April 10
Africa: Trump 'Pauses' Huge Trade Tariff Hikes
allAfrica
US President Donald Trump has announced a 90-day "pause" of trade tariffs for all countries except China. Trump shared the decision via social media, saying more than 75 countries… Read more »
Africa: New Report Offers Insight Into Africa's News Consumption
This Day
A new report by SquirrelPR, tagged, "RANKED 2025," a leading online media relations management solution, has offered a fresh insight that indicates a spectacular transformation in… Read more »
April 09
Africa: All of Africa Today - April 9, 2025
allAfrica
Somali Army Retakes Key Town From Al-Shabaab Militants Read more »
Africa: African Social Movements Baraza 2025 to convene in Accra [press release]
TrustAfrica
Accra, Ghana – The African Social Movements Baraza 2025 is set to take place from Monday, 14th to Wednesday, 16th April 2025. This gathering will bring together social… Read more »
Africa: African Leaders Called on Step Up to End Sudan War - Join the Media Briefing [press release]
allAfrica
Leading Sudanese and international voices will convene tomorrow to brief the press on the urgent need for greater African engagement in resolving the devastating conflict in Sudan,… Read more »
Africa: President Ruto Urges Boost in Intra-African Trade to Unlock Vast Opportunities
Capital FM
President William Ruto has called for a boost in intra-African trade to unlock vast opportunities within the continent. Read more »
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Africa: African Development Bank, Waemu Ombudsmen Association Meet to Strengthen Peace, Stability and Regional Integration in West Africa
African Development Bank (AfDB)
On 28 March 2025 the Director of the Regional Integration Coordination Office of the African Development Bank, Joy Kategekwa, received a delegation from the Ombudsmen Association… Read more »
Africa: Chile and South Africa Could Be Green Hydrogen Exporters - but Setting Up Industries With Debt Is Dangerous [analysis]
The Conversation Africa
Vast amounts of renewable energy are needed to produce green hydrogen, a new form of energy made by splitting water molecules into hydrogen and oxygen using renewable power. Read more »
Africa: Southern African Countries Launch Climate-Resilient Health Initiative With Who Support [press release]
WHO-AFRO
Eight Southern African countries have embarked on a landmark effort to bolster emergency preparedness and response systems in the face of increasing climate-related health threats. Read more »
Africa: Global Executions On the Rise As African States Rethink Capital Punishment
RFI
While much of the world has left capital punishment behind, the most recent report by Amnesty International shows executions last year reached their highest level globally in… Read more »
Africa: Africa Faces Critical Shortage of Oral Health Workers Amid Rising Disease Burden
WHO-AFRO
Africa faces a chronic shortage of oral health workers due to underinvestment, leaving millions of people without adequate care and vulnerable to preventable oral diseases,… Read more »
Africa: Earth's Oceans Once Turned Green - and They Could Change Again [analysis]
The Conversation Africa
Nearly three fourths of Earth is covered by oceans, making the planet look like a pale blue dot from space. But Japanese researchers have made a compelling case that Earth's oceans… Read more »
Africa: A Make-or-Break Moment for Global Development Finance--& the Role Philanthropy Must Play
IPS
This June, world leaders will gather in Seville for the Fourth International Conference on Financing for Development (FfD4), a milestone opportunity to reimagine how the global… Read more »
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Africa: Shaping Africa's Future - Press Conference Ahead of African Development Bank Group Annual Meetings 2025
African Development Bank (AfDB)
What? Press conference ahead of the Annual Meetings of the African Development Bank Group Read more »
Africa: Lessons From the Global South On Transforming Agrifood Systems
IPS
The state of food and nutrition security in the Global South masks the great strides and investments made to increase agricultural yields to feed a rapidly growing population. As… Read more »
Africa: Farmers Need Science Solutions in Their Hands Sooner Than Later
IPS
Climate change is outpacing science and farmers are paying the price. Agricultural research innovations need to reach farmers before it is too late. Read more »
Africa: Partnerships Expected to Enhance Agricultural Development
IPS
Two crucial partnerships were signed at the CGIAR Science Week in Nairobi today (April 9, 2025), aimed at delivering research for development at scale across Africa. Read more »
Africa: TotalEnergies CAF U-17 Afcon Referees Prepare for the Future
CAF
At the heart of the TotalEnergies CAF U-17 Africa Cup of Nations Morocco 2025, a special initiative lit up the behind-the-scenes of the tournament: an open-door session for… Read more »
Africa: CAF African Schools Football Championship - South Africa Profile - Girls
CAF
South Africa's Girls return to the CAF African Schools Football Championship continental finals for the third year in a row having been ever-presents at this stage of the… Read more »
Africa: Nigeria's Regional Development Boss Nominated for Africa's Top Award
Liberian Observer
The Managing Director/Chief Executive Officer of the Niger Delta Development Commission (NDDC), Nigeria, Dr. Samuel Ogbuku, is set to receive the esteemed 'African Public Service… Read more »
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Africa: Five Years of Impact: Youth and Partners Commemorate MOYESH Programme's Transformative Journey with icipe and the Mastercard Foundation
Mastercard Foundation
Over 300 young people, government representatives, entrepreneurs, key partners and stakeholders in the apiculture and sericulture value chains gathered in Addis Ababa on March 24… Read more »
Africa: Asean-CGIAR Regional Programme Can Encourage South-South Collaboration
IPS
The ASEAN-CGIAR program "unlocks opportunities to look at commodities in the region, interest, markets, and capacity building, Director General of the International Rice Research… Read more »
April 08
Africa: Trump's Tariff Hikes and South Africa - Hunt for New Agricultural Markets Must Begin Now [analysis]
The Conversation Africa
The South African government has underscored the urgent need to diversify the country's agricultural exports in the wake of the US decision to increase tariffs on its trading… Read more »
Africa: Hundreds of International Student Visas Revoked Without Warning Across the US
People's Dispatch
Reports indicate that the Trump administration is finding any justification to revoke student visas, including speeding tickets Read more »
Africa: All of Africa Today - April 8, 2025
allAfrica
Sudan War is Spreading, Two Years On Read more »
Africa: Africa's Refugee Camps Are Plagued By Flooding - We Looked Into Drainage Systems That Can Withstand Local Conditions [analysis]
The Conversation Africa
Almost one million people live in 24 camps for refugees and internally displaced people in Ethiopia. They have fled wars and massacres in South Sudan and Somalia, and forced… Read more »
Africa: Politics Aside, New Research Shows There Are Good Financial Reasons to Back Working From Home [analysis]
The Conversation Africa
In the pre-industrial era, people often lived and worked in the same building. This removed the need to travel to work. Read more »
Africa: Demographics Not Poor Governance Explain Africa's Slow Development [analysis]
ISS
Until dependency ratios shift, Africa's large youthful population will remain the continent's biggest barrier to growth. Read more »
