The Ministry of Employment and Labour has welcomed the election of South Africa as the chair of the African Regional Labour Administration Centre (ARLAC) Governing Council for the 2025-2027 term of office. The Minister of Employment and Labour, Nomakhosazana Meth, will serve as the chair of the ARLAC Governing Council following the election of South […]
Generative artificial intelligence (AI) has taken off at lightning speed in the past couple of years, creating disruption in many industries. Newsrooms are no exception. A new report published today finds that news audiences and journalists alike are concerned about how news organisations are – and could be – using generative AI such as chatbots,
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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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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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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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
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
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 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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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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