Africa: All of Africa Today – August 27, 2025

Africa: All of Africa Today – August 27, 2025

  One in Four People Globally Still Lack Safe Drinking Water – Report A new report shows that even though there has been progress in expanding access to water and sanitation over the last decade, one in four people globally still lack safely managed drinking water. The report, titled “Progress on Household Drinking Water and…

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Africa: All of Africa Today – August 27, 2025

Africa: All of Africa Today – August 26, 2025

  Botswana Declares Public Health Emergency Over Severe Medicine Shortage Botswana declared a public health emergency after facing severe shortages of essential medicines and medical equipment. President Duma Boko announced the decision in a televised address, setting out a multimillion-pound plan to rectify the supply chain involving military oversight. Boko said that managing shortages would be…

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Africa: All of Africa Today – August 27, 2025

Africa: All of Africa Today – August 22, 2025

  Uganda Reaches Controversial Resettlement Deal With U.S. Uganda reached an agreement with the U.S. to take in deportees from third countries who may not get asylum but are “reluctant” to go back to their own countries. Permanent Secretary in the Ministry of Internal Affairs, Vincent Bagiire Waiswa, said that the country will not accept people with criminal records…

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Africa: All of Africa Today – August 21, 2025

Africa: All of Africa Today – August 21, 2025

  Trump’s Policies Threaten African Trade as AGOA Nears Expiration Since returning to office, U.S. President Donald Trump has cut key aid to Africa and imposed new tariffs on exports, raising fears of another setback with the expiration of the African Growth and Opportunity Act (AGOA). In 2000, former President Bill Clinton established AGOA to…

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Africa: All of Africa Today – August 27, 2025

Africa: All of Africa Today – August 20, 2025

  Burkina Faso Expels Top UN Official Over Child Conflict Report Burkina Faso’s military junta expelled the UN’s top official, Carol Flore-Smereczniak, over a report about children caught up in the jihadist conflict.  Flore-Smereczniak was declared “persona non grata” because of her role in drafting the report that came out in March. The report revealed more than…

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Africa: All of Africa Today – August 27, 2025

Africa: All of Africa Today – August 19, 2025

  DR Congo Peace Talks Collapse as M23 Rebels Pull Out The M23 rebel group in eastern Democratic Republic of Congo withdrew from peace talks with the government, saying it will not return unless the authorities adhere to a previous ceasefire deal. The fighting between the two sides escalated in January after the M23 captured large…

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Africa: All of Africa Today – August 27, 2025

Africa: All of Africa Today – August 18, 2025

  First Malaria Drug for Infants The Africa Centres for Disease Control and Prevention (Africa CDC) welcomed the approval of the first malaria treatment designed for newborns and infants under five kilograms, calling it a breakthrough for Africa’s most vulnerable children. The new artemether-lumefantrin formulation for children was developed through a partnership between Novartis and the Medicines…

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Africa: All of Africa Today – August 21, 2025

Africa: All of Africa Today – August 12, 2025

Chad: Opposition Leader Masra Sentenced to 20 Years in Politically Charged TrialSuccès Masra, leader of Chad’s main opposition party, was sentenced to 20 years for inciting violence and complicity in murder linked to ethnic conflicts. Human Rights Watch views the trial as politically motivated, reflecting diminishing space for opposition under President Mahamat Déby. Masra and…

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