Addis Ababa, — The African Union Commission has called for renewed commitment to economic integration through the African Continental Free Trade Area (AfCFTA) and the Single African Air Transport Market (SAATM). The Embassy of Botswana in Addis Ababa, together with Ethiopian consultancy Entrust Consult, held a high-level Business Networking Event today titled “Andinet – Remmogo”…
The Sahel region, stretching between the Sahara and the savannas of Africa, is once again emerging as a battleground, not only of geography but of ideas, sovereignty, and neocolonial entrenchment. The formation of the Alliance of Sahelian States (AES) , uniting Burkina Faso, Mali, and Niger into a confederation, marks a bold attempt to reclaim…
Kagiso Rabada was suspended from cricket only six weeks ago, midway through a stint in the Indian Premier League. The South Africa seamer received a standing ovation from the crowd at Lord’s Cricket Ground in London on Wednesday. The accolade was for Rabada starring in the World Test Championship final by taking 5-51 in 15.4…
The final Pathogen Access and Benefit-Sharing (PABS) negotiations must be the true test of global equity in health. Sometimes, it is not immediately obvious that history is being made, but this time, it was. Amid enthusiastic applause, the new Pandemic Agreement, a legal instrument, was finally adopted by 194 Member States on 20th May 2025,…
The Vice President, Professor Naana Jane Opoku- Agyemang, has called for a renewed fight against corruption across Africa, using Ghana’s experience as an example of both early leadership and ongoing challenges. Speaking on the theme “Revitalising the Anti-Corruption Architecture in Africa: Ghana’s Accountability Journey,” on Friday in Accra, she highlighted the urgent need to strengthen…
AU Commission Chairperson H.E. @ymahmoudali met with H.E. Leonardo Santos Simão, Special Rep of the UN Secretary General for West Africa & Sahel & discussed the evolving political & security landscape. They exchanged on the Sahel crisis, They affirmed the AU-UN cooperation to advance peace, stability & democracy across the West Africa & Sahel region.
Nice, France — While the island states in the Pacific may be modest, the ocean that surrounds them represents a huge oceanic state–an area equivalent to the entire European Continent. And for the first time, 22 Pacific Island countries and territories have pledged to manage 100 percent of the Blue Pacific Continent sustainably and protect…
12-year-old Tenasoa crawls to work every day at a mine in eastern Madagascar where she collects two kilos of the shiny mineral mica each day. She cannot walk because of a physical disability. There are 10,000 children in Madagascar who, like Tenasoa, work in the largely unregulated mica industry. The silicate is used in paints,…
Nairobi — A high-level regional forum on the future of livestock and camel rearing opened in Nairobi on Monday, with calls to unlock the untapped economic and nutritional potential of camels across Africa. The three-day event, co-organised by the Food and Agriculture Organization (FAO) and the African Union InterAfrican Bureau for Animal Resources (AU-IBAR), has…
Nice, France — “There is no climate action without ocean action,” President Hilda Heine of the Marshall Islands told reporters, as she and other representatives of Pacific island states reiterated that countries must honor their climate action agreements. “The ocean is bearing the brunt of our failure to address climate change and transition away from…
