Africa: Guterres Pushes Leaders to ‘Turn the Tide’ On Global Crises During High-Stakes UNGA Week

Africa: Guterres Pushes Leaders to ‘Turn the Tide’ On Global Crises During High-Stakes UNGA Week

Secretary-General António Guterres has issued a stark call to world leaders on the eve of the United Nations General Assembly’s high-level week, warning that a “global crisis” of war, climate change, inequality and technological risk demands urgent, coordinated action. “We are facing a global crisis. Conflicts are multiplying in the context in which geopolitical divides…

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Africa: Guterres Pushes Leaders to ‘Turn the Tide’ On Global Crises During High-Stakes UNGA Week

Africa: Ahead of High-Stakes General Assembly Week, Guterres Urges World Leaders to ‘Get Serious – and Deliver’

UN Secretary-General António Guterres has urged world leaders to “get serious – and deliver” as they begin arriving in New York for the high-level week of the 80th General Assembly. Speaking at a press conference at the UN Headquarters on Tuesday in New York, he warned that global divisions, conflicts and crises have left the…

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Boat accident in Congo kills more than 100 people in second deadly capsizing this week

Boat accident in Congo kills more than 100 people in second deadly capsizing this week

Kinshasa, Congo — Two separate boat accidents this week in northwestern Congo killed at least 193 people and left scores missing, authorities and state media reported Friday. The accidents happened on Wednesday and Thursday, about 150 kilometers apart in the Equateur province. One boat with nearly 500 passengers caught fire and capsized Thursday evening along…

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Africa: Guterres Pushes Leaders to ‘Turn the Tide’ On Global Crises During High-Stakes UNGA Week

Africa: Liberia Showcases Climate Resilience Strategy At Africa Regional Climate Week

Addis Ababa — Liberia has reaffirmed its commitment to climate resilience and sustainable development during the Africa Regional Climate Week held at the Addis Convention Centre in Addis Ababa. Representing the country at the High-Level Ministerial Meeting, Dr. Emmanuel K. Urey Yarkpawolo, Executive Director of the Environmental Protection Agency (EPA), outlined Liberia’s national approach to…

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Africa: Guterres Pushes Leaders to ‘Turn the Tide’ On Global Crises During High-Stakes UNGA Week

Africa’s Second Climate Week 2025 Opens Here

The Second Climate Week of 2025 opened yesterday at the Addis International Convention Center (AICC), bringing together government representatives, policymakers, and climate stakeholders from across Africa and beyond. The event will run until September 6 under the theme : “Dialogues for Ambition and Implementation.” Hosted by Ethiopia in collaboration with the United Nations Framework Convention…

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Africa: Guterres Pushes Leaders to ‘Turn the Tide’ On Global Crises During High-Stakes UNGA Week

Nigeria: Breastfeeding Week 2025 – Empowering African Women By Integrating HIV Prevention Into the First Bonds of Life

Prudence Nonkululeko Ngwenya and Toyin Saraki (Guest writers) During the recently commemorated Pan-African Women’s Day (PAWD), we were reminded of the enduring legacy, resilience, and leadership of African women. However, as we celebrated, we also confronted a lingering truth: far too many pregnant and breastfeeding women in Africa are still left behind in HIV prevention…

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Africa: Guterres Pushes Leaders to ‘Turn the Tide’ On Global Crises During High-Stakes UNGA Week

Africa: On World Breastfeeding Week, Countries Urged to Invest in Health Systems and Support Breastfeeding Mothers

Geneva/New York — Joint statement by WHO Director-General Dr. Tedros Adhanom Ghebreyesus and UNICEF Executive Director Catherine Russell “Breastfeeding is one of the most effective ways to ensure a baby’s health, development, and survival in the earliest stages of life. It acts as their first vaccine, providing protection against diseases including diarrhoea and pneumonia. “Investing…

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