September 17
Africa: South Africa Needs More Nautical Scientists and Maritime Engineers [analysis]
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… Read more »
Africa: For a Mutually Beneficial China-Africa Relations [analysis]
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… Read more »
Africa: ECW Delivers Holistic Education Against All Odds, but More Funding Needed
IPS
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… Read more »
Africa: Rwanda's Economy Registers Strong Growth in Early 2024 Despite Persistent Challenges
World Bank
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… Read more »
Africa: Hiding the Coco - Women Farmers Anticipating Old Age [analysis]
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… Read more »
Africa: Four Ways Africa Is Already Seeing the Effects of Climate Change [analysis]
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… Read more »
Africa: Scientists Have Found Evidence of Past Extreme Solar Storms. Their Return Could Be Disastrous for Our Technology-Based Societies [analysis]
The Conversation Africa
In September 1859, the same year that Darwin published On the Origin of Species, telegraph systems across Europe and North America stopped working and started sparking, leading to… Read more »
Africa: WHO Director-General's Opening Remarks At the High-Level Meeting On Dracunculiasis (Guinea-Worm Disease) Eradication in Chad [document]
WHO
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Africa: Funding Needed to Save Children From Climate-Induced Hunger - Gates Foundation
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… Read more »
September 16
Africa: Climate Change - Ozone Layer Still Well On Track for Full Recovery
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… Read more »
September 15
Africa: Africa and the World Commemorates Cabral, 100 Years On
People's Dispatch
The struggles waged by Cabral and the PAIGC continue to be incredibly relevant today. The ongoing and increasing brutality of Western imperialism in the 21st century necessitates a… Read more »
September 09
Africa: New UNAIDS Report Shows That the Debt Crisis Is Choking Sub-Saharan Africa, Leaving Health and HIV Services Chronically Underfunded
UNAIDS
Growing public debt is choking sub-Saharan African countries, leaving them with little fiscal room to finance health and critical HIV services. A new report by UNAIDS, Domestic… Read more »
Africa: Young People Living With HIV Urge World Leaders to Partner With Them in the Aids Response
UNAIDS
With support from UNAIDS, two young social media influencers living with HIV are on their way to the United Nations General Assembly and the Summit of the Future in New York to… Read more »