New track under African Union Media Fellowship aims to promote evidence-based storytelling and health security reporting ADDIS ABABA, ETHIOPIA | 23 July 2025 — The Africa Centres for Disease Control and Prevention (Africa CDC), the continental public health agency of the African Union, has launched a health journalism fellowship aimed at empowering African journalists to…
Language technologies like generative artificial intelligence (AI) hold significant potential for public health. From outbreak detection systems that scan global news in real time, to chatbots providing mental health support and conversational diagnostic tools improving access to primary care, these innovations are helping address health challenges. At the heart of these developments is natural language…
The Hague & Johannesburg — The case was “unlike any that have previously come before the court,” President of the International Court of Justice Judge Yuji Iwasawa said while reading the court’s unanimous advisory opinion outlining the legal obligations of United Nations member states with regard to climate change. This case was not simply a…
Benni McCarthy is a name that needs little introduction in African football. The South African legend, who lit up the pitch as a striker for Bafana Bafana and won the UEFA Champions League with FC Porto, has now stepped into the dugout as head coach of Kenya’s Harambee Stars. His first major test? The TotalEnergies…
Antsino will become the first Namibian to take charge of the WAFCON final A team of experienced African women officials tasked with big day All-female officials reflect CAF’s continued investment in women’s football Antsino of Namibia has been appointed by CAF to referee the TotalEnergies CAF Women’s Africa Cup of Nations (WAFCON), Morocco 2024 Final….
Johannesburg — Four Namibian parliamentarians were on Monday sworn in as members of the Pan-African Parliament (PAP), underpining Namibia’s commitment to continental unity and democratic governance. The Namibian members Deputy Speaker of the National Assembly Phillipus Katamelo; Uahekua Herunga; Anseline Beukes and Rodney Cloete took their oath during the opening ceremony of the Fifth Ordinary…
UBUNTU Ubuntu, Motho ke motho ka batho Umunthu ngumunthu ngabantuA person is a person through other people. The conversation at the center of this post (see videos below) was motivated by a LinkedIn post by Ashish Paul, a recent graduate in Mechanical Engineering from SRM Institute and the Gen-Z Founder of SoundSpire, a music tech…
The Sudan War series is a joint collaboration between the Center for Economic, Legal, and Social Studies and Documentation – Khartoum (CEDEJ-K), Sudan-Norway Academic Cooperation (SNAC) and African Arguments – Debating Ideas. Through a number of themes that explore the intersections of war, displacement, identities and capital, Sudanese researchers, many of whom are themselves displaced,…
United Nations — As a result of the worsening climate crisis, extreme weather patterns have disrupted nearly all aspects of human life around the world. With the impacts of fossil fuel reliance being more pronounced than ever before, the United Nations (UN) has implored governments and industries to begin adopting more sustainable, renewable energy sources….
A call to Action has emerged from a High-Level Ministerial Conference on Triple Elimination of HIV, Syphilis, and Hepatitis B, held in Kampala, Uganda. African Ministers of Health, development partners, and civil society organisations committed to a united front to end vertical transmission of the three infections by the year 2030. At the heart of…
