November 14
Africa: COP29 - 'You Have Every Right to Be Angry' Guterres Tells Youth Advocates Frustrated Over Lack of Climate Action
UN News
As negotiations over how to tackle climate change head into their fifth day in Baku, UN Secretary-General António Guterres has expressed solidarity with young climate… Read more »
Africa: Equitable AI for Africa
UNDP
Unlocking new engines of growth and creativity Read more »
Africa: Conference On Enhancing China-Africa (Ethiopia) Economic, Trade Cooperation Underway
ENA
The conference that aimed at enhancing the economic and trade cooperation between Jiangsu province of China and Africa (Ethiopia) underway in Addis Ababa today. Read more »
Africa: 24 Million Adults Living With Diabetes in Africa - WHO
Leadership
The World Health Organisation (WHO) has said that more than 24 million adults in Nigeria and other African countries are currently living with diabetes, and half of the cases are… Read more »
Africa: COP29 - Experts Decry Africa's Climate Finance Shortfalls
Premium Times
During the opening plenary on Monday, the COP29 organisers hinted that the negotiating priority at the conference is to achieve a new climate finance goal. Read more »
Africa: Greenpeace Africa Calls for Real Climate Solutions Over Dubious Carbon Markets Scheme
Greenpeace
As COP29 discussions continue in Baku, Greenpeace Africa strongly opposes the push for unreliable market-based mechanisms as a solution to the climate crisis, warning that they… Read more »
Africa: Africa CDC Endorses First Locally Made Mpox Test From Morocco
Capital FM
Africa Centers for Disease Control and Prevention (CDC) Advisory Committee has endorsed first ever locally made Monkey Pox (Mpox) test from Morocco in efforts to boost Africa's… Read more »
Africa: Empowering Girls in Africa to Embrace Stem
Africa Renewal
More initiatives needed to inspire and equip young women to pursue careers in science, technology and innovation. Read more »
Africa: New UN Report On Rethinking Africa's Debt - Debunking Myths and Identifying Sustainable Solutions
Africa Renewal
The 2024 UN OSAA report, "Unpacking Africa's Debt: Towards a Lasting and Durable Solution", addresses the urgent need to reform Africa's debt structures and offers a roadmap for… Read more »
Africa: UNHCR Amplifies Voices of Displaced On Frontlines of Climate Change
UN News
UN refugee agency, UNHCR, on Thursday launched the Refugees for Climate Action initiative in a bid to mobilise the world's forcibly displaced to join the fight against global… Read more »
Africa: Coffee, Tea and Cocoa Costs See Global Food Import Bill Soaring Past $2 Trillion
UN News
The global food import bill is projected to exceed $2 trillion in 2024 - fuelled by the rising cost of everyone's favourite hot drinks - according to the latest Food Outlook… Read more »
Africa: Rethinking Debt in Africa - Unpacking Myths and Identifying Sustainable Solutions
Africa Renewal
The 2024 OSAA Report challenges widely held assumptions about Africa's debt, revealing that the continent does not suffer from a crippling debt overhang but instead faces a… Read more »
Africa: Fudged Figures, Gas, and Debt - Digging Into MDBs' 'Climate Finance' [analysis]
African Arguments
Half of all Multilateral Development Banks' climate finance goes to Europe. Just 4% is grants. We don't just need more but better climate finance. Read more »
Africa: Africa Aware - Tagadom's Vision for Ending the War in Sudan [analysis]
Chatham House
In this episode, Khalid Omer Yousif discusses how Sudan's broadest anti-war, pro-democracy coalition, Tagadom, aims to bring civilian voices to the fore in a war dictated by… Read more »
Africa: COP29 - African Countries Must Wake Up From 'Distributed Carbon Emission Guilt' to People-Centered Climate Action
IPS
Global warming is no longer just an issue for the environment but a crisis of life itself. Yet, African governments' climate action strategies, specifically those submitted under… Read more »
Africa: The Real 'Gift From God' - Why the Africa Energy Bank Is a Bad Idea [analysis]
African Arguments
A coalition of African oil-producers is set to launch a $5bn oil bank. This is not just environmentally but economically misguided. Read more »
Africa: WHO Director-General's Remarks At the Wish - High-Level Roundtable - Protecting Health in Armed Conflict - 14 November 2024 [document]
WHO
Your Highness, Read more »
Africa: Equity Group and Deg Launch German Desk to Boost Trade and Investment in East Africa
Nile Post
Equity Group Holdings Plc and DEG - Deutsche Investitions- und Entwicklungsgesellschaft mbH, the German Development Finance Institution, have announced the launch of the German… Read more »
Africa: COP29 - Amb Gatete Lists Five Critical Policy Priorities Toward a Climate-Resilient Africa
New Times
African economies lose up to 5% of GDP, on average, annually because of climate-related disruptions and, while they require adequate, predictable and accessible finance, the… Read more »
Africa: Progress As Draft Decision Text for COP29 Presidency's Top Negotiating Priority Released
IPS
Three days into the landmark COP29 conference, the co-chairs of the New Collective Quantified Goal (NCQG) have arrived at a workable basis for discussion on the summit's top… Read more »
Africa: African Penguins Could Be Extinct By 2035 - How to Save Them [analysis]
The Conversation Africa
In October 2024, the African penguin became the first penguin species in the world to be listed as critically endangered by the International Union for the Conservation of Nature. Read more »
Africa: MultiChoice Profits Dive As Subscriptions Shrink
Business Day Africa
Africa's biggest pay-television company Multichoice Group has reported a 99 percent dip in half-year profits on the back of subscriber decline and foreign exchange volatility in… Read more »
Africa: Breaking the Cycle of Violence to Save Mothers and Children - Why Ending Gender-Based Violence Is Essential for Global Health [opinion]
Capital FM
Each year, millions of women and children around the world die from preventable causes. Maternal, newborn, and child health (MNCH) is a shared global priority, yet we often… Read more »
Africa: Angolan President Authorizes Hosting of Basketball Africa League in 2026
ANGOP
Angola will host the Basketball Africa League (BAL) in 2026, an initiative of the Basketball Africa League approved on Thursday in Luanda by the President of the Republic,… Read more »
Africa: Vervelife - Africa's Largest Fitness Party Concludes 7th Edition On a High Note
This Day
Leading payment card and digital token brand, Verve, has successfully concluded the seventh edition of VerveLife, Africa's largest fitness party, reaffirming its commitment to… Read more »
