Africa: World Contraception Day 2023 - A Call to Liberate Women's Bodies through Equitable Health Leadership

Access to birth control, which empowers women with the agency to decide if, when, and how many children to bear, is a fundamental human right. Read more »

Africa: CAF Announces Major Money for Men's Tourney While Women's Left Unchanged

CAF has upped the ante for the men's team in the Super Cup tournament but not for women participating in the CAF Women's Champions League. Read more »

Africa: How To Stop the Health Worker Brain Drain in Africa? Invest in People and Innovations

This year the World Health Organization added 37 African countries to a list of nations at risk of facing worsening health worker shortages due to “brain drain” –… Read more »

Africa: The Global North Should Focus on Climate Accountability, Not Just Compensation

Vast swathes of ancient forest are cut for timber. Oil is endlessly extracted from wells cut deep in the ground. And as countless species are irrecoverably driven to extinction,… Read more »

Africa: Ghana's Green Nobel Winner Paves the Way to a Greener Future #AfricaClimateHope

Imagine this: You're walking down the street, breathing in the fresh air. But what you don't see is the invisible cloud of toxic pollutants that's following you. This cloud is made… Read more »

Africa: Are We Truly Adding Value to Our Foods?

Earlier this year, a new US$20M potato chip production line opened in Ethiopia with an annual capacity of 25,000 tonnes — 250 billion more chips coming to… Read more »

Africa: Leadership Row Revealed in Pan African Parliament Letter

An alleged plan to unconstitutionally remove Pan-African Parliament (PAP) President Chief Fortune Charumbira from office, apparently led by his second vice president Dr. Ashebiri… Read more »

Africa: 'Smallholder Farmers Don't Need Help, They Need Equitable Share of Investment'

The Africa Food Systems Forum 2023 (AFSF) ended with calls for concerted efforts to scale up the transformation of food systems across the continent with equitable investments… Read more »

Africa: Sierra Leone Karpowership Cuts Should Be a Warning to South Africa - Eco-Justice Organisation

The Green Connection, an eco-justice organization opposing Karpowership's bid to secure 20-year contracts in South Africa, said the power cut in Sierra Leone should be a "warning"… Read more »

Africa: Children Call on Leaders to Put Them First in Climate Action #AfricaClimateHope

"We do not want adults to feel sorry for us. We want to be included in finding solutions," said Phillipa Cride Dole, a young climate activist and child advocate from Sierra Leone. Read more »

Africa: Carbon Pricing Key to Africa's Climate Action, EU and U.S. Say

You cannot protect the environment unless you empower people, inform them, and help them understand that these resources are their own, that they must protect them - Wangari… Read more »

Africa: Global Financial Architecture Needs to Prioritise Africa's Climate Adaptation Needs - AfDB #AfricaClimateHope

Africa contributes less than 4% of global greenhouse gas emissions, yet it suffers some of the worst effects of rising global temperatures. Read more »

Africa: UN Chief Guterres Calls on Africa to Become Renewable Energy Superpower #AfricaClimateHope

This continent is rich in renewable energy potential.  Read more »

Africa: African Climate Summit - Who Has Shaped the Agenda?

"Africa must not be denied its rightful place at the table." Read more »

Africa: Lawsuit Likely as CAF Cancels Biggest TV Broadcast Deal

The Confederation of African Football (Caf) may possibly start another expensive legal proceeding after unilaterally terminating its current largest broadcast agreement with Qatari… Read more »

Africa: African Leaders Gather for Climate Summit, Eyeing Common Ground #AfricaClimateHope

The world is facing an unprecedented climate crisis. Read more »

Africa: We Want More Than Just Empty Promises - African Youth Climate Assembly

Young people across Africa are calling for more than just empty promises from global leaders on climate change. Read more »

Africa: Vaccine Hesitancy 'Widens Immunity Gaps, Increases Risk of Outbreaks'

In 1999, Grade 5 brought for me a revelation like no other - vaccines! The idea that weak disease-causing organisms could transform our bodies into warriors against killer diseases… Read more »

Africa: Seventy-Third Session of the WHO Regional Committee for Africa Kicks Off in Gaborone

As Africa slowly recovers from the negative impact of the Covid-19 pandemic, health ministers from across the continent, health professionals, members of civil society, and experts… Read more »

Africa: From the Congo to Capitol Hill: A Coming-of-Age Memoir by Stephen R. Weissman

A remarkable memoir of an American's intimate engagement with the Congo, one throwing new light upon America's political challenges today.from amazon.com Read more »

Africa: Call for Africa to Walk the Talk to End NCDs

"We are walking the talk of all the speeches and statements that we make all the time and we know that exercise is one of the best things that you can do for your health", this… Read more »

Africa: Saudi Arabia Denies Border Guards Killed Hundreds of Ethiopian Migrants, Asylum Seekers

Saudi Arabia has denounced a Human Rights Watch (HRW) report accusing the kingdom's border guards of killing hundreds of Ethiopian migrants since 2022. Read more »

Africa: Russian Mercenary Boss Posts Video, Location Hints at Africa

Yevgeny Prigozhin, head of the Wagner Group, made a rare video appearance released on Telegram channels linked to the private military company, Al Jazeera reports. Read more »

Africa: Driving Sustainable Development Through Innovative Financing in Africa

According to AllAfrica's Executive Chairman, Amadou Mahtar Ba, the world is more than halfway through the 2030 United Nations Sustainable Development Goals deadline, but for… Read more »

Africa: Progress and Promise - Delivering on the U.S.-Africa Leaders Summit Partnership

Seven months ago, at the U.S.-Africa Leaders Summit in Washington D.C., President Biden said his administration is "all in" on Africa's future. He is making good on that promise. Read more »