This year’s theme for Mandela Day is: “It’s still in our hands to combat poverty and inequity.” In honour of International Mandela Day, South African tech companies are today dedicating 67 minutes to making a positive impact, launching a range of initiatives aimed at driving social change and addressing pressing issues, such as poverty and…
Red-tagging – which falsely brands legitimate activists as terrorists – is used to silence land and environmental defenders online and in real life What is red-tagging? Red-tagging is a practice that connects online and real-world harms, where individuals or groups (often progressive political activists or land and environmental defenders) are labelled as communists, terrorists or…
New WHO guidelines endorse long-acting injectable lenacapavir for HIV prevention, Medicines Patent Pool expands licence for long-acting injectable cabotegravir for treatment, and Merck’s once-monthly oral pill MK-8527 advances to Phase 3 trials in Africa 14 July 2025 (Kigali, Rwanda) – IAS 2025, the 13th IAS Conference on HIV Science, opened today with a call to accelerate…
ADDIS ABABA The African Union (AU) has sounded the alarm over the continent’s persistent youth unemployment crisis and is calling for urgent, bold action to address the challenge through industrialization, innovation, and regional integration. The Third African Job Creation Forum, jointly organized by the African Union, the Government of Ethiopia and the African Continental Free…
Brazzaville — Experts, policymakers and global health partners have called for stronger, coordinated action to prevent backsliding on progress made against vaccine-preventable diseases in the African Region, where millions of children are still at risk. Against the backdrop of the signing of the Pandemic Treaty, the reduction in global funding to WHO, Gavi, UNICEF and…
Gender-responsive policy is vital for climate resilience, but that requires actionable and better resourced plans. Women and girls make up 80% of people displaced by climate change, leaving them at risk of increased poverty, violence and exploitation. They are also much more likely than men to be injured or killed in natural disasters because gender…
Our oceans are in trouble. Catches from many of the world’s fisheries are declining, with some fishing practices destroying enormous areas of the sea bed. Habitat loss through coastal development threatens many coastal ecosystems including estuaries and mangroves, which are vital nurseries for many fish species. Pollution is another threat, killing animals and damaging habitats….
– The UN Secretary-General, António Guterres is set to launch a global campaign to boost support for disarmament and mine action. Guterres announced the move in response to plans by several UN Member States to withdraw from the Anti-Personnel Mine Ban Convention. The 1997 treaty, also known as the Ottawa Convention, prohibits the use, stockpiling,…
Cape Town — The U.S. State Department confirmed that there is no cut-off date for countries to come up with an “action plan” to adhere to the Donald Trump administration’s expanded travel ban. When asked about many African countries being on the list of 36, U.S. State Department spokesperson Tammy Bruce said: “So noting where…
President Trump and Iran's Supreme Leader have traded threats over US military involvement in the Israel-Iran conflict.
