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Africa: Ethiopia Will Continue Advocating for Africa to Lead Cooperation, Win-Win Approach in Water Dev’t

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Emphasizing a collaborative approach and adherence to the principles of prudent and reasonable use of transboundary resources, Water and Energy Minister’s Special Advisor, Motuma Mekassa, said Ethiopia will continue to advocate for Africa to lead a collaborative and win-win approach in water development. Speaking at the Conference themed “Assuring Sustainable Water Availability and Safe Sanitation…

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Africa: At the Africa Forward Summit, a Different Conversation About France

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Nairobi – France came to Nairobi last week with a message it has been trying to land for years: that it wants to be Africa’s partner, not its patron. At the Africa Forward summit in May, Emmanuel Macron made that case again. Not everyone was convinced. On the second floor of the Kenyatta International Convention…

Africa: Why The World Must Recognize NTDs as a Human Rights Issue

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During my years working in Malawi’s health system – from clinician and public health officer to leading national public health programmes, and now as Minister of Health – I have seen firsthand how neglected tropical diseases (NTDs) shape people’s lives. I have sat with patients in our hospitals, spoken with families in rural communities, and…

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Africa: The Dangote Refinery and the End of Africa’s Engineered Dependency

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For decades, Africa’s place in the global oil economy was not merely subordinate; it was designed to be so. Crude flowed out. Refined fuel flowed back in. Value accumulated elsewhere. This was not an unfortunate equilibrium but a system built with precision: refining infrastructure in Europe, currencies of trade external, shipping, and pricing settled far…

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Africa: Building Ethiopia’s Pharmaceutical Future – From Strong Regulation to Local Production

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Ethiopia is transforming from an import-dependent market into a pharmaceutical manufacturing hub. After becoming the 9th African nation to reach WHO Maturity Level 3, local production now exceeds 40% of medicine supply. This WBG feature examines how regulation, the Kilinto Special Economic Zone, and research at AHRI and CDT-Africa are driving jobs, exports, and health…

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Africa: 32 African Countries Now Spend More On Debt Servicing Than Healthcare – Experts

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One of the experts said Africa’s debt crisis should not be viewed only through economic indicators but through its impact on ordinary citizens At least 32 African countries now spend more on debt servicing than on healthcare, exposing the growing human cost of the continent’s worsening debt crisis, experts said on Wednesday at the opening…

Africa: All of Africa Today – May 28, 2026

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WHO Warns of ‘Catastrophic Collision’ of Ebola and Conflict in DR Congo The World Health Organization (WHO) has warned that eastern Democratic Republic of the Congo faces a “catastrophic collision of disease and conflict” as a fast-spreading Ebola outbreak outpaces containment efforts in a region already battered by armed violence, mass displacement and acute…

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Africa: Digital Entrepreneurship Will Re-Write Africa’s Path to Gender Economic Parity – Report

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The Boston Consulting Group (BCG), in its new report, themed: ‘Financing Women’s Digital Entrepreneurship: A Pathway to Closing Africa’s Economic Gender Gap’ has revealed that women’s economic participation in Africa has fallen 0.6 percentage points below 2022 levels, extending the region’s timeline to reach economic parity from 120 years to approximately 170 years. The report…

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Africa: Angola to Host Extraordinary AU Summit On Conflict Prevention in Africa

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Luanda — Angola will host, from August 1st to 2nd, the Extraordinary Summit of Heads of State and Government of the African Union (AU) on Strengthening Mechanisms for Conflict Prevention and Resolution in Africa, the Minister of Foreign Affairs, Téte António, announced on Tuesday in Luanda. This fact was reinforced during the celebrations of the…

Africa: All of Africa Today – May 26, 2026

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Senegal Parliament Speaker Steps Down as Leadership Rift Deepens The Speaker of Senegal’s parliament, El Malick Ndiaye, has resigned from his post days after the country’s President Bassirou Diomaye Faye sacked his mentor-turned-deputy, Prime Minister Ousmane Sonko, and dissolved the government. Ndiaye said his resignation followed “deep reflection” on “the sense of statehood”. Some now speculate there…