Africa’s energy future will be won by governments that can move with agility

Africa does not lack energy resources. It lacks the statecraft needed to turn them into power, jobs and industrial depth.

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Africa: With 2030 Looming, Ocean Leaders Warn Time Is Running Out for 30x30

[allAfrica] Mombasa, Kenya -- A significant challenge for the conservation sector is the 30x30 goal to protect 30% of the planet's oceans by 2030. It heavily depends on the High Seas Treaty (BBNJ agreement), which is the first legally binding agreement to establish Marine

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How much do Africa’s World Cup managers earn?

As the 2026 tournament gets underway, the continent’s coaches enjoy comfortable backings but still lag far behind the multi-million euro packages seen in Europe and the Americas.

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Africa: The AIDS Response Saved Millions of Children. We Cannot Abandon It Now.

[Unicef] For over four decades, the global AIDS response has been powered by grief, rage, courage, and determination. Families buried loved ones long before their time. Communities confronted discrimination and built networks of care when the silence was deafening. Scientific

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KQ pursues Ghana Airways deal, larger fleet as it awaits strategic investor

Kenya Airways is seeking $1.5bn and partnering with Ghana Airways to establish a multi-hub network, aiming to rival Ethiopian Airlines and secure its long-term revival.

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Africa: All of Africa Today - June 22, 2026

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Tanzania-Zanzibar union tensions deepen ahead of 2028 constitution review

Pointed comments in Zanzibar’s parliament about Tanzania’s union have ignited a firestorm that has reached the mainland… and is threatening President Samia.

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Salah's World Cup pain ends as he fires Egypt to historic win

Mohamed Salah fires Egypt to their first ever World Cup win - 92 years on from their tournament debut.

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Africa: I Want to Be Remembered for Industrialising Africa - Aliko Dangote

[This Day] Africa's richest man and President of the Dangote Group, Aliko Dangote, has said that he would rather be remembered for helping to industrialise Africa than for the size of his fortune, suggesting that his actual wealth may be significantly higher than estimates by

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Africa: Kenya - Journalist Leaders Resolve to Drive Fact-Based Migration Narratives in Eastern Africa

[IFJ] The regional forum, supported by the International Labour Organization (ILO) through the Better Regional Migration Management (BRMM) Programme and funded by the United Kingdom Foreign, Commonwealth and Development Office (FCDO), brought together journalists union leaders

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Africa: Côte d'Ivoire Denied Famous Germany Win By Late Undav Strike

[CAF] Côte d'Ivoire came within minutes of one of the major results of the 2026 FIFA World Cup before Germany struck deep into stoppage time to claim a 2-1 victory in Group E at Toronto Stadium.

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Africa: Tunisia Suffer Heavy Defeat to Japan and Bow Out of FIFA World Cup 2026

[CAF] Tunisia's FIFA World Cup 2026 campaign came to an early end on Saturday after a heavy 4-0 defeat to Japan at Estadio Monterrey Guadalupe in Mexico in their second Group F match.

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Africa: Middle East War Drives Up Bitumen Costs for African Road Builders

[RFI] War in the Middle East is pushing up the price of bitumen, the material used to make asphalt and road surfaces - and the effects are being felt across Africa, where few countries produce their own. Higher costs and longer delivery times are forcing firms from Madagascar

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Africa: Unesco Launches Consultation On Fair Payment for News in the Digital Age

[UN News] UN cultural agency UNESCO has launched a global consultation process to inform its Draft Guidance on Fair Compensation for News, particularly as online platforms and artificial intelligence (AI) increasingly rely on journalistic content.

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Africa: Survivors of Wartime Rape Share Stories of Trauma and Survival

[UN News] Sexual violence is increasingly being used as a weapon of war in conflicts around the world and women and children in particular continue to be targeted facing sometimes long-lasting consequences.

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Africa: Old and New Challenges for the Human Rights Council As It Turns 20

[UN News] It's 20 years to the day since the UN Human Rights Council began its work as the world's principal forum tasked with promoting and defending fundamental rights everywhere, particularly the world's most vulnerable people.

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Africa: The Man Who Refused to Be Silenced

[African Arguments] The first time my father was taken to prison, I was a toddler and did not know what prison was. When I asked where he had gone, my mother told me he had to go rest in a resort for a while. I was allowed to visit him on weekends.

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Africa: Conflicts Command Headlines...Protecting Peace, Less So - the UN Peacebuilding Fund Explained

[UN News] Wars regularly make headlines. Preventing them rarely does.

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Africa: 'One Injection Protects Up to Six Months' - What Is New HIV Drug Lenacapavir?

[RFI] As South Africa becomes the ninth African country to introduce the use of new long-acting drug lenacapavir for HIV prevention, RFI spoke with infectious disease specialist Ndong Essomba Bitchoka about how the treatment works, whether the supply will meet demand and why

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Africa: From Malaria to Energy - Why Solutions From the Global South Aren't Reaching the People Who Need Them Most

[UN News] Innovators - especially in the Global South - are too often locked out of funding and opportunity despite offering solutions to some of the world's most pressing challenges.

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Africa: Can Africa Survive the Global Aid Squeeze? Yes, but It Will Take Financial Discipline

[The Conversation Africa] Africa faces declining aid, rising debt, climate pressure and a weakening global order. Official development assistance, the technical term for foreign aid, fell by 23.1% in 2025, the largest annual contraction on record. It's projected to decline by a

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Africa: Art and Culture Can Both Fuel and Counter Hate, UN Discussion Hears On Juneteenth

[UN News] From a gold collar worn by an enslaved African to music preserved for nearly a century after the Holocaust, a staged reconstruction of a hate radio broadcast or porcelain coffee cups laid out in participatory remembrance, artists in a United Nations discussion on

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One of World Cup's great stories - can Cape Verde become legends?

Cape Verde's impressive World Cup continues with a draw against two-time winners Uruguay - and they will now be looking to make the last 32.

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Cape Verde fan goes wild live on BBC News as his country scores

During a live BBC News broadcast, reporter Paul Njie interviews a Cape Verde fan when the country suddenly scores its first ever World Cup goal against Uruguay in the 2026 World Cup.

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Brilliant Kapp leads South Africa past India

Marizanne Kapp strikes a powerful 81 as South Africa beat India by six wickets to keep their World Cup hopes alive.

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Ethiopia PM's party wins landslide as fears grow of new conflict

Abiy Ahmed's party retains its huge majority despite unrest in several parts of Ethiopia and tensions with its neighbours.

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We've got so many hidden gems - Semenyo

Antoine Semenyo says Ghana has a special group of players and that they possess hidden gems who will be known by the end of the 2026 Fifa World Cup.

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From barrels to basketball: The inner circle of Nigerian businessman Babatunde Folawiyo

Babatunde Folawiyo is one of Nigeria’s most low-key billionaires… while he may prefer the shadows to centre stage, his business footprint spans major sectors of the Nigerian economy, including oil, energy, finance and sports.

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