Forty African countries have endorsed a proposed charter on family, sovereignty and values aimed at strengthening families and protecting children from what its proponents describe as foreign ideologies considered inconsistent with African cultural and family values. The development was disclosed by the Executive Director of the Center for African Policy and Advisory, Segun Adebayo, at…
The United Nations General Assembly on Friday endorsed a new world map that represents Africa more accurately in its larger size, a culmination of a recent campaign led by African countries and advocacy groups. Friday’s resolution, which was sponsored by Togo and backed by members of the African Union, was passed with 164 member states…
Majorities support women’s autonomy in decisions about marriage and childbearing. Key findings On average across 38 African countries, majorities support women’s autonomy in marriage decisions (75%) and reproductive choices (62%). But women are less likely than men to say they make household financial decisions themselves (36% vs. 44%). A majority (57%) of Africans endorse women’s…
Funmi Ogundare Former President Olusegun Obasanjo and renowned historian, Toyin Falola, have hailed a new book written by Development Economist, Prof. Banji Oyelaran-Oyeyinka, describing it as a practical blueprint for Africa’s long-awaited industrial renaissance. Oyelaran-Oyeyinka, a former Senior Special Adviser on Industrialisation to the President of the African Development Bank (AfDB), recently unveiled ‘The Quest…
From Political Elevation to Continental Action under the 2026 AU Theme of the Year Water and sanitation have moved decisively to the centre of Africa’s political agenda. At the High-Level Side Event on “Assuring Sustainable Water Availability and Safe Sanitation Systems to Achieve the Goals of Agenda 2063”, held on the margins of the 39th…
Former Speaker Nancy Pelosi, D-Calif., plans to endorse Jack Schlossberg, the grandson of the late President John F. Kennedy, in his run for the competitive House seat representing the 12th District of New York, a source familiar with the matter told NBC News. Schlossberg, 33, an online political commentator and also cousin of Health and…
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Lusaka — African ministers of health gathering for the World Health Organization (WHO) Regional Committee for Africa today adopted a pivotal framework to accelerate efforts to address oral health diseases that affect around 42% of the region’s population. The regional oral health framework, endorsed at the Seventy-fifth session of the WHO Regional Committee for Africa…
