April 07
Africa: Africa Needs a New Health Order Focusing Expenditures on Key Outcomes [guest column]
allAfrica
Thirteen years ago this month, member states of the African Union met in the Nigerian capital and adopted binding commitments to spend at least 15 percent of their national budgets… Read more »
Africa: Gender Equality Takes Center Stage at WomenLift Health Conference
allAfrica
In a momentous gathering at the WomenLift Health Conference, a powerful synergy emerged as two prominent figures in global politics came together to champion gender equality.… Read more »
Africa: Can We End Cervical Cancer in South Sudan by 2030?
allAfrica
In South Sudan, young Keji* experienced a life of hardships and tragedies that ultimately led to her untimely death at the age of 20. Born in an… Read more »
Africa: Education Advocates Push to Decrease High Visa Denials for African Students
VOA
Education and immigration advocates say African students face high denial rates when seeking visas to study in the United States, and they are pushing for changes. Read more »
Africa: World Health Day - WHO Says HIV Still Prevalent in Africa
Premium Times
WHO said Africa's HIV-positive population increased from 15.6 million in 2005 to 24.3 million in 2021, accounting for 3.4 per cent of the total population. Read more »
Africa: WomenLift Health Conference Aims to Break Down Barriers for Women in Global Leadership
allAfrica
The vibrant city of Dar es Salaam in Tanzania becomes a focal point for a global revolution this weekend. An international global movement for women in health leadership converges… Read more »
Africa: AU Vows to Protect Youth From Being Genocide Ideology Agents
New Times
The African Union (AU) Commission is committed to protecting the youth from being used as agents of the propagation of hate speech and genocide ideology, especially during the… Read more »
Africa: Briton Becomes First Person to Run Length of Africa [analysis]
Daily Maverick
Extreme marathon runner Russ Cook completed his run across the entire length of Africa in Tunisia on Sunday after travelling through 16 countries, with the 352-day odyssey… Read more »
April 06
Africa: Africa's Fight Against Urban Air Pollution
DW
Cities are growing rapidly in Africa, but many countries lack effective technologies to measure the associated air pollution. Experts are finding new ways to track air quality in… Read more »
April 05
Africa: South Africa's Crucial Water Supplies From Lesotho - What the Six-Month Shutdown Means for Industry, Farming and Residents [analysis]
The Conversation Africa
The main water supply to South Africa's economic hub, greater Johannesburg in the Gauteng province, and to the country's breadbasket in the Free State, is scheduled to be cut off… Read more »
Africa: In Africa, We Finally Have Momentum Against TB. Let's Not Squander It [opinion]
TB Alliance
It is interesting to see, from my vantage point in South Africa, the reaction to the slight rise in tuberculosis (TB) cases in the U.S. Overall, TB in the U.S. has declined… Read more »
Africa: Dele Sosimi Talks Afrobeat - From Fela Kuti to the Future [interview]
Afropop
The lights dimmed inside London's legendary Jazz Cafe, the air thick with anticipation. A melting pot of Londoners - longtime Afrobeat devotees, curious newcomers, and those simply… Read more »
Africa: Kwibuka30 - Learning From the Past, Acting to Prevent Future Genocides
Africa Renewal
In memory of all those whose futures were taken away and those at risk across the world today Read more »
April 04
Africa: HRW Calls for UN, AU to Suspend Ethiopian Troops From Peacekeeping Missions
Addis Standard
Human Rights Watch (HRW) is calling upon the United Nations and the African Union to contemplate the suspension of fresh deployments of the Ethiopian National Defense Force (ENDF)… Read more »
Africa: Ghana Ranks 1st in West Africa, 5th in Africa On World Economics Governance Index
GhanaToday
Ghana has been ranked the 1st West African country by the World Economics Research based in London, the United Kingdom. Ghana gained 61.7 points on the World Economics Governance… Read more »
Africa: South Africa's Conservation Model - Why Expanding the Use of Biodiversity to Generate Money Is a Good Idea [analysis]
The Conversation Africa
South Africa's government is calling for public comments on an updated version of its existing biodiversity economy plan. Read more »
Africa: Penultimate Day of Newspace Africa Addresses African Space Programs
ANGOP
The penultimate day of the 11th edition of NewSpace Africa (African Space Conference 2024) has two panels dedicated to updating African space programs, the event's spokesperson,… Read more »
Africa: Standard Chartered, Old Mutual Fintech Arms to Launch UAE Wealth Management Platform
Daily Maverick
The new wealth platform will be headquartered in the UAE, the Middle East's financial hub, providing access to advanced budgeting, savings and investment solutions for users in the… Read more »
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: 'Become Activists for Science'
UCT
"What does the world need? The world needs us to be different kinds of scientists. We need to be activists for science, and we need to be scientific activists. We need to show that… 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 »
Africa: President Ruto Urges African Investors to Take Advantage of AfCFTA
Capital FM
President William Ruto has appealed to African investors and businesspeople to take advantage of the Africa Continental Free Trade Area (AfCFTA) agreement. Read more »
Africa: Pp91 - Health for Everyone, Everywhere?
Afrobarometer
As service delivery falls short, Africans rank health as a top priority for government action. Read more »
Africa: Cheaper Down the Road - Total Cost of E-Buses Beats Diesel in the Long Run in South Africa - Study [analysis]
Daily Maverick
A new report finds that a transition from diesel to battery-powered electric buses in South Africa's main cities can be justified purely on a financial basis, in most… Read more »
April 03
Africa: Africa Now Emits As Much Carbon As It Stores - Landmark New Study [analysis]
The Conversation Africa
A landmark new study has found that, in the last decade, the African continent has started emitting more carbon than it stores. When the total amount of carbon that is sequestered… Read more »