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Africa: Continued Partnership to Enhance Pathogen Genomic Surveillance and Bioinformatics for Public Health in Africa

In a strategic move to bolster Africa’s preparedness for future pandemics, the Africa Centres for Disease Control and Prevention (Africa CDC), in partnership with the African Society for Laboratory Medicine (ASLM) and with support from the Mastercard Foundation, has launched a groundbreaking program on genomic surveillance and bioinformatics to enhance public health resilience across the […]

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Africa: PMI Global Summit Series Africa 2025 Returns to Rwanda

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Kigali — Project Management Institute (PMI), the world’s leading authority on project management, is pleased to announce that PMI Global Summit Series Africa 2025 will take place from 19 to 21 August 2025 at the Kigali Convention Centre in Rwanda. This marks the highly anticipated return of the event following its postponement in 2024. As

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Africa’s Debt Crisis Under-Reported – AFRODAD

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AFRICAN Forum and Network on Debt and Development (AFRODAD) Executive Director Jason Braganza has expressed concern over how challenges arising from debt servicing to international monetary facilities by African countries are going unreported due to lack of information and statistics among other challenges. Braganza was speaking at the official opening of the 5th edition of

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Africa: Burkina Faso, South Sudan Activists Chosen With U.S. International Women of Courage Awards

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The U.S. Secretary of State Marco Rubio and First Lady Melania Trump will host the 19th annual International Women of Courage (IWOC) Awards ceremony. The award recognizes women from around the world “who have demonstrated exceptional courage, strength, and leadership – often at great personal risk and sacrifice”. More than 200 women from over 90

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Africa: The Giant Plastic Tap – How Art Fights Plastic Pollution

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New Delhi — “The size of the faucet highlights the magnitude of the problem. It makes the problem impossible to ignore. We’re used to throwing things ‘away’–but when we’re confronted with what happens when ‘away’ is not an option, I think it creates an emotional wake-up call,” says Benjamin Von Wong. The 39-year-old Canadian artist

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Africa: Over 1,000 to Attend Africa Arsenal Fans Festival 2025 in Kigali

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The 6th edition of Africa Arsenal Fans Festival in Kigali will attract over 1,000 supporters from 14 countries across the continent, according to Valentin Bigango, the president of Rwanda Arsenal Fans Community (RAFC). Scheduled for April 18-20, the festival will bring together supporters for a weekend of sports, charity, and cultural exchange. According to the

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Africa CDC and Recs Create Synergies Between Regional Procurement Mechanisms and the African Pooled Procurement Mechanism (Appm)

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Kigali — The Africa Centres for Disease Control and Prevention (Africa CDC), Regional Economic Community (REC) representatives and other stakeholders convened for a consultative workshop to strengthen coordination between regional pooled procurement mechanisms (PPMs) and the African Pooled Procurement Mechanism (APPM), as well as to discuss the modalities for the establishment of a joint information

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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

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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

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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: Continued Partnership to Enhance Pathogen Genomic Surveillance and Bioinformatics for Public Health in Africa

Africa: PMI Global Summit Series Africa 2025 Returns to Rwanda

Africa’s Debt Crisis Under-Reported – AFRODAD

Africa: Burkina Faso, South Sudan Activists Chosen With U.S. International Women of Courage Awards

Africa: The Giant Plastic Tap – How Art Fights Plastic Pollution

Africa: Over 1,000 to Attend Africa Arsenal Fans Festival 2025 in Kigali

Africa CDC and Recs Create Synergies Between Regional Procurement Mechanisms and the African Pooled Procurement Mechanism (Appm)

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

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

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

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