Africa: Uncertainties Mount as African Growth and Opportunity Act (AGOA) Deadline Nears

With the African Growth and Opportunity Act (AGOA) that has anchored U.S-Africa relations since 2000 set to expire on September 30, prospects for extension or renewal grow… Read more »

Sudan: The Forgotten War - A Betrayal of the People

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Africa: We Ask Congress to Step Up NOW before Toppling Investments from Tanzania to Togo to Haiti

The global trade landscape is full of competing countdown clocks that are quietly challenging U.S. competitiveness as they tick down. In the chaos of today's trade environment,… Read more »

Congo-Kinshasa: All Parties in DR Congo Are Committing Violations, Says New UN Report

A new UN report has found that all the parties in the Democratic Republic of Congo (DR Congo)’s provinces of North and South Kivu have committed serious violations of… Read more »

Congo-Kinshasa: Signatories to DR Congo Peace Deal Re-Commit Despite Renewed Violence

The signatories to a U.S.-brokered peace agreement intended to end the decades-long conflict in the Democratic Republic of Congo have recommitted themselves to implementing… Read more »

Africa: All of Africa Today - September 5, 2025

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South Africa: Gun Violence Petrifies Brakpan Residents - South African News Briefs - September 5, 2025

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Congo-Kinshasa: Mining DR Congo's Cobalt - False Solution to Climate Transition?

Cobalt mining in the Democratic Republic of the Congo (DRC), essential for global clean energy technologies, presents a paradox for the global energy transition. While the country… Read more »

Africa: 'It's Time to Deliver' - COP29 Presidency Urges Action on Climate Finance Promises

Climate change continues to have escalating impacts on the world, making the Conference of the Parties (COP) an essential global climate action platform. Climate-related disasters… Read more »

Africa: All of Africa Today - September 4, 2025

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South Africa: Childline Raises Alarm After Rising Cases of Girls Giving Birth - South African News Briefs - September 4, 2025

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Tanzania: A Surgeon's Fight for Sight on the Frontlines of Trachoma

Eye specialist Dr. Margaret Mumbua Muthoka is at the forefront of healthcare in Chalinze District, providing much-needed eye care services once lacking in the area. Read more »

Africa: Malawi's Political Parties Pledge Health Commitments Ahead of Elections

As Malawi prepares for national elections this September, women's, children's, and adolescents' health has taken center stage in political dialogue. In a two-day engagement… Read more »

Africa: All of Africa Today - September 3, 2025

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South Africa: Education Board Urges Calm as Matrics Prepare for Exams - South African News Briefs - September 3, 2025

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Cameroon: Restrictions Undermining Cameroon Presidential Election, Says UN Rights Chief

Growing restrictions on civic and democratic space in Cameroon in the lead-up to the presidential election in October are raising fears about whether voters can freely express… Read more »

Sudan: Landslide Kills 1,000 in Sudan After Heavy Rains

At least 1,000 people have been killed in a landslide in the Marra Mountains of western Sudan after days of heavy rain triggered the disaster, according to the Sudan… Read more »

Africa: All of Africa Today - September 2, 2025

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Central African Republic: Central African Republic's Opposition Leader Renounces French Citizenship to Run for President

Former Central African Republic prime minister Anicet-Georges Dologuélé has  announced  that he had renounced his French citizenship to run against… Read more »

South Africa: Cape Town Records 2.7 Million Traffic Offences in a Year - South African News Briefs - September 2, 2025

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Tanzania: A Meal, Then a Pill - How Tanzania's Campaign is Transforming Child Health

Lunchboxes in hand, the children at Vikuruti Primary School in Mlandizi, within the Kibaha District of the Coast region in Tanzania, chat and laugh while they eat. This meal is a… Read more »

Africa: All of Africa Today - September 1, 2025

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South Africa: Court to Hear Arguments on Decriminalizing Sex Work - South African News Briefs - September 1, 2025

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Ethiopia: Abiy Ahmed - Between the Glow of Progress and the Shadows of Uncertainty

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Senegal: Financing Agroecological Entrepreneurship

How can Africa finance its agroecological transition? This was the key question raised at a regional workshop held in Dakar alongside the African Food Systems Forum (AFSF). Read more »