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Africa: U.S. Decision to End Support for GAVI Puts Millions of Children's Lives At Risk

Africa: U.S. Decision to End Support for GAVI Puts Millions of Children’s Lives At Risk

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The reported decision that the US government will end its support for Gavi, The Vaccine Alliance – which was set up 20 years ago to increase access to vaccines for the world’s poorest countries—will have devastating consequences for children across the globe, said Doctors Without Borders (MSF). While there is still space for progress, routine vaccination […]

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Africa: Unicef Report Warns of Rising Rates of Child Mortality Without Proper Funding

Africa: Unicef Report Warns of Rising Rates of Child Mortality Without Proper Funding

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United Nations — Despite levels of child mortality and stillbirths having significantly decreased since 2000, increasingly unequal and limited access to basic services around the world endangers millions of children around the world, a new report finds. On March 24, the United Nations Inter-agency Group for Child Mortality Estimation (UN IGME) released its annual report

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Africa: Fast Fashion Fuelling Global Waste Crisis, UN Chief Warns

Africa: Fast Fashion Fuelling Global Waste Crisis, UN Chief Warns

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Fast fashion is accelerating an environmental catastrophe, with the equivalent of one garbage truck’s worth of clothing either incinerated or sent to landfill every second, the UN chief warned on Thursday. Speaking at an event commemorating Sunday’s International Day of Zero Waste, Secretary-General António Guterres called for urgent action to curb the textile industry’s devastating

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Africa: Tens of Millions At Risk of Extreme Hunger and Starvation As Unprecedented Funding Crisis Spirals

Africa: Tens of Millions At Risk of Extreme Hunger and Starvation As Unprecedented Funding Crisis Spirals

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Rome — The United Nations World Food Programme (WFP) warned today that 58 million people risk losing life-saving assistance in the agency’s 28 most critical crisis response operations unless new funding is received urgently. Despite the generosity of many governments and individual donors, WFP is experiencing a steep decline in funding across its major donors.

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Africa: Jiji Expands Beyond Africa With Bangladesh E-Commerce Entry

Africa: Jiji Expands Beyond Africa With Bangladesh E-Commerce Entry

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TLDR African online marketplace Jiji will launch operations in Bangladesh, marking its first expansion outside the continent The move targets the country’s growing middle class, mobile connectivity, and expanding e-commerce sector, which is expected to reach $13 billion by 2027 Jiji operates in seven African countries, including Nigeria, Kenya, and Ghana, with 12 million monthly

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Africa: UCT Partners With French University to Launch Africa's First Dual Degree

Africa: UCT Partners With French University to Launch Africa’s First Dual Degree

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In a landmark moment for Africa and Europe, the University of Cape Town (UCT) has teamed up with Sciences Po – a public university in Paris, France – to offer students a prestigious, internationally recognised dual degree programme. It has been described as a milestone in academic cooperation between the two continents. What this means

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Africa: Fighting Malaria in Children - Why a One-Size-Fits-All Approach Isn't Enough

Africa: Fighting Malaria in Children – Why a One-Size-Fits-All Approach Isn’t Enough

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Recently published in the journal Frontiers, a new paper explores the state-of-play for interventions to reduce malaria-related morbidity and mortality among children in Africa. The research, whose authorship included Jane Achan, Principal Advisor at Malaria Consortium, highlights the progress that has been achieved in this area, and where improvements could still be made. Its conclusions

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Africa: Is This the End of the Peace Process?

Africa: Is This the End of the Peace Process?

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Debating Ideas reflects the values and editorial ethos of the African Arguments book series, publishing engaged, often radical, scholarship, original and activist writing from within the African continent and beyond. It offers debates and engagements, contexts and controversies, and reviews and responses flowing from the African Arguments books. It is edited and managed by the

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Africa: Building Resilience in Least Developed Countries - a Pathway to Sustainable Transformation

Africa: Building Resilience in Least Developed Countries – a Pathway to Sustainable Transformation

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United Nations — Rabab Fatima is Under-Secretary-General and High Representative for Least Developed Countries, Landlocked Developing Countries, and Small Island Developing States (UN-OHRLLS). As the world grapples with overlapping crises–climate change, economic instability, and food insecurity–the 44 Least Developed Countries (LDCs) face existential threats that demand urgent, collective action. These nations, home to over one

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Africa: Why the Trump Administration's Plan to Cut Funding to Gavi is Shortsighted

Africa: Why the Trump Administration’s Plan to Cut Funding to Gavi is Shortsighted

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In a list of thousands of terminated USAID awards that was sent to Congress this week is a devastating cut suggesting the Trump administration might be planning to end funding to Gavi, the global initiative that helps provide life-saving vaccines for children in the poorest countries in the world. This decision will not only lead to an

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