South Africa Will Be President of the G20 in 2025 - Two Much-Needed Reforms It Should Drive [analysis]
The Conversation Africa
South Africa will play an important international role in 2025 as president of the G20. The G20 is a group of 19 countries as well as the African Union and the European Union.… Read more »
Kenya Hosts Biggest Africa Media Summit Tuesday
Leadership
Media owners, chief executives, editors and other categories of journalists will be converging on Nairobi, Kenya for the biggest AllAfrica Media Leaders' Summit (AMLS). Read more »
Our New Vaccine Could Protect Against Coronaviruses That Haven't Even Emerged Yet - New Study [analysis]
The Conversation Africa
The rapid development of vaccines that protect against COVID was a remarkable scientific achievement that saved millions of lives. The vaccines have demonstrated substantial… Read more »
World Health Organization Advises Updated Vaccine Composition to Tackle SARS-CoV-2 Evolution
Nile Post
In a recent update from the World Health Organization (WHO), it has been highlighted that SARS-CoV-2, the virus responsible for COVID-19, continues to circulate and evolve, posing… Read more »
Artisanal Mining Key to Africa's Development
Times of Zambia
HARNESSING the potential of Artisanal Small Scale Miners (ASM) is key in developing Africa's mineral sector and improving the livelihoods of its people. Read more »
Arms Race - Made-in-Africa Military Drones On the Rise
Independent (Kampala)
As unmanned aerial vehicles (UAVs) become increasingly critical for modern armed forces, African countries are investing in the local production of military drones. Read more »
Remarks by Ambassador Linda Thomas-Greenfield During a Press Conference at the U.S.-Africa Business Summit [document]
U.S. Mission to the UN
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South Africa Has Become Uninvestable Under ANC Rule [press release]
DA
After more than a hundred years of operation in South Africa, the international energy conglomerate Shell Plc is the latest major company to confirm that it plans to divest from… Read more »
Greenpeace Africa Applauds Senegal's Publication of Fishing Vessel List and Urges the Government to Join FiTI [press release]
Greenpeace
Greenpeace Africa welcomes the decision of the new Senegalese government to publish the list of vessels authorized to fish in the country's national waters. This decisive action… Read more »
Five Worrying Signs of Africa's Poor Election Quality [analysis]
ISS
Globally and in Africa, many electoral processes suffer from a lack of transparency, trust and oversight. Read more »
AllAfrica Joins Forces with Ubuntu Tribe to Unveil the Revolutionary Ubuntuverse at the Media Leaders' Summit [press release]
allAfrica
The 2024 edition of the AllAfrica Media Leaders' Summit, May 8-10 in Nairobi, Kenya, will feature innovations to leverage the ever-changing media landscape revolutionized by… Read more »
3rd Specialized Training for AU Election Observers Concluded in Rabat
African Union
The African Union Commission, in collaboration with the Ministry of Foreign Affairs, African Cooperation and Moroccan Expatriates organized the 3rd edition of the Specialized… Read more »
Malaria Is a Women's Rights Issue [analysis]
African Arguments
When malaria rages, the women whose labour, visible and invisible, is the bedrock of the care economy, suffer; the effects reverberate across society. Read more »
U.S.-Africa Trade Deal Turns 25 Next Year - Agoa's Winners, Losers and What Should Come Next [analysis]
The Conversation Africa
The African Growth and Opportunity Act (Agoa) is a landmark piece of trade legislation enacted by the United States in 2000. Its goal is to promote economic growth, development and… Read more »
Truck Drivers Warned of Hijackers in South Africa
Namibian
The Walvis Bay Corridor Group (WBCG) has advised haulage truck drivers going to and from South Africa to travel in convoys to minimise the chances of being hijacked. Read more »