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European health authorities have advised EU countries to issue travel warnings for regions in Africa witnessing an outbreak of the fast-spreading mpox virus and advised people traveling to these areas to get vaccinated. Following the detection of a new mpox variant in Sweden, the first case of this strain outside Africa, the European Centre for […]
Discussions among the BRICS member countries continue over the formation of a united currency that would facilitate trade between BRICS nations and decrease reliance on the ‘greenback’, though whether this ambitious plan succeeds is far from certain, many analysts say. In May, BRICS member countries India and Nigeria announced they had officially signed an agreement […]
Imagine booking a safari in Kenya, outsourcing IT work to Egypt, or enjoying a Moroccan-designed app on your phone. Sounds like a typical day in our interconnected world, right? Well, it’s more significant than you might think. In a surprising turn of events, three African countries have muscled their way into the world’s top 40 […]
Africa’s top health authority has declared mpox a public health emergency, responding to a rapidly spreading new strain of the virus. The Africa Centres for Disease Control and Prevention (Africa CDC) reports over 13,700 cases and 450 deaths in the Democratic Republic of Congo since the year’s start, with the outbreak extending to several neighboring […]
United Nations officials and African leaders are intensifying calls for reform of the UN Security Council (UNSC), demanding permanent representation for Africa. UN Secretary-General Antonio Guterres emphasized the injustice of Africa’s underrepresentation, given its population of over a billion people. The current UNSC structure, with five permanent members holding veto power, is increasingly seen as […]
Political leaders from many African countries and representatives of relevant regional and international organizations will participate in this year’s Summit of the Forum on China-Africa Cooperation (FOCAC) that will be held in Beijing September 4-6, the Chinese Foreign Ministry has announced. Leaders of FOCAC’s African members and representatives from all around the continent reportedly plan […]
The United Nations has predicted, in its annual report on food security and nutrition, that Africa will overtake Asia as the continent with the highest number of people experiencing hunger by 2030. Five UN agencies have warned in the new report there was a “clear trend” of rising prevalence of undernourishment in the continent, which […]
African ministers of trade attending the 21st African Growth and Opportunity Act (AGOA) Forum held in Washington D.C. last week have urged the US government to do away with the AGOA’s annual reviews and expressed the importance of an expeditious renewal of the legislation by the end of 2024. With AGOA expiring in 14 months, […]
A report by FSD Africa, a UK-funded development agency, found that a greener economy in Africa could create 3.3 million jobs by 2030, mainly in the renewable energy sector. The report focuses on five countries: the Democratic Republic of the Congo, Ethiopia, Kenya, Nigeria, and South Africa, where approximately 60% of green economy jobs will […]
Africa’s trade deficit with China has shrunk in the first half of this year, as exports from some, especially resource-rich, African countries have soared in the first half of the year, while imports from China to Africa fell slightly, according to the latest Chinese customs data. During the first six months of this year, China’s […]