Africa: Speaker Calls for Stronger Parliamentary Cooperation to Advance Africa’s Agenda 2063

Africa: Speaker Calls for Stronger Parliamentary Cooperation to Advance Africa’s Agenda 2063

The Speaker of the National Assembly, Ms Thoko Didiza, has called for stronger parliamentary cooperation across the African continent to advance Africa’s Agenda 2063. She was addressing the opening of the 26th Conference of Speakers of National and Regional Parliaments convened under the auspices of the Pan-African Parliament (PAP) in Midrand. Welcoming parliamentary leaders and…

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Africa: Speaker Calls for Stronger Parliamentary Cooperation to Advance Africa’s Agenda 2063

Africa: GCB Bank MD Pushes for Stronger Risk-Sharing Models to Drive Africa’s Growth

The Managing Director of GCB Bank PLC, Farihan Alhassan, has called for a shift in Africa’s economic development strategy, arguing that the continent’s financing challenges are less about capital scarcity and more about building the right risk structures to attract investment at scale. He made the remarks during the African Banking, Finance and Economic Leadership…

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Africa: Speaker Calls for Stronger Parliamentary Cooperation to Advance Africa’s Agenda 2063

Africa’s Economic Transformation Needs Stronger Reforms, Partnerships – Finance Minister Says

Africa’s journey towards economic transformation requires bold reforms, stronger institutions, sustained investments, and deeper partnerships to unlock the continent’s vast potential, The Gambia’s Minister of Finance and Economic Affairs, Seedy K.M. Keita, has said. Speaking at the closing of the 2026 meeting of African Governors of the International Monetary Fund (IMF) and World Bank Group…

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Africa: Speaker Calls for Stronger Parliamentary Cooperation to Advance Africa’s Agenda 2063

West Africa: Senator Snowe Calls for Stronger Ecowas Parliament to Safeguard Democracy Across West Africa

Oxford — Bomi County Senator Edwin Melvin Snowe Jr. has called for far-reaching reforms to strengthen the ECOWAS Parliament, warning that democracy in West Africa stands at a critical crossroads as military coups, constitutional crises, insecurity, and weak institutions continue to threaten the region’s democratic progress. Delivering a public lecture at the University of Oxford…

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Africa: Speaker Calls for Stronger Parliamentary Cooperation to Advance Africa’s Agenda 2063

Africa: Mudavadi Hails Trump’s Trade-First Africa Policy As Kenya Eyes Stronger U.S. Economic Ties

Nairobi — Prime Cabinet Secretary Musalia Mudavadi has welcomed the Trump administration’s shift in U.S.-Africa policy from one centred on aid to one driven by trade and investment, describing the approach as a positive step towards building more balanced and mutually beneficial relations with Kenya. Speaking during celebrations marking the 250th anniversary of U.S. independence…

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Africa: Speaker Calls for Stronger Parliamentary Cooperation to Advance Africa’s Agenda 2063

Africa: UAE-Africa Dialogue Calls for Stronger Strategic Partnerships

Addis Ababa (Horndiplomat) — The 2026 Hili UAE-Africa Dialogue concluded in Addis Ababa on Friday with African and Emirati officials calling for deeper strategic partnerships, increased investment and greater cooperation to advance sustainable development and shared prosperity. The two-day forum brought together senior government officials, diplomats, policymakers, researchers and business leaders from Africa and the…

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Africa: Speaker Calls for Stronger Parliamentary Cooperation to Advance Africa’s Agenda 2063

Africa: Liberia Calls for Stronger Global Framework to Realise the Right to Development

Liberia’s Deputy Foreign Minister for Legal Affairs has called for urgent reforms to strengthen the institutional framework supporting the Right to Development, a principle first proclaimed by the United Nations in 1986 and reaffirmed in subsequent global agreements. According to a dispatch from Beijing, People’s Republic of China, Cllr. Jeddi Mowbray Armah addressing the 2026…

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Africa: Speaker Calls for Stronger Parliamentary Cooperation to Advance Africa’s Agenda 2063

Africa’s Precision Medicine Future Depends On Stronger Research and Clinical Trial Systems

Precision medicine will not deliver equity for Africa if Africa remains underrepresented in the evidence that shapes it. The endorsement of a new resolution on Precision Medicine at the 79th World Health Assembly reflects an important step towards health equity and Universal Health Coverage. This decision was endorsed by all member states. In support of…

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