September 18
Africa: 'Create a Future Fit for Our Grandchildren', Guterres Urges, Ahead of Gamechanger Summit
UN News
Countries must use a once-in-a-generation UN summit to address current and emerging global challenges and reform outdated international institutions, Secretary-General… Read more »
Sudan: The War in Sudan Is Intensifying. Coordinated Pressure Is Needed to Prevent the Country's Fragmentation [analysis]
Chatham House
International cooperation is needed to deliver civilian protection, scale up humanitarian assistance, leverage the influence of regional actors, and give Sudanese civilians a role… Read more »
Senegal: Senegal's Dollar Bonds Fall As IMF Warns of Fiscal Deterioration
Daba Finance
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East Africa: Kenya's Femicide Cases - 'Declare a Crisis Now' [analysis]
The Conversation Africa
Ugandan athlete and Olympian Rebecca Cheptegei died in September 2024 after being set alight by a man she knew in Eldoret, Kenya. Cheptegei's murder was reported to have been about… Read more »
Sudan: Unicef Allocates Resources and Cash Support for Sudanese Children
SNA
The United Nations International Children's Emergency Fund (UNICEF) revealed resources allocated to Sudan, including providing cash support for Sudanese children and women affected… Read more »
Sudan: Sudan's Civilians Urgently Need Protection - the Options for International Peacekeeping [analysis]
The Conversation Africa
In September 2024, the United Nations' independent fact-finding mission to Sudan issued its first report. Citing grave human rights violations amounting to war crimes and crimes… Read more »
Lesotho: Lesotho - Authorities Must Promptly Investigate Allegations That Army Tortured and Killed Civilians
AI London
Responding to reports that Lesotho Defence Forces (LDF) soldiers tortured at least four people and killed at least two others during the ongoing Operation Hard Fist to confiscate… Read more »
Africa: UN Secretary-General António Guterres Appoints Four New SDG Advocates [announcement]
UN
On the eve of the Summit of the Future, the United Nations Secretary-General António Guterres announced four new SDG Advocates dedicated to accelerating progress of… Read more »
Tunisia: Tunisia Votes in Favour of Resolution to Implement ICJ Advisory Opinion On Legal Consequences of Occupation in Palestinian Territory
Tunis Afrique Presse
Tunisia voted on Wednesday at the UN General Assembly in favour of a resolution introduced by the State of Palestine on the implementation of the advisory opinion of the… Read more »
Nigeria: Nigerian Red Cross Appeals for $2.5m to Support Borno Flood Victims
Premium Times
Mr Adeaga said "We urgently need the support of individuals, organisations..." Read more »
Malawi: Chakwera's 7-Day Stay At Unga - What's in Store for Malawians?
Nyasa Times
President Lazarus Chakwera has left, this morning, for New York, USA, where for, seven days, he join will join over 150 heads of states and government for the 79th session of the… Read more »
Africa: Gavi Signs Agreement With Bavarian Nordic to Rapidly Secure 500,000 Doses of Mpox Vaccines for Africa [press release]
GAVI
The advance purchase agreement (APA) will be funded by Gavi's First Response Fund, a mechanism created after the COVID-19 pandemic to ensure rapid access to scarce vaccine supplies… Read more »
September 17
Africa: The Sierra Leonian Gangster Who Gave up Violence and Drugs for Poetry [analysis]
The Conversation Africa
For the past five years, the GANGS project, a European Research Council-funded project led by Dennis Rodgers, has been studying global gang dynamics in a comparative perspective.… Read more »
Liberia: Foreign Minister Requests Ex-President Weah's Help for UN Seat
Liberian Investigator
Foreign Minister Sara Beysolow Nyanti has, perhaps, come to realize that securing Liberia a seat at the UN Security Council as a non-permanent member would be nearly impossible… Read more »
Namibia: United Nations Secretary General Guterres Appoints Geingos As Sustainable Development Goals Advocate
Namibian
United Nations (UN) secretary general António Guterres has appointed former first lady Monica Geingos as a Sustainable Development Goals (SDG) advocate, the UN has… Read more »
South Africa: Concern Raised Over 'Risk of the Threat of Use of Nuclear Weapons'
SAnews.gov.za
Minister of Energy and Electricity, Dr Kgosientsho Ramokgopa, has raised concern about the "rising threat" to global peace and the risk of the threat of nuclear weapons use amidst… Read more »
Zimbabwe: Zimbabwe's Bid for Third UN Security Council Seat Gets Continental Support
New Zimbabwe
FOREIGN Affairs Minister Frederick Shava has said Zimbabwe's ambitious plans to vie for a United Nations Security Council (UNSC) seat in 2027 now have support from both the African… 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 »
Nigeria: UN Agencies Assist Families Affected By Floods
UN News
UN agencies and their humanitarian partners are providing life-saving relief to families in Nigeria who lost their homes during recent flooding. Read more »
Nigeria: UN Restates $6 Million to Support Borno Flood Victims
Premium Times
The UN's food agency says over the coming six months, it needs 147.9 million dollars to support food-insecure people in Nigeria's northeast. 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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Kenya: Kenya's Jean Njeri Kamau Named UN Resident Coordinator in Guyana
Capital FM
United Nations Secretary-General António Guterres has appointed Jean Njeri Kamau of Kenya as the United Nations Resident Coordinator in Guyana, effective from September 15,… Read more »
September 16
Africa: U.S. Military Strategy in Africa Remains 'Partnership-Centric' - Africom's General Langley
allAfrica
The head of the U.S-Africa Command (Africom) - a unit of the U.S. military responsible for operations on the continent - said the U.S. strategy on the continent will… Read more »
Nigeria: Okonjo-Iweala to Seek Second Term as WTO Chief
Vanguard
·Gets the backing of 58 member countries Read more »
Africa: Sahel, Lake Chad Basin Countries Coordinate Joint Polio Eradication Plan
WHO-AFRO
In a significant move to combat the ongoing challenge of variant poliovirus transmission in Central and West Africa, Ministers of Health from the Lake Chad Basin countries and… Read more »