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Africa: Algiers Declaration On the Crimes of Colonialism in Africa – ‘Towards Redressing the Historical Injustices Through the Criminalisation of Colonialism’

eriinfo.com9 months ago013 mins

(Algiers, November 30, and December 1, 2025) WE, Ministers of Foreign Affairs of the participating Member States of the African Union (AU), Heads of Delegations, Representatives of the AU Commission including the Pan-African Parliament, Representative of CARICOM region, academics, experts, jurists, and historians, meeting in Algiers on 30 November and December 1, 2025, within the…

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Africa: CIVICUS Monitor Data Reveals ‘Alarming’ State of Civic Freedoms in Africa as Governments Detain Journalists Across the Continent

eriinfo.com9 months ago07 mins

Over 80% of people in Africa South of the Sahara live in countries with “Repressed” or “Closed” civic space. Detention of journalists is the top tactic used by African governments to silence dissent. Burundi, Sudan, Madagascar, and Liberia downgraded; Senegal, Gabon, Mauritania upgraded. Follow us on WhatsApp | LinkedIn for the latest headlines The CIVICUS…

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Africa: UN Security Council Set to Renew AU Mission in Somalia Amid Funding Concerns for Aussom

eriinfo.com9 months ago02 mins

United Nations — The United Nations Security Council is expected to renew the mandate of the African Union Support Mission in Somalia (AUSSOM) before it expires at the end of December, officials said Monday. In addition to the mandate renewal, the Council will review updates to sanctions under resolution 2713 against Al-Shabaab, including maritime restrictions,…

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Africa: Global Atrocity Risks Rising, Warns New UN Adviser On Genocide Prevention

eriinfo.com9 months ago010 mins

The world is witnessing an alarming erosion of respect for international law, with conflicts increasingly targeting civilians and heightening the risk of atrocity crimes, warns the United Nations’ newly appointed Special Adviser on the Prevention of Genocide. In his first interview since assuming the post in August, Chaloka Beyani reflected on the origins of his…

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Africa Faces Rising Outbreaks of Cholera, Mpox, Marburg – CDC Warns

eriinfo.com9 months ago07 mins

Africa is grappling with increasing public health threats amid overstretched resources and persistent gaps in preparedness, the Africa Centres for Disease Control and Prevention (Africa CDC) has said. Prof. Yap Boum, Incident Manager for Health Emergencies at Africa CDC, gave the alert during the agency’s weekly virtual press briefing. He gave the alert as the…

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Africa: Experts Expose Critical Gap in Global Sustainable Development Agenda

eriinfo.com9 months ago06 mins

A new report from the Stockholm Environment Institute (SEI) and the NYU Center for Environmental and Animal Protection (CEAP) warns that the current UN Sustainable Development Goals (SDGs) systematically neglect animal welfare and health — a gap undermining progress on human health, environmental protection and social equity. Despite growing international support for a One Health…

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Central Africa: ‘Life By Life’ – UN in West and Central Africa Launches $5.1 Billion Aid Appeal With Urgent Call for Global Solidarity Over Indifference

eriinfo.com9 months ago09 mins

The UN and partners are appealing for $5.1 billion to deliver essential lifesaving aid and protection in West and Central Africa. Funding shortfalls have forced humanitarians to shrink the response and make tough choices about where to focus efforts and who can be supported among the most vulnerable communities. ·West and Central Africa is grappling…

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Africa: The Dangerous Watchdog – allAfrica.com

eriinfo.com9 months ago06 mins

How corruption shapes support for media scrutiny in Africa “Sunlight is said to be the best of disinfectants,” U.S. Supreme Court Justice Louis Brandeis famously said, referring to the belief that vigorous reporting on corruption helps citizens hold their leaders accountable and punish wrongdoers. Yet the politics of exposure is rarely so simple, especially where…

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Africa: South Africa’s G20 Presidency Is Over – What Did It Achieve for Climate and Clean Energy in Africa?

eriinfo.com9 months ago011 mins

South Africa opened its G20 presidency with an ambitious message for a world divided by conflict and economic strain: solidarity, equality and sustainability. The Johannesburg G20 leaders’ summit tried to mend deep geopolitical rifts. Even those who chose to boycott the summit remained included – with their chairs left symbolically empty. A G20 presidency is…

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Africa: ‘The System Has Failed’ – Giles Duley’s Mission to Reframe Disability in War

eriinfo.com9 months ago014 mins

Talking to journalists earlier this week on his final day as the first UN Global Advocate for Persons with Disabilities in Conflict and Peacebuilding Situations, Giles Duley said he felt he had failed in his core mission. More importantly, he added, the system itself has failed. At UN Headquarters in New York, where we met…