Africa

The African Commission on Human and Peoples’ Rights (ACHPR) is set to hold its first public session since the African Union (AU) adopted the Convention on Ending Violence Against Women and Girls (CEVAWG) and passed a landmark resolution on eliminating…

African diplomats from eight southern and east African countries have urged the UK government to support a private member’s bill aimed at speeding up debt restructurings for struggling nations, The Guardian reported. Economic crises, including the pandemic, the war in…

Social media giant Meta is facing legal challenges in Ghana concerning the working conditions and psychological impact on content moderators, The Guardian reported. Workers employed by a third-party contractor in Accra allege severe mental health issues, including depression and anxiety,…

Gunmen attacked an artisanal gold mining site in Nigeria’s northwestern Zamfara state on Thursday, killing at least 19 people, according to a mining union official and Amnesty International. Yahaya Adamu Gobirawa, a union representative, said the attackers struck at noon,…

The UN’s World Food Programme (WFP) has warned that millions in Ethiopia are at risk of catastrophe due to a critical funding shortfall. Zlatan Milišić, WFP’s country director, announced that from May, the agency will suspend treatment for over 650,000…

Egypt has officially opened the permanent headquarters of the African Space Agency in Cairo, Anadolu Agency reported. Foreign Minister Badr Abdelatty described this development as a significant milestone for Africa’s collective efforts and a transformative shift in acquiring future capabilities,…

The death toll from a boat fire and capsizing on the Congo River in the Democratic Republic of Congo has risen to 148, with over 100 still missing, The Guardian reported. The wooden vessel, HB Kongolo, carrying around 500 passengers,…

Health ministers from the Lake Chad Basin region launched a synchronized vaccination campaign targeting 83 million children under 5 against polio variant type 2, detected in Cameroon, Chad, Niger, and Nigeria over the past year, Anadolu Agency reported. The WHO…

In a recent article published by Al Jazeera, Maxwell Gomera, the Resident Representative of the United Nations Development Program in Rwanda, argues that Africa must shift its focus from dependency on foreign aid to harnessing its abundant mineral resources. Gomera…

Eight Southern African countries—Botswana, Lesotho, Madagascar, Malawi, Mozambique, Namibia, South Africa, and Zimbabwe—have launched a $35 million, three-year initiative to strengthen climate-resilient health systems, Reliefweb.com reported. Supported by the Pandemic Fund and WHO, the programme focuses on early warning systems,…