Terror groups have rebounded after past leadership losses, so Lake Chad Basin security forces cannot afford complacency. Over the past three months, security forces from the Lake Chad Basin countries – Nigeria, Niger, Chad and Cameroon – have announced the arrest or neutralisation of key figures in Boko Haram factions. Although these gains will weaken…
The Information Regulator’s Tando Luyaba (left) and Standard Bank’s Khomotso Molabe (right) won top honours at the ITWeb Brainstorm CIO Awards 2025. Winners of the ITWeb Brainstorm CIO Awards 2025 were announced last night in Johannesburg, during a CIO banquet. Khomotso Molabe from Standard Bank and Tando Luyaba from the office of the Information Regulator…
As Africa faces the escalating challenges of droughts, floods, and water insecurity, ministers and leaders from across the continent are coming together in preparation for the 2025 Sector Ministers’ Meeting (SMM), scheduled for October 22-23 in Madrid, Spain. This crucial summit is co-convened by the Government of Spain, UNICEF, and the Sanitation and Water for…
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The author, Change Logic’s Keenan Crouch Change leaders are accustomed to thinking in terms of people and process. These are the pillars of transformation, the levers that guide organisations through mergers, digital rollouts or shifts in operating models. Yet today, where technology is ingrained in the heartbeat of every business, process and engagement, a third…
Dakar, Senegal, 10 October 2025 – To mark the International Day of the Girl, over 100 girls from West and Central Africa came together in Dakar for the West and Central Africa Girls’ Summit. Their message to presidents, policymakers, and the rest of the world is clear: “We want to be taken into account when our…
President Paul Kagame has issued a call for world leaders to embrace a new model of cooperation between Africa and Europe, urging partnerships built on equality, shared risk, and mutual benefit, as global economic and political shifts reshape traditional approaches to globalisation. The Head of State was speaking on Thursday, October 9, at the second…
Democratic and Republican leaders remain far apart on how to end the partial shutdown of the US government as another day of voting approaches on Monday. In separate Sunday interviews with NBC’s Meet the Press, the House’s top Democrat Hakeem Jeffries and its Republican leader Mike Johnson each blamed the other’s party for the continued…
Jessica ParkerEurope correspondent in Copenhagen and Paul KirbyEurope digital editor in London Reuters Denmark has reinforced security for the summit and allies have beefed up air defences EU leaders are meeting in Copenhagen under pressure to boost European defence after a series of Russian incursions into EU airspace, and days after drones targeted Danish airports….
On 25 September, the World Health Organization (WHO) and the United Nations Inter-Agency Task Force on the Prevention and Control of Noncommunicable Diseases (UNIATF) recognized 12 countries and 7 non-State actors pioneering innovative, multisectoral action on obesity. From bold fiscal policies such as sugar taxes to cutting-edge digital tools and nationwide school meal programmes, these…
