Bulawayo, Zimbabwe — Hunger shadowed Mercy Lung’aho’s childhood, fueling her campaign to promote nutrition as a foundation for Africa’s development. As lead for the Food Security, Nutrition and Health Program at the International Institute for Tropical Agriculture (IITA), this certified nutritionist and researcher, with more than 20 years of championing development, is advocating for an…
Images of rubber dinghies overcrowded with refugees heading for Europe and narratives about mistreatment and exploitation of migrants on unsafe migration routes have come to dominate how African migration is perceived in European public and policy debates. They suggest a continent on the move, driven mainly by conflict and heading to the global north. These…
Africa is not a sleeping giant; it is a suffocated one. Its lungs have long been pressed by the weight of imperial duplicity, its arteries drained by extractive economies masquerading as partnerships, and its political spine bent by postcolonial elites conditioned to administer decline on behalf of others. Yet history is uncompromising in one respect:…
Nairobi — The Africa Centres for Disease Control and Prevention (Africa CDC) has raised serious concern over a sharp surge in cholera cases across the continent, with reported infections more than doubling to over 310,000 cases in 2025. In a statement, Africa CDC noted that the outbreak has resulted in nearly 3,000 additional deaths across…
At the opening of the African #Energy Efficiency Ministerial Conference at the African Union (AU) headquarters in Addis Ababa, Ethiopia this morning, the Chairperson of the AU Commission H.E. @ymahmoudali underscored Africa’s deep energy paradox: a continent rich in resources where 600M people lack electricity and 900M still rely on biomass. He called for urgent…
Over 80% of people in Africa South of the Sahara live in countries with “Repressed” or “Closed” civic space. Detention of journalists is the top tactic used by African governments to silence dissent. Burundi, Sudan, Madagascar, and Liberia downgraded; Senegal, Gabon, Mauritania upgraded. Follow us on WhatsApp | LinkedIn for the latest headlines The CIVICUS…
He said Africa cannot achieve universal health coverage or pandemic preparedness without the ability to finance, produce, and govern its own health systems and countermeasures. The Africa Centres for Disease Control and Prevention (Africa CDC) has warned of a surge in outbreaks of cholera, Mpox, and Marburg virus disease across the continent, raising concerns about…
– Speaking at a session on Sudan during the Aswan Forum for Peace and Sustainable Development, Minister of Foreign Affairs and International Cooperation, Ambassador Mohy-Eddin Salim, affirmed Sudan’s appreciation for Egypt’s efforts in supporting Sudan’s security and stability, and in enhancing efforts to strengthen the institutions of the national state, including the armed forces. He…
As global attention increasingly shifts toward Africa’s demographic and economic rise, South Africa prepares to take center stage by hosting the G20 Leaders’ Summit on November 22-23, 2025. The event marks the culmination of South Africa’s historic G20 Presidency–an unprecedented milestone as the first and potentially only time an African nation will lead the influential…
Conflicts in Africa cannot be solved through military solutions and peace and security on the continent “demands a proactive preventative” approach, according to the UN’s Special Representative to the African Union. Parfait Onanga-Anyanga was speaking at a Security Council meeting focused on the key issues faced by Africa and cooperation between the UN and the…
