October 29
Africa: EU Announces €12 Million Support for Global Biodiversity Conservation Efforts Led By UNDP's Biodiversity Finance Initiative
UNDP
BIOFIN launches new criteria to track efficacy of public spending on biodiversity Read more »
Mali: WFP Responds to Devastating Floods in Mali That Have Affected 350,000 People
WFP
The United Nations World Food Programme (WFP) is ramping up its lifesaving response to people affected by the devastating floods in Mali. Since the start of the rainy season in… Read more »
Africa: WHO and Partners Activate Global Health Emergency Corps for the First Time in Response to Mpox Outbreak [press release]
WHO
In October 2024, WHO and partners, in collaboration with Member States, activated the Global Health Emergency Corps (GHEC) for the first time to provide support to countries facing… Read more »
Ethiopia: Building Bridges With Asian Miracles
Ethiopian Herald
Ethiopia has been strengthening its diplomatic and economic relations with the so-called "Asian Tiger" economies, especially Malaysia, Singapore, South Korea, and Taiwan. These… Read more »
Nigeria: Tinubu in China - Payoffs for Nigerians
This Day
Nigeria stands to gain immensely from a range of mutually beneficial agreements with China, writes LINDA NWABUWA-AKHIGBE Read more »
West Africa: Kamala Harris and West Africa [opinion]
This Day
If she wins, Kamala Harris and the U.S. Democratic Party will need to offer strategic support to ECOWAS, writes CHUKWUEMEKA UWANAKA. Read more »
Nigeria: Canadian Gets 11 Year Sentence for Importation of Illicit Drugs
This Day
Justice Dehinde Dipeolu of a Lagos Federal High Court, on Wednesday convicted and sentenced a 41-year-old Canadian woman, Adrienne Munju, to a total of 11 years imprisonment, for… Read more »
Africa: Africa Bringing More Youth to the Forefront in the Efforts to Ensure Food Security
Ethiopian Herald
Food security, as defined by the World Food and Agriculture Organization (FAO), is achieved when all individual citizens in a country possess the financial means and access to… Read more »
East Africa: Djibouti Seeks Support for Top AU Post
The Herald
President Mnangagwa yesterday received a special envoy from his Djibouti counterpart, President Ismaïl Omar Guelleh, who has requested support for that country's candidate for… Read more »
Zimbabwe: Zim Calls for Joint Funding of Cross Border Projects
The Herald
Zimbabwe has called for increased collaborative funding of cross-border projects in Southern Africa as the country continues to push for enhanced regional cooperation to upgrade… Read more »
Africa: 7 Days to Go - Harris, Trump Intensify Campaigns
Leadership
Seven days before the election, Trump heads to Georgia, while Harris will try to energise voters in Michigan that include an Arab American and Muslim population concerned about… Read more »
South Sudan: Life On the Levee South Sudan [press release]
MSF
South Sudan is currently facing one of its worst floods in recent decades. In Old Fangak, where teams from Médecins Sans Frontières (MSF) are working, only mud dykes… Read more »
South Africa: Cosatu Welcomes the Presentation of Full Evidence By the South African Government in the ICJ Case of Genocide By the Apartheid State of Israel [press release]
COSATU
The Congress of South African Trade Unions (COSATU) welcomes the filing of the memorial regarding the ICJ case of genocide by the apartheid state of Israel in Gaza and throughout… Read more »
Ethiopia: Boosting Inflow of Foreign Direct Investment
Ethiopian Herald
In the last two decades, the government tried its level best to reform the economy through opening the space to the private sector to play pivotal role in the nation's development… Read more »
Ethiopia: Multiples of Gains Out of Ethiopia, G7 Partnership
Ethiopian Herald
Apart from working hard to register remarkable socio-economic records, Ethiopia has been undertaking a range of activities to well cement bilateral, trilateral as well as… Read more »
Libya/Nigeria: CAF and the Botched Libya-Nigeria Match
This Day
The CAF punitive decision holds lessons for all Read more »
Zimbabwe: Zim Seeks to Strengthen Cultural Ties in Venice
The Herald
VICE President Kembo Mohadi arrived here last night for the 60th Venice Biennale, during which Zimbabwe seeks to boost cultural relations with other countries. Read more »
October 28
Sudan: Echoes From Darfur Sudan
MSF
One and a half years into the conflict in Sudan, refugees are still fleeing to eastern Chad in search for safety, where they arrive at camps in dire conditions. Access to clean… Read more »
Sudan: Sudan Trapped in a 'Nightmare of Violence', UN Chief Tells Security Council
UN News
UN Secretary-General António Guterres warned on Monday the people of Sudan are trapped in a "nightmare of violence, hunger, disease and displacement", as the brutal war… Read more »
Africa: AUC - IMF - WB Hold Coordination Meeting to Discuss Key Policy Issues in Alignment With Agenda 2063
African Union
Facilitated by the African Union Commission (AUC), the two-day coordination meeting with the International Monetary Fund (IMF) and the World Bank (WB) which took place from 24 -25… Read more »
South Africa: Loaded for Bear - US Presidential Election Has Big Implications for SA Platinum Group Metals Producers
Daily Maverick
South African platinum group metals producers have a lot at stake in next week's US presidential election amid talk of sanctions and tariffs. Read more »
Africa: WHO in Africa, WomenLift Health Sign Pivotal Agreement to Strengthen Women's Leadership in Health
WHO-AFRO
World Health Organization (WHO) in the African Region and WomenLift Health today crossed a major milestone, cementing a crucial partnership to bolster investments in women's… Read more »
Liberia: 'Liberia's Future Depends On Liberians'
Liberian Observer
At Cuttington University's Graduate School of Global Affairs and Public Policy lecture series on Friday, October 25, 2024, Dr. Rudolph Bropleh, Vice President of the Graduate and… Read more »
Nigeria: USAID Urged to Include Cassava On International List
Daily Trust
The Executive Director of Agbeyewa Farms Limited, Mr Oskar Ayeleso, has decried the exclusion of cassava by the United States Agency for International Development (USAID) from the… Read more »
October 27
Uganda: LRA Rebel Commander Jailed in Uganda for War Crimes in Landmark Case
RFI
Kampala, Uganda (Reuters) - Thomas Kwoyelo, a mid-level commander in the notorious Lord's Resistance Army rebel group, was sentenced to 40 years in prison in Uganda on Friday for… Read more »
