October 31
Africa: Statement On Antigen Rapid Tests for Mpox Diagnosis, 30 October 2024
Africa CDC
No Antigen Rapid Diagnostic Test (RDT) has demonstrated the minimum requirement for mpox testing Read more »
Africa: Across Africa, Public Trust in Key Institutions and Leaders Is Weakening
Afrobarometer
Fewer than half of citizens say they trust their president, Parliament, courts of law, and police. Read more »
Africa: Defending Biodiversity in Armed Conflict - Can COP16 Meet the Expectations?
IPS
José Aruna, a forest defender from Sud Kivu province in the Democratic Republic of the Congo (DRC), remembers the night in September 2019 when a group of heavily armed men… Read more »
Sudan: RSF Sexual Violence 'Intends to Terrorise Civilians', Says UN Fact-Finding Mission in Sudan
Dabanga
The Rapid Support Forces (RSF) is responsible for extensive sexual violence, including gang rape, abductions, and instances amounting to sexual slavery, according to a new report… Read more »
Africa: Building a Resilient Africa Through Disaster Risk Reduction, Preparedness [interview]
Africa Renewal
UNDRR leading in collaborative efforts to enhance countries' early warning systems Read more »
Africa: African Publishing Is Being Revolutionised - Report Explores Trends in Six Countries [analysis]
The Conversation Africa
African book publishing is in a rare moment of transformation, according to a new report. It's an industry that has historically survived at the mercy of multinational publishing… Read more »
Africa: U.S.-Africa Relations Under Biden - a Mismatch Between Talk and Action [analysis]
The Conversation Africa
In his first year in office, US president Joe Biden committed to resetting US-Africa relations based on a doctrine of equal partnership. Read more »
Nigeria: Nigeria's Universities Need to Revamp Their Entrepreneurship Courses [analysis]
The Conversation Africa
Youth unemployment has been a problem in Nigeria for decades. This is why policymakers are increasingly turning to entrepreneurship education as a solution. It is hoped that… Read more »
Africa: Mau Mau - Mukami Kimathi's Swansong to a City At War [analysis]
African Arguments
72 years after the Declaration of Emergency in Kenya triggered one of the bloodiest anti-colonial wars in history, little has changed for survivors. Read more »
Africa: Strength in Unity - Reflections From the Heritage Day Celebration With South Africa's Adolescent Girls
Graça Machel Trust
"There is no effort too little to make a change," said Shiphra Chisha, Director of Programmes at the Graça Machel Trust, as she addressed an enthusiastic crowd of over 100… Read more »
West Africa: Sahel - Terrorism and Surge of Trafficking [analysis]
Centre 4s
Terrorists attacks in Tinzwaten Mali, Niger oil pipeline, Barsalogho Burkina Faso and Barkaram island... It should be remembered that the advent of terrorism and the war in Libya… Read more »
Kenya: Diplomatic Missions Call On Kenya to Address Rising Arbitrary Arrests and Disappearances
Capital FM
Nine diplomatic missions in Nairobi have expressed serious concerns over rising cases of arbitrary arrests and enforced disappearances in Kenya. Read more »
Nigeria: Workers Poorer Now, Despite Pay Increases - - Oshiomhole [analysis]
Vanguard
Former governor of Edo State, Comrade Adams Oshiomhole, has criticised wage exploitation in Nigeria, warning that poor compensation negatively affects national security and… Read more »
Nigeria: Why We Are Not Yet Buying From Dangote Refinery - Ipman
Vanguard
·As marketers retain old prices Read more »
Nigeria: NCAA Explains Airworthiness Status of Crashed Helicopter
This Day
The Nigeria Civil Aviation Authority (NCAA), has revealed the status of the helicopter that crashed last week near Port Harcourt leading to the death of the eight souls on board. Read more »
Nigeria: Children Beggars On Abuja Streets
This Day
Wike's war on beggars is in order Read more »
Africa: Ministers from Global South Come Together to Call for Urgent Action on Nature Finance at COP16 [press release]
Nature Finance Alliance
The Ministerial Alliance for Ambition on Nature Finance (MAANF) has today shared a statement signed by 20 Ministers of Environment from the Global South, 'Seeking Accountability on… Read more »
Nigeria: Prioritise Mental Health Equity to End Stigma, Discrimination - UNHCR
Vanguard
The United Nations High Commission for Human Rights has called for mental health equity. Read more »
Nigeria: Nigeria Must Prioritise Infant Health to Reduce Mortality Rates - - Experts
Vanguard
·Link 50% of deaths to malnutrition, as IMCI seeks to check child deaths Read more »
Morocco: King's Prosecutor Opens Investigation, Keeps Person in Police Custody for Reportedly Committing Criminal Acts Punishable By Law
MAP
The King's Public Prosecutor at the Casablanca First Instance Court has announced that, following false information published on certain social networking platforms concerning the… Read more »
Nigeria: Nigeria Generates N1.1 Trillion From Solid Minerals Between 2007 and 2023 - Report
Premium Times
The report showed a substantial increase in government receipts from ₦7.59 billion in 2007 to ₦341.27 billion in 2022. Read more »
Nigeria: Access Holdings' Nine-Month Profit Climbs 83 Percent to N458 Billion
Premium Times
Return on equity stood at 14.6 per cent, compared to 11.9 per cent a year ago. Read more »
Zimbabwe: Zimbabwe Delegation in China
The Herald
A Zimbabwean delegation led by Youth Empowerment, Development and Vocational Training Deputy Minister Kudakwashe Mupamhanga is currently in China at the invitation of the Chinese… Read more »
Zimbabwe: 'Sanctions Have Cost Zim Significant Fortune'
The Herald
Economic sanctions imposed on Zimbabwe by Western countries, for nearly two decades and half, have caused massive financial losses and damaging economic challenges, experts say. Read more »
South Africa: 100 Days in Office - Advancing the Strategic Priorities of the GNU [opinion]
SAnews.gov.za
The first 100 days as Deputy Minister of Forestry, Fisheries, and the Environment, under the Government of National Unity (GNU), have been a period of significant learning and… Read more »
