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Africa: As World Health Summit Gathers in Berlin, Gavi and IRC’s Reach Consortium Deliver 20 Million Vaccine Doses in Crisis Settings, Reduces Delivery Cost Per Dose to U.S.$2

eriinfo.com3 months ago011 mins

Berlin — As delegates from around the world and across the private sector and civil society gather for the 2025 World Health Summit, the Reaching Every Child in Humanitarian Settings (REACH) consortium has officially administered over 20 million vaccine doses to children in humanitarian and conflict-affected settings – namely in Chad, Ethiopia, Somalia, Nigeria, South…

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Africa: How Disaster-Ready Are African Countries? Study of 5 Shows Some Progress, but Also Huge Gaps

eriinfo.com3 months ago011 mins

When we hear the word “disaster” we often think of floods, droughts or earthquakes – events caused by nature. But what really turns these events into disasters is how prepared we are to deal with them. A flood becomes a disaster when people do not have safe housing, early warnings or emergency support. In other…

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Africa: The Multipolar World Demands a New African Strategy

eriinfo.com3 months ago012 mins

African nations have since independence operated within a global system they did not participate in designing, one that often undermines their agency and development. The African nation-states continue to battle internal governance issues, corruption, and conflicts. The post Second World War liberal international order built on principles of market capitalism, secular individualism and democracy was…

Africa: “Girls’ Rights Cannot Wait” – West and Central Africa’s Girls Demand Action from Leaders

eriinfo.com3 months ago05 mins

Dakar, Senegal, 10 October 2025 – To mark the International Day of the Girl, over 100 girls from West and Central Africa came together in Dakar for the West and Central Africa Girls’ Summit. Their message to presidents, policymakers, and the rest of the world is clear: “We want to be taken into account when our…

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Africa: ATFS2025 – African Trade Experts to Meet in Abidjan – – Trade Finance Gap High On Agenda

eriinfo.com3 months ago03 mins

As global financial headwinds continue to squeeze emerging markets, Africa’s trade finance gap, estimated at up to $100 billion annually, will once again come under the spotlight. To help close this gap, Afreximbank will host the 25th edition of its flagship Trade Finance Seminar (ATFS2025) in Abidjan from November 4-6, 2025. The discussions will explore…

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Africa: Are We There Yet? Interview Duration and Respondent Attitudes

eriinfo.com3 months ago07 mins

Key findings Average interview duration increased by 15 minutes from Round 7 to Round 9, while the number of questions asked increased by an average of 17.8 items. The average interview in Round 9 took 33 minutes longer than the 45-minute estimate, with most interviews (96%) lasting beyond this benchmark. In Round 9, interviewers assessed…

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Africa: Black History Month – the Scramble for Africa, Partitioning Lives and Land

eriinfo.com3 months ago06 mins

If the slave trade uprooted millions, the Scramble for Africa uprooted entire nations. In the late 19th century, Europe turned its gaze once more to Africa–not just for people, but for land, minerals, and control. Within a few decades, the continent was carved up like a cake at a table where Africans had no seat….

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Africa: TINA Rolls Out Anti-Iffs Policy Tracker to Boost Accountability in African Tax Systems

eriinfo.com3 months ago08 mins

Johannesburg — The Tax Justice Network Africa (TJNA) has officially rolled out its new Anti-Illicit Financial Flows (IFFs) Policy Tracker Tool, a collaborative tool or an innovative digital system designed to strengthen accountability, evidence-based advocacy, and learning across Africa’s tax and fiscal policy landscape. The policy tracker was also launched in partnership with the African…

Africa: All of Africa Today – October 10, 2025

eriinfo.com3 months ago09 mins

UN Condemns Assault on El Fasher’s Last Hospital as Sudan Crisis Deepens At least 20 civilians were reportedly killed in attacks on a mosque and the Saudi Hospital in El Fasher, the besieged capital of North Darfur, Sudan. The UN humanitarian affairs office (OCHA) said the Rapid Support Forces (RSF) opened fire at the…

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Africa: How the Size of South Africa’s Police Force Compares to Other Countries

eriinfo.com3 months ago02 mins

The country has a growing shortage of detectives Despite a much higher violent crime rate, South Africa has fewer police per 100,000 people than the US, UK, France, Italy and China. But we do have a higher police per person ratio than developing countries like Kenya, India and Nigeria. We also have more police per…