November 03, 2021
Africa: Tobacco Control Vs Tobacco Harm Reduction - A Never-Ending War?
The latest Global State of Tobacco Harm Reduction report was launched on October 27th, 2021. Titled: “ Fighting the last war: the WHO and International Tobacco Control , its… Read more »
South Africa: Good Start But More Transparency Needed on Energy Transition Deal - Activists #AfricaClimateCrisis
A "historic" plan to create an U.S.$8.5 billion partnership to fund a climate finance deal for South Africa has been welcomed by climate and environmental justice groups along with… Read more »
Africa: Covid-19 Deaths Approach 220,000 Across Continent
As of November 3, 2021, confirmed cases of Covid-19 from 55 African countries reached 8,505,930 while over 119,875,691 vaccinations have been administered across the… Read more »
November 02, 2021
Africa: Covid-19 Vaccinations Across the Continent Total More than 119 Million
As of November 2, 2021, confirmed cases of Covid-19 from 55 African countries reached 8,501,690 while over 119,875,691 vaccinations have been administered across the… Read more »
November 01, 2021
Africa: Continent Nears 8.5 Million Confirmed Cases of Covid-19
As of November 1, 2021, confirmed cases of Covid-19 from 55 African countries reached 8,498,303 while over 117,311,369 vaccinations have been administered across the continent. Read more »
Africa: Let Us 'Waste' Children No More - It's Time for a Reset
Young children who are skin and bones are called “wasted”. The root of the verb “waste” is “to devastate, ruin”, which sadly is all too apt.… Read more »
October 31, 2021
Africa: Over 117 Million Covid-19 Vaccinations Administered Across Continent
As of October 31, confirmed cases of Covid-19 from 55 African countries reached 8,491,839 while over 117,311,369 vaccinations have been administered across the… Read more »
October 30, 2021
Sudan: AllAfrica Speaks With Sudan 'March of Millions' Protester As She Marches
AllAfrica's Juanita Williams spoke with Asma Ismail, human rights activist, as she marched through the streets east of Khartoum. Read more »
Africa: Over 116 Million Covid-19 Vaccinations Administered Across Continent
As of October 30, confirmed cases of Covid-19 from 55 African countries reached 8,491,839 while over 116,506,161 vaccinations have been administered across the… Read more »
October 29, 2021
Africa: Louder Global Calls for Leaving Fossil Fuels Behind #AfricaClimateCrisis
Activists from from across all regions of the planet are making themselves heard by calling for an end to the use of fossil fuels, as the COP26 climate talks are set to start in… Read more »
Africa: How Climate Change Will Hit Small Farmers - And How Adaptation Helps #AfricaClimateCrisis
Rising temperatures and a decline in rainfall across eight Southern and East African countries are set to slash the production of important food crops in the region by 2050, says a… Read more »
Africa: Over 144 Million Covid-19 Vaccinations Administered Across Continent
As of October 29, confirmed cases of Covid-19 from 55 African countries reached 8,487,438 while over 114,086,034 vaccinations have been administered across the continent. Read more »
October 28, 2021
Africa: Continent Nears 8.5 Million Confirmed Cases of Covid-19
As of October 28, confirmed cases of Covid-19 from 55 African countries reached 8,482,418 while over 114,086,034 vaccinations have been administered across the… Read more »
October 27, 2021
Africa: Close to 114,000,000 Vaccinations Administered Across the Continent
As of October 27, confirmed cases of Covid-19 from 55 African countries reached 8,475,770 while over 113,971,714 vaccinations have been administered across the… Read more »
October 26, 2021
Africa: Over 113 Million Vaccinations Administered Across the Continent
As of October 26, confirmed cases of Covid-19 from 55 African countries reached 8,471,859 while over 113,381,926 vaccinations have been administered across the continent. Read more »
Ethiopia: International Community Should Back Obasanjo's Peace Mission - Report
The international community should rally around former Nigerian president Olusegun Obasanjo's peace mission in Ethiopia, or risk all-out civil war within the country and even a… Read more »
West Africa: ECOWAS Envoy Ordered Out By Junta
ECOWAS representative Hamidou Boly was on October 25, 2021 named persona non grata and given 72 hours to leave Mali. Read more »
October 25, 2021
Africa: Over 110 Million Vaccinations Administered Across the Continent
As of October 25, confirmed cases of Covid-19 from 55 African countries reached 8,465,600 while over 110,484,912 vaccinations have been administered across the… Read more »
Sudan: Military Arrests Civilian Officials, Prime Minister Under House Arrest - Reports
Sudan's Prime Minister Abdallah Hamdok is reportedly under house arrest after an unidentified military force besieged his house early on Monday October 25, 2021, according to local… Read more »
October 24, 2021
Africa: Over 8.4 Million Confirmed Cases of Covid-19 Across Continent
As of October 24, confirmed cases of Covid-19 from 55 African countries reached 8,462,381 while over 106,010,059 vaccinations have been administered across the continent. Read more »
October 23, 2021
Africa: Continent Records Over 216,587 Covid-19 Deaths
As of October 23, confirmed cases of Covid-19 from 55 African countries reached 8,457,869 while over 106,010,059 vaccinations have been administered across the continent. Read more »
October 22, 2021
Africa: The Carbon-Burning Model of Development is a Dead End - UN Secretary-General #AfricaClimateCrisis
As the build-up and the stakes for the global climate talks intensify, the United Nations Secretary-General António Guterres has once again called for serious and solid… Read more »
Africa: Continent Nears 8.5 Million Confirmed Cases of Covid-19
As of October 22, confirmed cases of Covid-19 from 55 African countries reached 8,453,282 while over 106,010,059 vaccinations have been administered across the… Read more »
October 21, 2021
Africa: How Intellectual Property Law is Holding Back Covid-19 Therapies
Médecins Sans Frontières' Campaign for Access to Essential Medicines (MSF Access Campaign) has hosted the first of a three-part webinar series which will examine how… Read more »
Southern Africa: SADC Deploys Special Envoys to eSwatini as Police Fire on Protesters
South African President Cyril Ramaphosa and Chairperson of the Southern African Development Community (SADC) Organ on Defence, Politics and Security Cooperation has appointed a… Read more »