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African Philanthropist of the Year strives to empower women, reduce gender gap

Zimbabwean philanthropist Tsitsi Masiyiwa, who was recently named the African Philanthropist of The Year, is behind the African Gender Initiative’s philanthropic efforts to tackle gender inequality on the continent. It will take another 132 years to close the gender gap, the Global Gender Gap Report 2022 has found, which means that no one living today […]

Madagascar in search of $100m to revamp flag carrier

Madagascar Airlines needs $100 million for its rehabilitation, Valery Ramonjavelo, the country’s Minister of Transport and Meteorology has announced, explaining that the funds aim at making the State-run airline independent. The airline, launched in April 2022 in replacement of bankrupt Air Madagascar, has presented a turnaround plan known as “Phoenix 2030”, expected to help improve […]

Libya’s two warring factions in Moscow to sign ceasefire

The heads of Libya’s two warring factions, the Prime Minister of the Government of National Accord (GNA) Fayez al-Serraj, and the commander of the Libyan National Army (LNA) Khalifa Haftar, are both in Moscow this Monday to sign a binding ceasefire.   Turkey and Russia, which back opposing sides in the conflict, are supporting the […]