FM] NAIROBI, Kenya, Aug 21 -- President William Ruto is set to formally launch the candidacy of Azimio leader Raila Odinga for the African Union Commission (AUC) Chairman post.