By Kwabena Adu-Gyamfi Africa has recorded the world’s fastest improvements in disaster resilience, a new major global study has revealed. The research from Lloyd’s Register Foundation reveals that the African regions have made the strongest gains in people’s ability to…
By Rédaction Africanews with AP Climate activists picketed outside the African Energy Week conference in Cape Town, South Africa, on Tuesday, calling for an end to new oil and gas exploration across the continent and accusing energy companies of prioritising…
By Rédaction Africanews and AFP Spain’s King Felipe VI has called for “good neighbourly relations” with Morocco during a landmark visit to Ceuta, as tensions over migration continue to test relations between the two neighbours and highlight the human cost…
Confirmed Ebola cases have surpassed 9,000 in the Democratic Republic of the Congo (DRC) outbreak, according to Health Ministry data, as efforts to stifle transmission falter. The ministry reported 9,066 confirmed cases and 4,381 deaths on Tuesday – a death…
Artificial intelligence (AI) is creating new possibilities for nonprofits across Africa to expand access to services, strengthen programme delivery, and address challenges in areas ranging from health and education to livelihoods and agriculture. A new report from The Bridgespan Group…
Nigeria has urged the United Nations to include colonialism, slavery, slave trading and exploitation of natural resources in a proposed international treaty on crimes against humanity. The country made the request on Monday during the 11th plenary meeting of the…
Nigeria has urged the United Nations refugee agency to explore partnerships with the African development banks to mobilise additional financing for refugees and internally displaced persons. The Minister of Humanitarian Affairs and Poverty Reduction, Dr. Bernard Doro, made the…
The Federal University of Agriculture and Development Studies, Iragbiji (FUADSI), Osun State, has commended the Nigerian Education Loan Fund (NELFUND) for its commitment, diligence and professionalism in coordinating and disbursing student loans to beneficiaries of the institution. The university, in…
South Africa’s suspended deputy head of the police, Shadrack Sibiya, resigned from his position on Monday amid allegations of corruption and alleged sexual offenses leveled against him. Sibiya was set to face a disciplinary hearing on Monday but his lawyers…
By MONIKA PRONCZUK Senegal has launched a harsh crackdown on LGBTQ+ people that includes arrests and violations of their rights, and has caused increasing fear and stigma in the gay community, Human Rights Watch said in a report Monday. The…
