Arusha — THE Head of Reproductive, Maternal, Newborn, Child and Adolescent Health at the Africa Centres for Disease Control and Prevention (Africa CDC), Prof. Diana Nsubuga, has called on African countries to increase investment in pharmaceutical and medical device manufacturing to help reduce maternal and child deaths. Speaking on Thursday, October 8, 2026, during a…
Heino Gevers, vice-president of global customer success at Mimecast. As CISOs head into their annual budget planning season, many will be looking for more available spend to battle a rapid increase in the scale and sophistication of cyber threats. Research from Mimecast shows that although security leaders are urgently seeking access to more budget, security…
Geneva/Mogadishu — This is a summary of what was said by the UNICEF Chief of Global Transport and Logistics, Jean-Cedric Meeus – to whom quoted text may be attributed – at today’s press briefing at the Palais des Nations in Geneva “Nearly 100 days into the latest Middle East escalation, the fallout extends far beyond…
Gold Fields Ltd.’s Damang mine in Ghana is at the center of a policy shift as the government moves to increase local ownership in the gold sector. The state will take over the mine on April 18 after declining to renew its lease, Bloomberg reported. Authorities have limited the tender process to companies fully owned…
African Export-Import Bank (Afreximbank) has successfully concluded a new three-year Dual Tranche Syndicated Term Loan Facility totaling US$2 billion equivalent (raising US$1.73 billion and €228 million in US$ Facility A and EUR Facility B respectively). Proceeds from the facility, concluded on 9 March 2026, will be used by Afreximbank to refinance existing facilities and for…
Around two-thirds of children worldwide report an increase in cyberbullying, with one in two say they don’t know how to get the right support, according to a recent poll carried out by the UN’s top official who works to end violence against children. The report highlights “alarming trends” and “the urgent need for the entire…
Despite some progress made globally, children around the world still face serious and evolving risks of being sold, sexually exploited and abused, the UN independent human rights expert on the sale, sexual exploitation and sexual abuse of children, Mama Fatima Singhateh, warned on Monday. “There is a deeper understanding of the interconnectedness of these crimes,”…
The South African automotive landscape is at a crossroads as the Department of Trade, Industry, and Competition (DTIC) considers doubling vehicle import duties from 25% to 50%. While intended to curb the influx of affordable models from China and India and protect local manufacturing, industry titans, led by Volkswagen Group South Africa (VWSA) and BMW,…
New research analyzes the influence of changes in rainfall to Serengeti National Park in Tanzania. PHOTO/Richard Mortel/Flickr, CC BY 2.0 By SPECIAL CORRESPONDENT [email protected] The Serengeti is one of the most diverse ecosystems on Earth. The massive savanna stretches more than 30,000 square kilometers across Tanzania and southwestern Kenya, and conservation sites, including national parks and…
UN Climate Change Executive Secretary Simon Stiell. PHOTO/ Kiara Worth/UN Climate Change. By PATRICK MAYOYO [email protected] There is need for urgent increased and more accessible climate finance to drive global efforts to combat climate change, UN Climate Change Executive Secretary Simon Stiell, has said. Stiell who was speaking at COP30’s third High-Level Ministerial Dialogue on…
