Africa: Communities and Civil Society Across Africa Stage Protests Against TotalEnergies Operations

Africa: Communities and Civil Society Across Africa Stage Protests Against TotalEnergies Operations

Africa – 25th August 2025  – Activists, CSOs and frontline communities across the continent came together under the umbrella body, KickTotalOutOfAfrica, and engaged in a coordinated protest dubbed Africa Week of Action from August 18-24, demanding French oil giant TotalEnergies stop its operations, pay reparations to affected communities, and make way for a just and community-centered energy…

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Africa: Communities and Civil Society Across Africa Stage Protests Against TotalEnergies Operations

African Health Ministers Endorse Framework to Accelerate Progress On Oral Health

Lusaka — African ministers of health gathering for the World Health Organization (WHO) Regional Committee for Africa today adopted a pivotal framework to accelerate efforts to address oral health diseases that affect around 42% of the region’s population. The regional oral health framework, endorsed at the Seventy-fifth session of the WHO Regional Committee for Africa…

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Africa: Communities and Civil Society Across Africa Stage Protests Against TotalEnergies Operations

Africa: Pp95 – Africa’s Digital Divide Is Closing, but Participation in the Digital(ised) Economy Remains Highly Uneven

Only about four in 10 citizens have the necessary access to devices, electricity, and the Internet. Key findings ° On average across 39 countries, only 18% of respondents personally own a computer, and a further 15% have access to a computer in their household. Fewer than half (47%) personally own a smartphone. ° Men, urban…

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Trump vows added tariffs on countries with digital services taxes

Trump vows added tariffs on countries with digital services taxes

U.S. President Donald Trump meets with European Commission President Ursula von der Leyen, in Turnberry, Scotland, Britain, July 27, 2025. Evelyn Hockstein | Reuters President Donald Trump vowed Monday to impose “substantial” new tariffs and restrict U.S. chip exports for all countries that do not remove digital taxes and related regulations. Trump wrote on Truth Social…

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