[New Zimbabwe] South Africa finished the day one on 418 for 9 against sloppy Zimbabwe South Africa 418 for 9 (Pretorius 153, Bosch 100*, Brevis 51, Chivanga 4-82) vs Zimbabwe
[Leadership] Newly elected president of the Board of African Export-Import Bank (Afreximbank), Dr. George Elombi, has hinted of plans to lead the bank to change the structure of African trade with a focus on developing the continent to favourably compete with other continents.
[Leadership] United Nations Economic Commission for Africa (ECA), has called on African countries to embrace nuclear energy as a strategic solution to the continent's deepening energy crisis.
[Ethiopian Herald] ADDIS ABABA - Prime Minister Abiy Ahmed (PhD) yesterday called on Ethiopians to take pride in their nation's reforestation efforts by planting trees.
[Foroyaa] A press release from the Medical Research Council-The Gambia at the London School of Hygiene and Tropical Medicine (MRCG at LSHTM) on Tuesday, June 24, 2025, stated that the World Health Organisation (WHO) has updated its Pneumococcal Vaccine Policy to enable it to
[Nyasa Times] President Lazarus McCarthy Chakwera has met with Africa's richest man, Aliko Dangote, in Abuja, Nigeria, where he is attending the 32nd Afrexim Bank Annual Summit.
[Leadership] The People's Republic of China has said the implementation of the Ten Partnership Actions with Africa has the potential to boost ties between China and Africa, stressing that the partnership would also strengthen the Forum for China-Africa Cooperation (FOCAC).
An uncle of Africa’s richest man, Dantata left behind 21 children and 121 grand children
[ISS] Without several amendments to its draft framework, SADC will struggle to help member states address their abusive pasts.
[UN News] "We're here in Sevilla to change course," the UN chief told world leaders on Monday, calling on them to grasp a once-in-a-decade opportunity to close a $4 trillion financing gap facing developing countries to meet sustainable development goals - and build a better
[IPS] Portland, Usa -- Approximately 1.3 billion people, or 16% of the world's population, wish to leave their country permanently, while over a billion people believe that fewer or no immigrants should be allowed into their countries. This demographic struggle between the two
[Vanguard] The World Health Organisation (WHO) on Monday says that no fewer than 871,000 people die worldwide annually from loneliness.
Boniface Kariuki, 22, was shot in the head, sparking outrage among Kenyans.
The authorities threaten legal action against the organisers of the protests about the country's leader.
[ACSS] China's regime agnostic diplomacy in Africa--investing in countries irrespective of a government's adherence to the rule of law--holds inherent risks for Chinese investments and regional stability.
Kawtar Bentaleb, a goalkeeper for top-flight club FUS Rabat, says staging the 2024 Women's Africa Cup of Nations will boost the women's game in Morocco.
As Morocco hosts a second successive Women's Africa Cup of Nations finals, the kingdom continues towards its target of becoming a football superpower.
[allAfrica] Peter Obi Vows Another Shot At Nigeria's Presidency.
[DW] Across Africa, cancer medications have been found to be substandard or counterfeit. That means people are being given medicine that may not work, or that could even cause them harm.
[RFI] When Valérie Ka started modelling at 14 in Côte d'Ivoire, she thought she was on top of the world. But she wanted to go further, so she created Africa Fashion Up - a way to help African designers reach the global stage.
[New Times] The Chairperson of the African Union Commission, Mahmoud Ali Youssouf, has welcomed the signing of a peace agreement between DR Congo and Rwanda, describing it as a "historic development" in efforts to restore peace and stability in the Great Lakes region.
[Global Witness] With the costs of climate change impacts rapidly rising, the billions pocketed by the fossil fuel industry is an insult to the communities worst hit by extreme weather. It's time to make polluters pay for the damage they've caused
[UN News] Funding cuts to international development have cast a pall over a major UN-led international conference set to address the huge challenges faced by countries in the Global South. Despite this sobering backdrop, Eva Granados, Spanish Secretary of State for
[UN News] A decade after the adoption of the Sustainable Development Goals (SDGs), development is facing serious headwinds - including what UN officials describe as a "silent crisis" of surging debt service payments in low-income countries.
[The Conversation Africa] The human body is a machine whose many parts - from the microscopic details of our cells to our limbs, eyes, liver and brain - have been assembled in fits and starts over the 4 billion years of our history.
[IPS] United Nations -- Since 1989, the United Nations (UN) has recognized June 26 as the International Day Against Drug Abuse and Illicit Trafficking in an effort to raise awareness around the global drug problem and foster a more compassionate world, free of drug abuse.
[IPS] New York -- I've spent much of my life in the machinery of international development, navigating acronyms, crises, and committee rooms with stale coffee. Through it all--amid war zones, climate summits, and remote island consultations--one institution has remained
[IPS] Geneva -- In an era defined by the gig economy and pervasive job insecurity, advocating for permanent contracts within the United Nations might seem anachronistic, even counterintuitive.