At the opening of the event, 1,300 landless peasants marched towards a boat parade with 200 vessels navigating the waters of the Guajará Bay. The People’s Summit, a parallel event to the 30th United Nations Conference on Climate Change (COP30), kicked off on November 12 with a flotilla protest of more than 200 boats, carrying…
Voting for the 2025 Sub-Saharan Africa Awards is now open until 14 November 2025 (midnight CAT), allowing users to cast one vote per category each day. The 2025 TikTok Awards Sub-Saharan Africa are back to honour the creators, artistes, and trendsetters who’ve defined our feeds in 2025. The TikTok Awards are an annual celebration of…
Across Africa, schools face outdated curricula and skills gaps. Experts say AI could transform learning and create new opportunities for African youth. DW looks at how African nations are embracing the change. In Accra’s Chorkor neighborhood, young Ghanaians are using computers for the first time. Inside a modest digital lab, facilitators use smart tools to teach digital…
Africa Must Pay Its Health Debt — Before the Planet Collects Africa’s most significant health crisis isn’t the next virus. It’s the quiet epidemic of polluted rivers, contaminated soil, and sick people left behind by decades of industrial neglect. From Ghana’s Galamsey pits to the oil-blackened streams of the Niger Delta, the continent has become…
The United Nations (UN) has raised the alarm over an impending global famine even as it said worsening conflicts and dwindling humanitarian funding were pushing millions towards acute hunger. In a joint report released on Wednesday, the Food and Agriculture Organisation (FAO) and the World Food Programme (WFP) listed Nigeria among 16 hunger hotspots, warning…
Britain and South Africa have returned to Asanti king Otumfuo Osei Tutu II over 130 gold and bronze artefacts looted between the 1870s and the early 20th century or bought on the open market. Asanti king Otumfuo Osei Tutu II received the artefacts at the Manhyia Palace Museum in the Asante capital Kumasi this week….
From household practices to policy priorities, climate change is impacting life across Africa. Key findings On average across 38 countries, more than half (56%) of citizens say they have heard of climate change. Awareness levels range from 27% in Nigeria to 91% in Seychelles. More than four in 10 Africans (43%) are “climate-change literate,” meaning…
The United Kingdom has committed £850m to the eighth replenishment for the Global Fund to Fight AIDS, Tuberculosis and Malaria. While it is a welcome, vital, addition to the replenishment, it represents a 15 percent cut on the UK’s previous contribution of £1bn in 2022 and is the lowest pledge from the UK since 2010….
The Ministry of Water and Sanitation has reaffirmed its commitment to accelerating equitable and sustainable access to water and sanitation services across South Africa. The commitment was made at the Association of Water and Sanitation Institutions of South Africa (AWSISA) Africa and Global South Water and Sanitation Dialogue, which is currently underway at Emperors Palace,…
Leaders of the world’s largest economies meet in Johannesburg on November 22 and 23 for the G20 summit, being held for the first time in Africa. Here are five things to know about the annual meeting, which is taking place at a time of heightened global instability and tensions between Pretoria and Washington. – First…
