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Africa’s Best Teacher Is Africa – How Strengthening Foundational Skills Together Is Unlocking Jobs for the World’s Youngest Continent

eriinfo.com5 days ago011 mins

On an ordinary November afternoon nearly two years ago, something extraordinary was happening in Kigali, Rwanda. Kigali Convention Center’s auditorium was filled with nearly 700 participants, including Ministers of Education from 25 African countries, alongside senior officials and leaders from across the development community. At the microphone, Rwanda’s First Lady, Jeannette Kagame, captured the moment:…

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Africa: ‘Governance – the Role of Media in Strengthening Democratic Processes, Electoral Integrity, and Accountable Governance Across the Continent’

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Media Advisory “Governance: The Role of Media in Strengthening Democratic Processes, Electoral Integrity, and Accountable Governance Across the Continent” INVITATION TO REPRESENTATIVES OF THE MEDIA WHAT: The African Union Media Fellowship (AUMF) 3.0 Fireside Chat series under the theme: “The Role of Media in Strengthening Democratic Processes, Electoral Integrity, and Accountable Governance Across the Continent.”…

Africa Day 2026: Has the continent achieved true liberation? | News

eriinfo.com3 weeks ago010 mins

Nairobi, Kenya – When African leaders gathered in Addis Ababa on May 25, 1963 to found the Organisation of African Unity (OAU), the occasion became a symbol of continental liberation that many still call Africa Liberation Day. Sixty-three years later, as the continent marks Africa Day 2026, questions over what liberation really means still linger….

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Africa: One Continent, Many Threats – Why Africa Needs a Bsl-4 Lab Strategy

eriinfo.com1 month ago012 mins

Africa can’t outsource its deadliest threats Sovereignty in global health is ultimately about being able to act without hesitation when lives are on the line. That ability does not come from statements or summits; it comes from infrastructure that works when pressure is highest. High-containment laboratories sit quietly in the background until they are needed,…

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Africa: Iran, Ukraine and Africa, a Continent in Search of Food

eriinfo.com2 months ago017 mins

There is no more doubt left: a global famine is on the way. The impact will be monumental. The war in Iran is only the beginning of what is promising to be a sustained global crisis. Already, we are seeing some sharp rise in energy prices, staples and other essentials. But as we would soon…

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Africa: Nigeria Remains Sub-Saharan Africa’s Top Arms Importer, As Morocco Leads the Continent – Report

eriinfo.com3 months ago011 mins

Nigeria retained its position as the biggest arms importer in Sub-Saharan Africa, while Morocco overtook its North African neighbour, Algeria, to emerge overall importer of arms in Africa, according to new data released by Stockholm International Peace Research Institute (SIPRI). Meanwhile, the five largest arms recipients globally in 2021-25 were Ukraine, India, Saudi Arabia, Qatar,…

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Africa’s Richest Man Has Ambitious Plans for the Continent

eriinfo.com3 months ago015 mins

“IT’S A CRAZY situation right now,” Aliko Dangote, Africa’s richest man, tells The Economist in an interview on March 12th in his office in Lagos, Nigeria’s commercial capital. He has returned after a few hours away to find that crude oil prices have surged by 10% because of the latest news from the Gulf. “And…

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African Union Summit Opens, As Continent Faces Conflict and Climate Extremes

eriinfo.com4 months ago08 mins

The 2026 African Union Summit is being held this weekend in Addis Ababa, with Angola handing the rotating chair to Burundi. The bloc is facing challenges including mounting conflicts, insecurity in the Sahel, strained ties with Washington and internal strife, while this year’s summit theme of water highlights the damage done by devastating floods across…

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Africa: AUC Chairperson Underscored ‘The Urgency of Institutional Reform, & the Imperative of Peace and Development On the Continent’ At the Opening Session of the 48th AU Executive Council

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At the opening session of the 48th AU Executive Council, AUC Chairperson H.E. @ymahmoudali underscored “the urgency of institutional reform, & the imperative of peace and development on the continent” ahead of the 39th AU Assembly. On #Water & sanitation; this year’s theme, he stressed that it “must be protected as a shared resource &…

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Africa: Mahama to Lead Repatriation of Africa’s Foreign Reserves …Says Continent Trapped in Dependency

eriinfo.com4 months ago07 mins

President John Dramani Mahama, the African Union champion of African financial Institutions, has hinted that he is leading advocacy for the repatriation of and investment of part of Africa’s “huge foreign reserves” in African Financial Institutions. According to him, most of these foreign reserves are by colonial construct held in Western financial institutions and, in…