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Category: Blogs
Energizing Africa: AI can help achieve universal energy access on the continent
Artificial Intelligence (AI) can accelerate energy access in Africa, which is critical to reduce poverty, enhance productivity, and build resilience against climate change on the ... Read More
Cameroon extends mandate of lawmakers for a year, paving way for president Biya to stay in power
Cameroonian President Paul Biya won approval from lawmakers in the Lower House of Parliament, extending the mandate for its current lawmakers for a year from ... Read More
UNHCR and UNICEF warn of Sahel crisis becoming ‘problem for the world’
"If we don't act now," the humanitarian crisis that is unfolding in the Sahel will "become a problem for the world," a senior UNHCR official ... Read More
US to pull out troops from key drone base in Niger amid Russia’s growing footprint in Sahel
The United States has agreed to withdraw its about 1,000 troops from Niger, where it built and operated a major drone base in the desert ... Read More
African leaders’ dilemma: navigating new alliances amid fast-shifting geopolitics
With geopolitical confrontation and tensions deepening, the key global players are swiftly turning their focus on Africa, experts and observers note, with some of them ... Read More
Global Gateway: EU launches 17 new regional programs to boost youth mobility and skills in Africa
The European Union has recently launched 17 new regional programs, most notably including 'The Team Europe Initiative on Opportunity-Driven Skills and Vocational Education and Training' ... Read More
Africa, Caribbean nations join forces to demand slavery reparations
Momentum is building up between African and Caribbean nations to set up a tribunal that will look into the atrocities suffered by ancestors who have ... Read More
ECOWAS risks losing US$1bn in investments due to withdrawal of its three coup-hit members
Trade between Nigeria and neighboring Niger has bounced back since the West African bloc ECOWAS lifted sanctions on the latter coup-hit country, just as the ... Read More
Morocco dam filling rate improves to 30.7% on recent rainfall
Torrential rain in different Moroccan regions last week boosted water reservoirs reaching an average of 30.7%, compared with 23% few days ago. While the recent ... Read More
Ethiopia set to repatriate some 70,000 nationals in ‘difficult situation’ from Saudi Arabia
Ethiopia has announced it is going to repatriate some 70,000 of its nationals who have been living in squalid conditions in Saudi Arabia, a third ... Read More