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Africa: Growth in Sub-Saharan Africa Is Diverging

Africa: Growth in Sub-Saharan Africa Is Diverging

Stagnating incomes in sub-Saharan Africa’s resource-intensive economies necessitate more effective fiscal management and broad-based structural reforms Sub-Saharan Africa is home to nine of the world’s top twenty fastest-growing economies this year. Such startling statistics, however, rarely feature in discussions of the region’s outlook. Instead, headline figures typically emphasize the relatively modest average economic performance. This […]

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African Penguins Could Be Extinct By 2035 - How to Save Them

African Penguins Could Be Extinct By 2035 – How to Save Them

In October 2024, the African penguin became the first penguin species in the world to be listed as critically endangered by the International Union for the Conservation of Nature. This is a sad record for Africa’s only penguin, and means it is now just one step away from extinction. How did this happen? African penguins

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Africa: Progress As Draft Decision Text for COP29 Presidency's Top Negotiating Priority Released

Africa: Progress As Draft Decision Text for COP29 Presidency’s Top Negotiating Priority Released

Baku — Three days into the landmark COP29 conference, the co-chairs of the New Collective Quantified Goal (NCQG) have arrived at a workable basis for discussion on the summit’s top priority goal–a new climate finance goal. The COP29 Presidency says the draft will, moving forward, “guide conversations around potential landing zones and help identify concerns.”

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Africa: Analysts Skeptical About African Impact of China's Zero-Tariff Offer

Africa: Analysts Skeptical About African Impact of China’s Zero-Tariff Offer

New Delhi — Analysts interviewed by VOA expressed skepticism over China’s recent decision to eliminate tariffs for goods from least developed countries with diplomatic relations with Bejing, including 33 in Africa, next month. The move was announced by Chinese President Xi Jinping at the 2024 Summit of the Forum on China-Africa Cooperation in Beijing in

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Africa: EU Parliament 'Takes a Chainsaw to Anti-Deforestation Law'

Africa: EU Parliament ‘Takes a Chainsaw to Anti-Deforestation Law’

Brussels — The European Parliament today backed a 12-month delay for the EU’s landmark anti-deforestation law, which would see new rules to prevent imports and exports of commodities grown on deforested land come into effect at the end of 2025. MEPs also proposed major new loopholes which will severely undermine its ability to protect forests,

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Africa: UPDF Sets Sights On Gold At Africa Military Games As Team Heads to Nigeria

Africa: UPDF Sets Sights On Gold At Africa Military Games As Team Heads to Nigeria

The Uganda Peoples’ Defence Forces (UPDF) are gearing up for a strong performance at the 2nd Africa Military Games in Abuja, Nigeria, with a 27-member team now officially on their way. This prestigious competition, which brings together top military athletes from across the continent, is seen as an opportunity for UPDF to showcase not only

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Africa: Unconventional Trump Brings Openings and Perils for Africa

Africa: Unconventional Trump Brings Openings and Perils for Africa

BBC | It is difficult to try to predict the decisions that US President-elect Donald Trump will make when he returns to the White House. But one thing seems unlikely to change: his dislike of patient, principled diplomacy as a means to peace and his preference for transactional politics and populist gestures. This brings openings

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Africa: Measles Cases Surge Worldwide, Infecting 10.3 Million People in 2023

Africa: Measles Cases Surge Worldwide, Infecting 10.3 Million People in 2023

Atlanta / Geneva — Worldwide, there were an estimated 10.3 million cases of measles in 2023, a 20% increase from 2022, according to new estimates from the World Health Organization (WHO) and the U.S. Centers for Disease Control and Prevention (CDC). Inadequate immunization coverage globally is driving the surge in cases. Measles is preventable with

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Africa: Equity Group and Deg Launch German Desk to Boost Trade and Investment in East Africa

Africa: Equity Group and Deg Launch German Desk to Boost Trade and Investment in East Africa

Equity Group Holdings Plc and DEG – Deutsche Investitions- und Entwicklungsgesellschaft mbH, the German Development Finance Institution, have announced the launch of the German Desk for the East African market. This initiative aims to facilitate trade, investment, and business partnerships between Germany and East Africa. The German Desk will offer a comprehensive range of financial

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Africa: WHO Director-General's Remarks At the Wish - High-Level Roundtable - Protecting Health in Armed Conflict - 14 November 2024

Africa: WHO Director-General’s Remarks At the Wish – High-Level Roundtable – Protecting Health in Armed Conflict – 14 November 2024

Your Highness, Excellencies, dear colleagues and friends, Assalamu’alaikum warahmatullahi wabarakatuh. I thank the World Innovation Summit for Health and the Qatar Foundation for bringing us together to address the urgent issue of protecting health in armed conflict. In northern Gaza last week, the Kamal Adwan hospital was subjected to intense fighting, a siege and a

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