[The Obama Foundation] Chicago -- This year's Leaders Africa cohort is part of new class of over 200 Obama Foundation Leaders who were selected from a competitive pool of more than 6,000 applicants from around the world
Olympian Rebecca Cheptegei's killing by her ex-partner revives calls for action on gender-based violence.
Life is uncertain for children in war zones. There, school can be a source of stability or just another thing that war obliterates. We hear reports on what school is like in three of the world's most active war zones: Sudan, Gaza and Ukraine. Sign up for State of the World+ to
[Daily Trust] China-Africa relations made global headlines in Beijing at the 9th Forum on China-Africa Cooperation (FOCAC) held September 4-6, 2024. With the theme "Joining hands to advance modernisation and build a high-level China-Africa community with a shared future," the
[African Arguments] African Arguments visited ten "active" coal mines around Ermelo in South Africa. Three were abandoned, and had been for years according to locals.
The two signed a new naval deal this year after more than a decade of strategic partnership.
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[Africa Check] IN SHORT: According to social media posts, a common type of grass can reverse kidney failure "within three months". But this is false and dangerous information. Kidney failure requires medically proven treatment to avoid death.
[SAnews.gov.za] South Africa will continue to support the Republic of South Sudan in its efforts for peace, democracy and development.
Brutal atrocities, like slitting civilians' throats, have been reported, Human Rights Watch says.
[New Era] Industrialisation and trade minister Lucia Iipumbu has reaffirmed that Namibia is ready to tap into the massive single market of about 1.3 billion people in Africa. She added that this "readiness" can be improved through the Growth at Home strategy by industrialising
[Malaria Consortium] Increasing malaria surges in Ethiopia threaten to undo the progress that has been achieved against the disease over the past two decades. In response, the Ethiopian government has launched a comprehensive approach to combat these outbreaks.
[GAVI] Denmark and Geneva, Switzerland -- The advance purchase agreement (APA) will be funded by Gavi's First Response Fund, a mechanism created after the COVID-19 pandemic to ensure rapid access to scarce vaccine supplies in future health emergencies. Availability of all
[UN] New York -- On the eve of the Summit of the Future, the United Nations Secretary-General António Guterres announced four new SDG Advocates dedicated to accelerating progress of the SDGs [in alphabetical order]: Mr. Massimo Bottura, three-Michelin-starred chef and
[ISS] It may be time to bring gaming onto the information integrity radar, while supporting citizens' right to choose their tech.
[The Conversation Africa] For the past five years, the GANGS project, a European Research Council-funded project led by Dennis Rodgers, has been studying global gang dynamics in a comparative perspective. When understood in a nuanced manner that goes beyond the usual
[IPS] United Nations -- Education Cannot Wait (ECW) has delivered quality education to children in crisis "against all odds," ECW Executive Director Yasmine Sherif said at the United Nations today. "And you can imagine the odds. We are seeing more armed conflict, a growth of
[UN News] New evidence in the World Meteorological Organization's (WMO) annual Ozone and UV Bulletin published on Monday reveals strong evidence that the ozone layer is well on track for a long-term recovery.
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[VOA] The Bill & Melinda Gates Foundation warns that climate change will put millions more children at risk of hunger, malnutrition and disease by 2050 unless immediate action is taken.
[World Bank] Kigali -- Rwanda's real GDP grew by 9.7% in the first quarter of 2024, exceeding the previous year's growth rate of 8.2%. The latest edition of the Rwanda Economic Update (REU), launched today, highlights that despite the global economic slowdown, Rwanda has shown
[Business Day Africa] Airbus has opened a new Customer Support Centre in Johannesburg, South Africa, as part of efforts to expand its presence on the continent.
[African Arguments] Debating Ideas reflects the values and editorial ethos of the African Arguments book series, publishing engaged, often radical, scholarly, original and activist writing from within the African continent and beyond. It offers debates and engagements, contexts
[The Conversation Africa] China's relationship with Africa is set to deepen. At a summit in Beijing in early September, China's president, Xi Jinping, pledged to deliver US$51 billion (£39 billion) in loans, investment and aid to the continent over the next three years, as well
[The Conversation Africa] Africa is already being heavily affected by climate change. Between 1991 and 2023, the African continent warmed at a rate of 0.3°C per decade, a rate slightly faster than the global average. This has brought more frequent and severe weather extremes.
[The Conversation Africa] When most people are asked to picture an engineer at work, they probably imagine a civil engineer in a hard hat at a construction site, a chemical engineer in a laboratory or an electrical engineer examining a complex circuit board. Very few, I'm