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Africa is the world’s most endowed continent in agricultural potential, yet it remains a marginal player in global agribusiness. This paradox lies at the heart of Africa’s development challenge. Africa’s land accounts for nearly half of the global total. Most of it can be used for growing crops. It is also largely unprotected, and not…
The African Union (AU) and the Federal Republic of Germany have reaffirmed their long-standing partnership for sustainable development, peace, and prosperity in Africa during the AU-Germany Negotiations on Development Cooperation, held on 6-7 November 2025 at the African Union Commission (AUC) Headquarters in Addis Ababa. Germany committed an additional €88 million in new funding to…
President Luiz Inácio Lula da Silva when he spoke at (COP30), in Belém, Brazil on Wednesday. PHOTO/Ricardo Stuckert/Secom-PR. By PATRICK MAYOYO [email protected] In a powerful speech at the United Nations Climate Change Conference (COP30) held in Belém on Wednesday, President Luiz Inácio Lula da Silva delivered a clarion call for global action to combat climate…
Just after sunrise, long before offices open or policy meetings begin, you will find young Africans already at work in the fields, markets, and improvised tech hubs that power our food systems. Different countries, different landscapes, but the same pulse: young people taking on the reigns to engineer the change they want to see. This…
When Salma* was just 15, she was forced to get married, even though she wanted to stay in school and become a doctor someday. Instead, she found herself tied to a man who “changed from being kind to being a monster.” He would beat her “with his bare hands,” she said recently. The young mother…
Zimbabwe President Mnangagwa Appoints New Commander of Defence Forces President Emmerson Mnangagwa announced major leadership changes within Zimbabwe’s military, promoting two senior officers to head the country’s top defence institutions. Mnangagwa elevated Lieutenant General Emmanuel Matatu to the rank of General and named him Commander of the Zimbabwe Defence Forces (ZDF), effective 21 November 2025. Matatu was promoted…
The Chairman, Independent Corrupt Practices and Other Related Offences Commission (ICPC), Dr Musa Aliyu (SAN), has said Africa loses over $50 billion annually to illicit financial flows, undermining development and crippling public services. Aliyu disclosed this on Wednesday while speaking at the Realnews Magazine 13th Anniversary Lecture Series in Lagos with the theme: ‘Cybersecurity, Illicit…
Momentum toward a borderless African travel experience has accelerated after the Trans-Africa Tourism & Unity Campaign secured major backing from President Museveni during a high-level engagement at the Mayuge State Lodge. A delegation from Ghana, which is spearheading the continental campaign, met with the President alongside representatives from the Ghana Consulate in Uganda, the Ministry…
Safe sanitation is fundamental to human health and dignity. In every community, a toilet protects people from disease, safeguards our environment, and underpins social and economic development. Yet today, 3.4 billion people still live without a safe toilet. And every day, around 1,000 children under five die from diseases linked to unsafe sanitation, water and…
ONE Campaign calls on world leaders to end the global finance system that makes Africa pay more because the world sees it as less 19 November 2025 | Johannesburg, South Africa: As the G20 gathers in South Africa this week, the ONE Campaign is issuing a direct challenge to world leaders: stop making Africa pay…
