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Better Resource Management not Foreign Aid Will Save Africa
A July 2024 report by the Mo Ibrahim Foundation suggests that Africa does not need more financial aid to meet its economic development and...
Africa: Time to Embrace HIV Prevention Tools While we Wait for the Cure
allAfrica's Sethi Ncube is in Lima, Peru, for the 5th HIV Research for Prevention Conference, HIVR4P 2024, reporting from the only global scientific conference focused on the...
Africa: The ‘Forgotten Crops’ that Can Save Our Food System
Nairobi, Kenya — Neglected crops are among the underappreciated solutions for alleviating Africa's food and climate crises.
Worldwide, food security is increasingly compromised owing to...
Africa: Lives Can Be Saved Despite Drug-Resistant Infections
By Dr Tedros Adhanom Ghebreyesus, WHO Director-GeneralNew York — World leaders commit to action at UN General AssemblyAt the United Nation's General Assembly in...
U.S. Military Strategy in Africa Remains ‘Partnership-Centric’ – Africom’s General Langley
Monrovia — The head of the U.S-Africa Command (Africom) - a unit of the U.S. military responsible for operations on the continent - said...
Zambia Latest African Nation to Join UN Water Convention
Geneva — Zambia has joined the UN Water Convention to improve water management within and across its borders in response to severe drought and...
UN Body Outlines Broad Rights’ Violations, and International Crimes in Sudan
Geneva — A body set up by the United Nations said on Friday that Sudan's warring parties have committed "an appalling range" of human...
Africa: Mpox Outbreak Exposes Need for Robust Global Vaccine Distribution
A "unprecedented" spike in mpox cases has been reported in 15 countries since January 2024.
The African region, particularly in the Democratic Republic of the...
RCSDC Cautions Africa About Mpox Spread
The African continent has since the beginning of 2024 lost 1,451 people to the Mpox epidemic with the Democratic Republic of Congo (DRC) being...
Africa on the UN Security Council: Why the Continent Should Have Two Permanent Seats
Africa’s desire to be fully represented in all decision-making organs of the United Nations (UN), particularly in the security council, is informed by three factors. First, repairing...