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Southern Africa: Upholding Information Integrity and Democratic Resilience in Southern Africa

eriinfo.com3 weeks ago05 mins

Addressing information disorder requires sustained capacity-building and regional cooperation, as exemplified by initiatives such as MISA’s Connected Media, Informed Citizens project, which supports journalists and citizens in combating disinformation. This year’s global theme for the International Day for Universal Access to Information (IDUAI) 2026, Upholding information integrity in the Digital Age: The role of access…

Africa: Who Is Missing From Africa’s AI Future?

eriinfo.com3 weeks ago011 mins

What if every baby born in Africa started life with an all-access key to the 21st century? Not a smartphone or an AI assistant, but something much more – fundamental recognition that says you are here, you are known, and you belong. At the just-concluded UNGA81, I listened to African leaders reflect on what it…

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Africa: 40 African Countries Endorse Charter to Strengthen Families, Protect Children

eriinfo.com3 weeks ago07 mins

Forty African countries have endorsed a proposed charter on family, sovereignty and values aimed at strengthening families and protecting children from what its proponents describe as foreign ideologies considered inconsistent with African cultural and family values. The development was disclosed by the Executive Director of the Center for African Policy and Advisory, Segun Adebayo, at…

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Africa: Access to Water and Sanitation in South Africa: a Tale of Insufficiency and Inequality

eriinfo.com3 weeks ago010 mins

Share of households experiencing water shortages has doubled over the past decade. Key findings Water supply ranks third among the most important problems that South Africans want their government to address. Only unemployment and crime/security are deemed more important. o A decade ago, water supply was ninth on the list of citizen concerns. o Rural…

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Africa Must Fund Its Own Maternal Health – NNN

eriinfo.com3 weeks ago06 mins

New York — African countries must stop relying too heavily on external support to keep mothers and children alive and instead invest more of their own money in maternal and child health, President Netumbo Nandi-Ndaitwah has said. Nandi-Ndaitwah made the call on Thursday afternoon in New York during a high-level Tanzanian event on women’s leadership…

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Africa: The Takeaway Day 6 – General Debate Ends With Call to Turn Words Into Action

eriinfo.com3 weeks ago07 mins

After six days of speeches from the UN General Assembly podium, one word rose above all others: peace. This final edition of The Takeaway distils the messages he said reverberated through the Assembly Hall and looks at where the 193-member body goes from here. Closing the annual general debate on Monday, General Assembly President Khalilur…

Africa: All of Africa Today – September 29, 2026

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Africa: Paying for Health Care for All – Fiscal Consent Across Africa

eriinfo.com3 weeks ago012 mins

Public support for higher taxes depends on whether the state can deliver. Key findings Across 38 African countries, seven in 10 respondents (70%) “agree” or “strongly agree” that government should ensure access to adequate health care for all citizens even if this requires higher taxes. Support ranges from 45% in Mauritius to 89% in Gabon….

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Africa Must Build Epidemic Preparedness Before the Next Outbreak

eriinfo.com3 weeks ago08 mins

Africa’s ability to respond to the next epidemic will depend less on how many researchers it trains or scientific papers it publishes and more on whether the continent can detect outbreaks, conduct research and make critical decisions faster when a health emergency strikes. That is the challenge the Ministry of Health has put to researchers…

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Africa: Child Malnutrition Is One of Africa’s Biggest Health Challenges – Food Aid Is Only Part of the Solution

eriinfo.com3 weeks ago09 mins

Malnutrition among children under five remains one of sub-Saharan Africa’s most persistent public health challenges. Countries and development partners have introduced numerous nutrition programmes. Yet millions of young children continue to suffer from poor nutrition. Drawing on our expertise in public health, nutrition and health systems research, we conducted a review of recent evidence about…