Nairobi — Kenya and France have signed key hosting instruments for the upcoming Africa Forward Summit, paving the way for a high-level meeting expected to shape the continent’s position ahead of the G7 Summit in June. Foreign Affairs Principal Secretary Korir Sing’Oei said he signed the agreement Tuesday with Arnaud Suquet, committing both countries to…
A new Global Witness report reveals the tactics fossil fuel companies employ to exclude potential critics from seeing their ads on X New research by Global Witness uncovers how major fossil fuel companies use ad targeting to hide their advertising from millions of X users that are most likely to challenge them. The report reveals…
Viral videos of giraffe being injured on highway are AI generated IN SHORT: Widely shared videos that appear to show giraffes being injured while being transported on the back of moving vehicles are fakes, generated using artificial intelligence tools. “What was the driver thinking?” reads a post on X that has been viewed more than…
The Secretary General of the Anglican Communion, the Rt Revd Anthony Poggo, has shared his Easter Message for 2026. It encourages churches of the Anglican Communion to share God’s ‘gift of peace’ with the world, and listen to the voice of churches in places of conflict. The Secretary General’s Easter Message: ‘Peace be with you!…
During this morning’s opening session of the ministerial segment of the Fifty-eighth session of the Economic Commission for Africa Conference of African Ministers of Finance, Planning and Economic Development in Tangier, Morocco, H.E. Mahmoud Ali Youssouf, Chairperson of the AU Commission, joined H.E. Nadia Fettah, Minister of Economy & Finance of Morocco, H.E. @NOIweala, DG…
The final day of the ICC Men’s T20 World Cup Sub Regional Africa Qualifier B at the Achimota Cricket Ovals ended in a frustrating stalemate as persistent rainfall washed out all three scheduled fixtures. Despite the anti-climactic finish, a ball being bowled, ground staff worked tirelessly under heavy skies, but the saturated outfields at both…
Pharmaceutical company Gilead Sciences has come under mounting pressure after refusing to sell its breakthrough HIV prevention drug, lenacapavir, directly to Médecins Sans Frontières (MSF), despite repeated requests. In an open letter, the group renewed its repeated requests to California-based Gilead to sell the drug, saying the company is blocking lenacapavir’s rollout. MSF said it had sought to purchase…
Blocking humanitarian organizations from accessing a medical breakthrough puts vulnerable people across the world in danger. In an open letter published today, Doctors Without Borders/Médecins Sans Frontières (MSF) called on the US pharmaceutical corporation Gilead Sciences to immediately sell the organization the game-changing and highly effective HIV prevention medicine, lenacapavir, for use in its medical programs worldwide. Despite multiple requests, the company…
At the High-Level Forum on Sustainable #Health Financing, held on the margins of the Fifty-Eighth Session of the @ECA_OFFICIAL Conference of #African Ministers of Finance, Planning & Economic Development in Tangiers, Morocco this morning, the Chairperson of the AU Commission, H.E. Mahmoud Ali Youssouf, delivered a clear message: “Health is not a cost; it is…
Mozambique Settles IMF Debt, Eyes New Funding The Mozambican government has fully paid its outstanding debt of U.S. $630,1 million to the International Monetary Fund (IMF). The government has reduced its balance from that amount at the start of the month to zero by the end. Mozambique is the only country in this situation among 85…
