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Addis Ababa — The Chairperson of the African Union Commission, H.E. Mahmoud Ali Yousouf, unequivocally condemns the military coup d’etat which occurred in Guinea Bissau, leading to the arrest of President Umaro Sissoco Embaló and senior military officers on 26 November 2025, while the nation was on the verge of the announcement of the electoral…
The United Nations Peacebuilding Fund on Wednesday announced a major milestone, with the approval of more than $1 billion in support to global peacebuilding and conflict-prevention initiatives since 2020. The multi-donor trust fund is the UN’s primary instrument for supporting countries worldwide who are emerging from – or at risk of – violent conflict. The…
A court ruling in France could give African countries more power to hold corporations to account when they pretend to be environmentally friendly. The Paris Judicial Court found global oil and gas giant TotalEnergies guilty of misleading commercial practices, in a case brought by three environmental organisations. The October 2025 ruling marks the first time…
The Academy of Public Health (APH) has called for stronger digital innovation and shared leadership in addressing the growing burden of non-communicable diseases (NCDs) across Africa. The academy made the call during its 10th anniversary and the induction of new fellows, members, associate members, graduate members, and institutional members into the academy, in Abuja. The…
Abuja — Abuja Chamber of Commerce and Industry (ACCI), in partnership with the National Automotive Design and Development Council (NADDC) and Surge Africa, has called for urgent action to advance electric mobility infrastructure in Nigeria. The call was made in Abuja on Wednesday during a high-level roundtable dialogue to commemorate the World Sustainable Transport Day….
President Joseph Nyuma Boakai, Sr., has delivered a clarion call for African leadership and unity, urging the continent to move from the sidelines to the forefront of global decision-making. Speaking at the 17th edition of the MEDays Forum, often described as “the Davos of the Global South,” President Boakai addressed an audience of heads of…
UN Secretary General António Guterres with COP30 President André Corrêa do Lago. PHOTO/UN. By PATRICK MAYOYO [email protected] African Non-State Actors (NSAs) who attended the COP30 in Belém, Brazil, have issued a comprehensive briefing summarising the key outcomes of the conference and their implications for Africa’s climate future. While the briefing acknowledges that COP30 did not deliver the breakthrough…
New International Olympic Committee chief Kirsty Coventry fought back tears on Wednesday as she urged nations to come together in the 2026 Winter Games, as the torch relay set off from ancient Olympia in Greece. Addressing guests during the torch ceremony at the Olympia archaeological museum, as the first woman to head the Olympic movement,…
Nairobi — President Donald Trump has announced that South Africa will not receive an invitation to the 2026 G20 Summit, scheduled to take place in Miami, Florida, intensifying a diplomatic standoff that has simmered for weeks following Washington’s boycott of the 2025 G20 Summit in Johannesburg. In a lengthy post on his Truth Social platform,…
An online network of bot-like accounts, media sites and X users has been spreading disinformation supporting sanctioned Israeli tycoon Dan Gertler and attacking civil society groups in the Democratic Republic of the Congo (DRC), Global Witness analysis has found Dozens of X accounts and at least 10 Congolese news websites shared misleading claims in July…
