Nairobi — Ghanaian President John Dramani Mahama has urged African nations to shift from exporting raw materials to producing high-value finished goods, calling for a new era of economic independence to match the political liberation achieved by earlier generations. Speaking as Chief Guest at Kenya’s 62nd Jamhuri Day celebrations at Nyayo Stadium on Friday, Mahama…
Despite major gains in access to schooling since 1960, widening inequalities driven by the climate crisis, conflicts and rapid technological change are leaving millions behind. UNESCO warns that the global legal framework for the right to education must be modernised urgently to keep pace with a transforming world. “If we do not update the legal…
Doha — 7 December 2025: Somalia remains a central pillar of Egyptian, Arab and African national security, Foreign Minister Badr Abdelatty said at a panel on state-building in Somalia held on the sidelines of the Doha Forum. The panel focused on coordinated strategies to preserve recent gains in the Horn of Africa nation. In his…
New Goalkeepers Report models impact of global health funding cuts, offers roadmap of best buys and most effective investments to slow this reversal SEATTLE (December 3, 2025) – The number of children dying before their 5th birthday is projected to rise for the first time this century, reversing decades of global progress, according to new data published…
The organisation said the continent must urgently protect hard-won gains against HIV amid a rapidly changing global funding landscape that threatens to slow progress. The World Health Organisation (WHO) has called on African governments to increase domestic investment and strengthen health systems as countries mark the 2025 World AIDS Day. The global health agency said…
Luanda, Angola — President William Ruto has called on African nations to rally behind the ongoing reforms of the African Union (AU), warning that failure to modernise the institution could weaken the continent’s global influence and slow development progress. Speaking in Luanda, Angola, where he chaired the AU Institutional Reform Ad Hoc Committee Meeting of…
NOV 25 – President William Ruto has urged Africa’s development partners to back the continent’s industrial growth instead of entrenching a culture of dependency. Speaking at the 7th African Union-European Union Summit in Luanda, Angola, on Tuesday, the President called for a move from “extractive to productive” relationships, saying African countries must stop exporting raw…
The 12th graduation convocation of William V. S. Tubman University (TU) was elevated by a stirring call for Pan-African unity and transformative leadership from Professor Letlhokwa George Mpedi, Vice-Chancellor of the University of Johannesburg (UJ). Delivering the keynote address on the university’s Harper campus, the South African educator urged graduates to use their education as…
UN Climate Change Executive Secretary Simon Stiell / PHOTO/UN Climate Change/ Diego Herculano. By PATRICK MAYOYO [email protected] In a compelling speech at the high-level closing event of COP30 in Belém, Brazil, UN Climate Change Executive Secretary Simon Stiell called for urgent and transformative action on climate change, emphasising that the time for delay is over….
UN Climate Change Executive Secretary Simon Stiell, delivered during the opening of the high-level segment at COP30 in Belém, Brazil. PHOTO/ Kiara Worth/UN Climate Change. By PATRICK MAYOYO [email protected] The high-level segment of the 30th Conference of the Parties (COP30) to the UN Framework Convention on Climate Change (UNFCCC) commenced in Belém, Brazil, with Simon…
