Uganda moves to the fourth spot due to strong data reporting standards, new environmental, social and governance incentives Kampala, Uganda | THE INDEPENDENT | Uganda’s overall score in the Absa Africa Financial Markets Index increased by six points to 66 in 2022, moving the country up to fourth from sixth place …
Read More »Paul Biya’s embarrassing video
Why we need to remove Western lenses when analysing politics in Africa THE LAST WORD | Andrew M. Mwenda | During the USA-Africa summit in December last year, President Paul Biya of Cameroon was videotaped in a highly compromising situation. Old and senile at almost 90, he entered the conference hall unaware of …
Read More »WHO calls for robust measures to tame Africa’s soaring cancer fatalities
Nairobi, Kenya | Xinhua | Sub-Saharan African countries should come up with targeted interventions like enhanced surveillance, timely diagnosis, treatment and care in order to tame the rising fatalities linked to cancer, the World Health Organization (WHO) said Saturday during World Cancer Day. Cancer is straining the continent’s public health infrastructure besides …
Read More »SENEGAL ARE CHAN CHAMPS!
⚽ CHAN FINAL🌍 Algeria 🇩🇿 0 (4) Senegal 🇸🇳 0 (5) — 🏆🇸🇳 #TotalEnergiesAFCON title holders — 🏆🇸🇳 #TotalEnergiesCHAN title holders — 🏆🇸🇳 #BSAFCON title holders Algiers, Algeria | CAFONLINE.COM | Senegal are CHAN champions after beating hosts Algeria 5-4 on penalties after the final ended 0-0 on Saturday. Algeria’s …
Read More »Pope Francis arrives in Juba, South Sudan
After bidding farewell to the Democratic Republic of Congo, Pope Francis’ flight lands in Juba for his long-awaited “ecumenical pilgrimage” for peace to South Sudan with the Archbishop of Canterbury, Justin Welby, and the Moderator of the General Assembly of the Church of Scotland, Iain Greenshields. Juba, South Sudan | …
Read More »Is nature-based investing ready for take-off in Africa?
Conserving Africa’s biodiversity is vital for the continent’s long-term economic development, and the private sector may be poised to assume a bigger role Kampala, Uganda | BEN PAYTON | Thousands of delegates gathered for the 2022 United Nations biodiversity conference (Cop15) in Montreal in December, tasked with finding a pathway to …
Read More »Pope Francis arrives in the Democratic Republic of Congo
Pope Francis’ 40th Apostolic Journey abroad and his fifth Journey to Africa Kinshasa, DRC | THE INDEPENDENT | Pope Francis has arrived in Kinshasa, as he begins his Apostolic Journey to the Democratic Republic of Congo. The flight landed at the “Ndjili” International Airport in the DRC’s capital of Kinshasa …
Read More »African scientists root for hybrid rice to beat climate-induced hunger crisis
Nairobi, Kenya | Xinhua | Large-scale adoption of hybrid rice that has proved effective in withstanding climatic stresses, as well as pests and diseases, is paramount in order to tackle Africa’s hunger and malnutrition crisis, scientists said Friday. Emmanuel Okogbenin, for programme development and commercialisation at African Agricultural Technology Foundation (AATF), noted …
Read More »Africa should not be a battleground for a great power rivalry
Nairobi, Kenya | Xinhua | High-ranking U.S. officials are heading to Africa, hot on the heels of the U.S.-Africa Leaders Summit held last month for the first time in eight years. Following U.S. Treasury Secretary Janet Yellen’s trip to the continent earlier this month, U.S. Ambassador to the United Nations Linda Thomas-Greenfield …
Read More »COMMENT: Africa should not be a battleground for a great power rivalry
COMMENT | Zhu Shaobin – Xinhua | High-ranking U.S. officials are heading to Africa, hot on the heels of the U.S.-Africa Leaders Summit held last month for the first time in eight years. Following U.S. Treasury Secretary Janet Yellen’s trip to the continent earlier this month, U.S. Ambassador to the …
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