Africa: WHO Africa, International Vaccine Institute Sign Agreement to Boost Vaccine Production in Africa

Africa: WHO Africa, International Vaccine Institute Sign Agreement to Boost Vaccine Production in Africa

Lusaka — The World Health Organization (WHO) Regional Office for Africa and the International Vaccine Institute (IVI) have signed a Memorandum of Understanding (MoU) to deepen their strategic collaboration in support of vaccine equity, local production, and health innovation across the region. Signed on the sidelines of the Seventy-fifth Session of the WHO Regional Committee…

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Africa: International Day for Remembrance of Slave Trade – ‘Time to Abolish Exploitation Once and for All’

Africa: International Day for Remembrance of Slave Trade – ‘Time to Abolish Exploitation Once and for All’

Victims of atrocities and freedom fighters across history can inspire future generations to build just societies,the chief of the UN Educational, Scientific and Cultural Organization (UNESCO) said on the occasion of the International Day for the Remembrance of the Slave Trade and its Abolition, commemorated annually on 23 August. “It is time to abolish human…

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Africa: UN Rights Chief Decries ‘Relentless Intensification’ of U.S. Sanctions Against International Criminal Court Staff

Africa: UN Rights Chief Decries ‘Relentless Intensification’ of U.S. Sanctions Against International Criminal Court Staff

The United States must stop ramping up sanctions against officials with the International Criminal Court (ICC), UN High Commissioner for Human Rights Volker Türk said on Thursday. His call comes a day after four more Court personnel – two judges and two deputy prosecutors – were slapped with sanctions in connection with efforts to investigate…

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Africa: International Day for Remembrance of Slave Trade – ‘Time to Abolish Exploitation Once and for All’

Africa: Ethiopia Can Be Model in Unlocking Enormous Housing Assets Across Africa – Habitat for Humanity International CEO

Addis Ababa — Habitat for Humanity International has affirmed Ethiopia’s potential to be a model in unlocking its enormous housing assets and opportunities across Africa. Habitat for Humanity International CEO Jonathan Reckford, who attended the high-level Panel Discussion on Housing in Ethiopia and across Africa this week in Addis Ababa, told ENA that Africa is…

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Africa: International Day for Remembrance of Slave Trade – ‘Time to Abolish Exploitation Once and for All’

Africa: International Humanitarian Law Flouted As Health and Aid Workers Are Targeted in Conflicts Around the World

United Nations, New York — Across the world, wars are being waged on the very systems set up to protect civilian populations: Health workers, hospitals, health centres and ambulances are being targeted in horrifying numbers. Attacks against health facilities doubled between 2023 and 2024, and more than 900 health workers were killed last year. Humanitarian…

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Africa: International Day for Remembrance of Slave Trade – ‘Time to Abolish Exploitation Once and for All’

Africa: The International Order Is Shifting – African Countries Have an Opportunity to Reshape Global Power Relations

For too long, Africa’s agency has been exercised defensively: managing expectations, preserving stability, reacting to external scripts. The continent has copied political systems from other countries and prioritised economic choices that would meet external obligations, such as repaying debt. This posture was understandable immediately following independence in African states. At that time, the world was…

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FBI upgrades New Zealand office to counter China, international crime | Crime News

FBI upgrades New Zealand office to counter China, international crime | Crime News

FBI Director Kash Patel travelled to New Zealand to inaugurate the office, which will also oversee the bureau’s operations in Pacific countries. The United States’s Federal Bureau of Investigation has upgraded its presence in New Zealand to a standalone office in the capital, Wellington, as both governments work together to counter Chinese influence across the…

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