The world has more tools than ever to tackle climate change, yet millions remain unable to benefit from them. As clean energy technologies advance faster than ever, the challenge facing countries at COP31 is no longer just finding solutions – but making sure everyone can afford them. Catastrophic floods, deadly heatwaves and prolonged droughts have…
Ghanaian Mother Travels to US After Son’s Fatal Shooting The mother of 15-year-old Ghanaian boy Javits Frimpong, who was fatally shot while walking to school in New York’s Bronx, has travelled to the United States. She was granted an emergency visa by President Donald Trump. Doris Adu Gyamfi said that she wants justice for her son…
Record levels of acute food insecurity persist in Africa due to ongoing conflicts and a series of economic shocks from the COVID pandemic to the constriction of maritime traffic that have kept food prices elevated. Highlights Nearly 164 million Africans are estimated to be facing acute food insecurity–comprising households that are experiencing high rates of…
The Federation of African Journalists (FAJ), the Pan-African body of the International Federation of Journalists (IFJ), today met Claver Gatete, United Nations Under-Secretary-General and Executive Secretary of the United Nations Economic Commission for Africa (UNECA), in Addis Ababa, Ethiopia, to discuss strengthening media engagement in Africa’s development priorities and journalism’s role as a public good….
Angola’s Shido Boris Esperança, popularly known as ‘Machine’, will face Nigeria’s unbeaten David Samuel in the main event of the Professional Fighters League (PFL) Africa finals at BK Arena in Kigali on December 12, with both fighters bidding for the welterweight championship. Esperança, who boasts a professional record of 13 wins and two defeats, booked…
Former Egypt international Ahmed Temsah has been appointed as Draw Assistant for the CAF Beach Soccer Africa Cup of Nations Senegal 2026 Final Draw, which will take place at CAF Headquarters in Cairo, Egypt, on Wednesday, 4 November 2026. The ceremony will take place at 16h00 Cairo time (14h00 GMT) and will be broadcast live…
Every year before COP, the same question surfaces: what is the one thing Africa needs from this summit? Ahead of COP31, the answer emerging from a World Resources Institute Africa webinar was clear: Africa must move beyond asking what it can receive from global climate negotiations and focus on what it can bring. With geopolitical tensions, energy…
No Nigerian player, goalkeeper, coach, club or national team features in any of the seven men’s categories announced by CAF. Nigeria has suffered a major setback at the 2026 Confederation of African Football (CAF) Awards, failing to secure a single nomination across all seven men’s categories unveiled by the continental football governing body on Wednesday….
Negotiators from the continent say the real contest at the UN climate talks is over money, minerals and who gets to profit from the energy transition. But before African negotiators can argue over climate finance at COP31, they must first fight for the right to discuss it. African negotiators will open COP31 in a dispute…
Tunis/Tunisia — The Economic Commission for Africa (ECA) is supporting Tunisia in leveraging expat remittances for productive investment and the development of new green financing mechanisms, Economic Affairs Officer at the Commission Samia Mansour Hamouda said. The latter are two priority cooperation areas under the 2026-2030 Development Plan, she further told TAP as the 41st…
