As the onslaught against the International Criminal Court continues, champions of justice must back global accountability through action. On 17 July 1998 in Rome, the world made its support for international justice clear by adopting the statute establishing the International Criminal Court (ICC). Since 2010, 17 July has been commemorated as International Justice Day. The…
Many cross-border transactions still rely on the US dollar as an intermediary currency. At the same time, African currencies are often difficult to exchange directly, and few mechanisms exist for countries to settle payments with one another in local currencies. Cross-border payments in Africa remain among the most expensive in the world, despite the rapid…
The Promise is a public statement of solidarity, bringing together prominent figures from across society to reaffirm support for refugees and the right to seek safety. Launched on 28 July, as the Refugee Convention marks its 75th anniversary, it aims to build a diverse coalition for refugee protection through to the Global Refugee Forum in…
If an HIV prevention pill that provides a month of protection at a time performs well in two ongoing clinical trials, it could become the next big thing in HIV prevention after the lenacapavir injection. A new licensing agreement is paving the way for South Africa’s Aspen Pharmacare to produce the pill should the study…
President John Dramani Mahama has urged African governments to place the African Continental Free Trade Area (AfCFTA) at the centre of their development strategies to accelerate the continent’s growth. He stressed that the agreement must serve as a catalyst for industrialisation and economic transformation, rather than become another unfulfilled continental pact. President Mahama made the…
The CAF Women’s Champions League | COSAFA Qualifier for 2026 will kick off in Gaborone, Botswana, on August 20, with the final scheduled for nine days later. It will be the sixth edition of the regional qualifier for the CAF Women’s Champions League, which was first introduced to the calendar in 2021 and has been…
The recent wave of unprecedented cocaine seizures across West Africa is no longer a series of isolated criminal incidents. Instead, the arrests, investigations, and intelligence emerging from multiple jurisdictions increasingly point to a sophisticated transnational narcotics network stretching from Latin America through West Africa into Europe. At the center of this network is Dutch fugitive…
· Oil prices slide as US, Iran pause hostilities over Strait of Hormuz ·Shettima lauds AfDB as REA, SAPZ sign MoU on energy for agro-processing zones Deji Elumoye and Emmanuel Addeh in Abuja The African Development Bank (AfDB) has warned that an expected “super” El Niño weather event could cost African countries between $10 billion…
· Continent welcomes nearly 100m international visitors in one year The Africa-International Tourism and Economic Council (AITEC) has unveiled two major international tourism events aimed at boosting Africa’s tourism industry, attracting investment and advancing regional integration through trade and the free movement of people. The announcement was made during an international press conference held in…
The continental bid to make more of its own vaccines is moving from ambition to production Africa has set itself an ambitious deadline of eliminating cholera by 2030. But behind that goal sits a more fundamental question about the continent’s ability to protect its people from disease: can Africa make the vaccines it needs? A…
