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Africa: Sovereign Carbon Initiatives – A Climate Justice Tool Endorsed by the African Union and Immediately Deployable Across Africa

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The Africa Sovereign Carbon Registry Foundation is urging African nations to exercise their right to collect carbon contributions under the “polluter pays” principle. The foundation spoke this week at the second Africa Climate Summit (ACS2) in Addis Ababa, where it was officially endorsed by the African Union. Paul Sébastien, an international carbon markets expert and…

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Africa: PM Abiy’s Africa Climate Innovation Compact, African Climate Facility Established At Conclusion of ACS2

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Addis Ababa — The Africa Climate Innovation Compact (ACIC) and the African Climate Facility (ACF), were established under the initiative of Prime Minister Abiy Ahmed of Ethiopia at the Second Africa Climate Summit (ACS2) held in Addis Ababa. At the close of ACS2, the African Leaders Addis Ababa Declaration on Climate Change and Call To…

Africa: Should African Countries Lower the Voting Age to 16? Views From Ethiopia, Ghana, Kenya and Nigeria

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The UK is moving to lower its voting age from 18 to 16. The new legislation takes effect ahead of the country’s next general election in 2029, and is aimed at boosting its democracy. The move has ignited global debate: should 16-year-olds be trusted with the ballot? For African countries, where young people make up…

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African Leaders Urge Fair Funding With $50bn Climate Call

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African leaders ended their second continental climate summit on Wednesday in Addis Ababa with a call for more money, fairer financing and a stronger voice in global talks. The African Union (AU) gathered all 54 member states at its headquarters in Ethiopia’s capital. The aim was to agree a common position ahead of Cop30 in…

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Africa: Experts Launch a Climate and Health Curriculum for African Negotiators At COP30

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Addis Ababa — Despite climate change being a health risk multiplier, health is often underrepresented in climate negotiation processes. Experts attribute this to a lack of funding by the African governments and a lack of capacity building among climate negotiators. At the Second Africa Climate Summit (ACS2) in Addis Ababa, Ethiopia, from 8 to 10…

South African employers race to hire AI talent

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Demand for employees skilled in the use of AI has surged 77% in South Africa in the past year. According to Pnet’s Job Market Trends Report for August 2025, employers are on the lookout for AI-specific skills for roles that will help them build technologies to run their businesses. The need of AI skills across…

African Collaboration in the Space Domain Holds Potential for Continental Benefits

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Africa’s ability to realize the national security, communications, development, and disaster mitigation benefits from satellites and other space technology relies on optimizing opportunities for collaboration. March 2024 ushered in a new era of Africa’s relationship with the space domain. That month, a severed submarine cable caused internet outages across 13 West African countries. Businesses, banks,…

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Africa: Somali President Attends Regional Summit On Funding African Union Mission (Aussom)

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Somali President Hassan Sheikh Mohamud on Wednesday joined regional leaders in Guba, Ethiopia, for a five-party summit focused on mobilizing financial and political support for the African Union Support Mission in Somalia (AUSSOM). The high-level meeting was attended by Ethiopian Prime Minister Abiy Ahmed, Djiboutian President Ismaïl Omar Guelleh, Kenyan President William Ruto, and African…

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Africa: Spiritual Memory, Diasporic Justice – Recognising Aladura Churches As Living African Heritage

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Debating Ideas reflects the values and editorial ethos of the African Arguments book series, publishing engaged, often radical, scholarship, original and activist writing from within the African continent and beyond. It offers debates and engagements, contexts and controversies, and reviews and responses flowing from the African Arguments books. It is edited and managed by the…

Africa: Migrant Battalion – African Govts Complicit in Russian Recruitment of Young Women Into Its Arms Industry

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In the past six months, a team from ZAM and NAIRE, in seven African countries, including PREMIUM TIMES in Nigeria, investigated the Russian recruitment exercise–asking why so many young Africans take the chance to go, sometimes even after being warned. Late last year, the world was alerted to the disturbing news that Russia was recruiting…