Niger Frees Dozens Detained After Coup Including Former Top Officials The military government in Niger, led by General Abdourahamane Tiani has announced the release dozens of prisoners, amongst them former officials of the civilian government deposed by the military in 2023, as well as journalists. A spokesperson for the junta said the move is in keeping […]
The United Nations Humanitarian Air Service is saving lives in places like Madagascar, Haiti and the Central African Republic – even as a funding shortfall bites Madagascar’s pioneering food drops Atop a hill in the southeastern Malagasy village of Lanakasy, Honera Tsara yells for her 10 children to rush outside. A deep, whirring sound fills
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Imagine an Africa where economic growth and development are driven by Africans themselves, where innovation and empowerment are the catalysts for transformation. This is the vision of McEva Temofe, a Nigerian entrepreneur and business leader who is championing a new era of economic transformation on the continent. As the founder and convener of the African
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Addis Ababa, Ethiopia — Over 300 young people, government representatives, entrepreneurs, key partners and stakeholders in the apiculture and sericulture value chains gathered in Addis Ababa on March 24 for a youth learning summit and to recognise the transformative impact of the More Young Entrepreneurs in Honey and Silk (MOYESH) programme, a partnership between the
Addis Ababa, Ethiopia — Last week, over 100 AI engineers and data scientists graduated from the Sustainable Access to Finance to Enable Entrepreneurship (SAFEE) program, a partnership between Kifiya Financial Technology and the Mastercard Foundation. This will directly support Ethiopia’s transition toward uncollateralized digital lending, data-driven banking, and financial inclusion at scale. The SAFEE program
If the United Nations were human, turning eighty this year, it might be pictured teetering on a frayed armchair, a lukewarm cup of tea forgotten beside it. Glasses perched on its nose, it would thumb through a worn copy of its own charter–pages creased from decades of selective use. Its pension, long squandered on noble
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Women and girls will suffer devastating consequences from the USAID funding freeze Thousands of aid programmes that support women are being threatened by the funding freeze, limiting the ability of frontline workers to serve their communities. In 1961, the United States Agency for International Development (USAID) was established to provide food aid, humanitarian aid, and economic development
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After U.S. President Donald Trump decisively cut financial aid to African countries, the European Union had an opportunity to expand its economic influence in the region. However, Europe is choosing a different path, and it appears that it may be time for African nations to shift their compass from the West to the East. WHAT
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Health minister Dr Sabin Nsanzimana on Tuesday, April 1, officiated the launch of TKMD Rwanda’s auto-disable syringe manufacturing facility in Rwamagana District. According to the Ministry of Health, established in partnership with Gates Foundation, the World Health Organization pre-qualified facility produces up to one million syringes daily. TKMD Rwanda, a subsidiary of Chinese company Anhui
United Nations — The Trump administration’s ground-rules are dangerously clear–and devastating. If you are a pro-Palestinian demonstrator, denouncing Israeli atrocities in Gaza, you are either a supporter of the “terrorist organization” Hamas or you are described as anti-Semitic veering on hate crimes liable for prosecution. The US is planning to cancel over 300 visas and
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