April 04
Africa: Global Leaders to Gather in Geneva, Aiming to Raise $1 Billion to Alleviate Ethiopia's Humanitarian Crisis
Addis Standard
Senior officials from various countries and international organizations will convene in Geneva on 16 April, 2024 for a high-level pledging event aimed at addressing the… Read more »
Africa: The Self-Care Wheel - an Award-Winning Innovation to Advance Sexual and Reproductive Health and Rights [press release]
WHO
The Self-Care Wheel, which recently won the World Health Organization (WHO) internal Director-General's Excellence Award for Innovation 2023, is now set to help demystify self-care… Read more »
Liberia: MoH & WHO Kick Off Voluntary Blood Donation
New Dawn
The World Health Organization (WHO), in collaboration with the Ministry of Health (MoH) through its National Blood Safety Program, kicked off a voluntary blood donation initiative… Read more »
West Africa: Tinubu Inaugurates Ecowas Parliament, Seeks Direct Election of Representatives [press release]
Premium Times
"....As a one-time legislator myself, I look forward to reviewing a proposal regarding this matter, and we stand ready to support direct elections into the ECOWAS Parliament. We… Read more »
April 03
Madagascar: Mother Makes 200km Emergency Trip Across Rural Madagascar to Save Baby
UN News
A young mother in Madagascar has been describing how she was forced to make a 200km emergency journey on challenging rural roads to a specialist regional hospital after she… Read more »
East Africa: Kenya-Somalia Border Posts to Remain Closed As ATMIS Drawdown Winds Down
Shabelle
Kenya will not reopen its border posts with Somalia anytime soon because of the security implications of doing so at a time when the African Union peacekeeping mission in the… Read more »
Africa: Upscaling Transformative Agricultural Technologies in Sub-Saharan Africa [guest column]
World Bank
In the heart of sub-Saharan Africa, amidst the fields of the International Institute of Tropical Agriculture (IITA) in Nigeria, I bore witness to something truly remarkable: the… Read more »
Africa: 'Shocking' Increase in Children Denied Aid in Conflicts
UN News
All warring parties must allow safe, swift and unfettered humanitarian access and protect civilian infrastructure, top UN officials told the Security Council on Wednesday. Read more »
Ethiopia: Energizing Ethiopia - New World Bank Program Expands Access to Electricity [press release]
World Bank
A new World Bank program is set to strengthen and expand the electricity network, improve sector financial viability, and enable renewable energy generation through private sector… Read more »
Africa: Stakeholders Convene in Uganda On Responsible Use of the Life Sciences [press release]
WHO
Uganda has taken proactive steps to mitigate biorisks and govern dual-use research by being a pioneer country in the WHO African Region to pilot the Global guidance framework for… Read more »
April 02
Mozambique: Terrorists Set Up Road Block At Entrance to Mucojo
AIM
Islamist terrorists have set up a road block on the road leading to the Mucojo administrative post, in the district of Macomia, in the northern Mozambican province of Cabo Delgado,… Read more »
Africa: AU's Membership of the G20 - Why the Pessimism? [opinion]
Premium Times
While there are legitimate concerns about the 'readiness' of the AU to significantly influence the G20 agenda, there is no basis for pessimism. Read more »
April 01
Africa: Where Is the Money?
UNDP
Financing the SDGs in Small Island Developing States Read more »
March 29
Ethiopia: Ethiopia - World Bank Helps Strengthen Rural Connectivity and Road Access to Boost Climate-Resilience and Food Security [press release]
World Bank
new program targeted at improving rural connectivity and access to markets aims to assist 11.3 million people in rural Ethiopia, 50% of which are women. A $300 million grant from… Read more »
March 28
South Sudan: New $1.4 Billion Plan to Support South Sudanese Refugees
UN News
The UN refugee agency, UNHCR, and partners on Thursday appealed for $1.4 billion this year to support more than two million South Sudanese refugees in five African countries and… Read more »
Tanzania: New World Bank Financing to Boost Safety and Efficiency of Tanzania's Key Railway Line [press release]
World Bank
vital railway segment linking Tanzania's capital, Dar es Salaam, to Isaka is set for major improvements benefitting nearly 900,000 people thanks to newly approved financing from… Read more »
Ethiopia: Gebeya and UNHCR Launch New Platform Making It Easy for Businesses to Discover Refugee Talent in Ethiopia
UNHCR
Gebeya Inc., a leading Pan-African tech leadership company that specializes in Saas-enabled custom Talent Cloud innovation, and UNHCR, the UN Refugee Agency, in Ethiopia have… Read more »
Africa: Faith-Based Partners Voice Support for Pandemic Accord [press release]
WHO
Faith communities and faith-based organizations (FBOs) are integral to the provision of comprehensive health care in many countries, including national responses to pandemics. In… Read more »
Seychelles: Waste Management - UN Launches Challenge Fund for Circular Economy Businesses in Seychelles
Seychelles News Agency
Entrepreneurs looking to join the value chain in waste management in Seychelles can now apply for a grant under the Challenge Fund, a financing programme developed by the Joint… Read more »
Kenya: Global Peace Crusader Banks On Meta, X Platforms to Promote Peace
Capital FM
The global peace crusader Search for Common Ground (SCM) has said that it will strengthen partnerships with Meta and X platforms to entrench the peace process in the country. Read more »
Egypt: Support From Unesco for Egypt's Initiative to Confront Climate Change
Egypt Online
The Executive Council of UNESCO issued a resolution unanimously among its members, affirming the support of the organization's 194 member states for Egypt's initiative to support… Read more »
Malawi: UNDP Tells Malawian Women to Embrace Renewable Energy
Nyasa Times
The United Nations Development Programme (UNDP) has challenged women to embrace renewable energy for social-economic development to make meaningful strides within their respective… Read more »
March 27
Congo-Kinshasa: UN Refugee Agency Sounds New Alarms for Eastern DRC
allAfrica
The UN Refugee Agency (UNHCR) is ringing new alarm bells due to ongoing violence in eastern areas of the Democratic Republic of the Congo (DRC) reaching a “devastating… Read more »
Congo-Kinshasa: DR Congo Mission Chief Says Humanitarian Disaster 'Unfolding Before Our Very Eyes'
UN News
Insecurity in the volatile eastern Democratic Republic of the Congo (DRC) has worsened since the end of recent elections, UN Special Representative Bintou Keita told the Security… Read more »
Africa: African Island States Take Fresh Step Towards Joint Medicines Procurement [press release]
WHO-AFRO
In a further move towards pooled procurement of essential medicines and medical products, Ministers of Health from small African islands states established a secretariat and… Read more »