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Africa: Slow Uptake of Digital Tools Hampers Breakthroughs for African Healthcare

Africa: Slow Uptake of Digital Tools Hampers Breakthroughs for African Healthcare

The recent loss of funding in African healthcare is driving the medical fraternity to rethink solutions for accessible medical care for all Africans. On the 11th of February 2025, I spoke at the 15th Kenya Medical Research Institute (KEMRI) Annual Scientific and Health (KASH) conference. The conference is attended by senior medical professionals and policy […]

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Africa: Scaling Up or Losing Steam? Parliamentarians Debate the Future of the SDGs

Africa: Scaling Up or Losing Steam? Parliamentarians Debate the Future of the SDGs

As the clock ticks toward 2030, parliamentarians gathered at UN Headquarters in New York on Thursday to assess the state of the Sustainable Development Goals (SDGs) – and the verdict was anything but unanimous. Amid deepening global debt, taxation disputes and a widening gap between ambition and action, tensions flared over how (and whether) the

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Africa: AU - Tinubu Demands Combined Maritime Task Force for Gulf of Guinea

Africa: AU – Tinubu Demands Combined Maritime Task Force for Gulf of Guinea

Abuja — PRESIDENT Bola Tinubu yesterday tasked the Africa Union Peace and Security Council, AUPSC, to prioritise the establishment of a combined maritime task force to enhance security in the Gulf of Guinea. He made the call at the 38th Ordinary Session of the Assembly of the African Union, AU, Heads of State and Government

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Africa: Chairman of AU High-Level Panel On Sudan Hails Ethiopia's Constructive Role to End Crisis in Sudan

Africa: Chairman of AU High-Level Panel On Sudan Hails Ethiopia’s Constructive Role to End Crisis in Sudan

Addis Ababa, — Chairman of the AU High-level Panel on Sudan, Dr. Mohamed Ibn Chambas said that Ethiopia is playing a decisive role in ending the war in Sudan while also taking concrete steps to improve the humanitarian situation in the country. It is to be recalled that this week Ethiopia co-hosted a humanitarian conference

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Africa: 'Clear Steps to Democratic Transformation Needed' Before Sudan's AU Suspension Can Be Lifted

Africa: ‘Clear Steps to Democratic Transformation Needed’ Before Sudan’s AU Suspension Can Be Lifted

Addis Ababa — The African Union Commissioner for Peace and Security, Bankole Adeoye, says that the resumption of Sudan’s activities within the AU are conditional on “taking clear steps towards a constitutional and democratic transformation in Sudan”. Commissioner Adeoye’s remarks follow a written message from the Sudanese Foreign Minister Ali Yousef to the foreign ministers

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Africa: What the New African Union Leaders Should Prioritise in 2025

Africa: What the New African Union Leaders Should Prioritise in 2025

Cape Town — The African Union chose its new leadership, and now faces several peace and security challenges which the International Crisis Group (ICG) described as “forbidding”. This is an extract of ICG’s briefing points to eight areas where the organisation can put its diplomatic weight to particularly good use. For more, read the full

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African Union Summit Opens As Conflicts Rage On the Continent

African Union Summit Opens As Conflicts Rage On the Continent

African heads of state are gathering for their annual summit in Ethiopian capital Addis Ababa this weekend, with escalating conflict in the DRC, the war and resulting humanitarian crisis in Sudan and cuts to aid from the US dominating the agenda. The 38th African Union Summit brings together representatives from the 55 member states. Held

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Africa: DRC's President Won't Attend the AU Summit, As M23 Advances in South Kivu

Africa: DRC’s President Won’t Attend the AU Summit, As M23 Advances in South Kivu

Neither Rwandan President Paul Kagame nor his Congolese counterpart Felix Tshisekedi attended Friday’s AU meeting. A Congolese government source told AFP Tshisekedi would not attend the summit over the weekend either, saying: “He must closely follow the situation on the ground in DRC.” Tshisekedi, speaking at the Munich Security Conference on Friday, urged nations to

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Africa: New African Union Leader Elected As Two Major Crises Rage

Africa: New African Union Leader Elected As Two Major Crises Rage

The leaders of Africa Union countries on Saturday chose a new chief for the branch that runs the organization’s daily operations, as conflicts persist in two of the largest three countries on the continent. At their annual summit in Addis Ababa, Ethiopia, the organization’s members elected Djibouti Foreign Minister Mahmoud Ali Youssouf as the next

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Africa: Djibouti's Youssouf Beats Raila Odinga to AU Commission Chair

Africa: Djibouti’s Youssouf Beats Raila Odinga to AU Commission Chair

Odinga’s defeat has elicited mixed reactions in Kenya. While some of his supporters expressed disappointment, others viewed it as an opportunity for Odinga to refocus on his political ambitions, particularly a potential bid for the Kenyan presidency in 2027. Djibouti’s foreign minister Mohamoud Ali Youssouf claimed Raila Odinga’s scalp to run away with the coveted

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