Some stakeholders have called for urgent concessionary financing to help Africa build resilience against shocks and boosts its economic growth.
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UN Secretary General, Anthony Guterres, has urged Africans to fight slavery’s legacy of racism through education, noting that the history of slavery is one of suffering and barbarity that shows humanity at its worst.
The International Monetary Fund (IMF), and the European Commission for International Partnerships, have recommended ways Africa can respond to global shocks to build a more resilient Africa.
The Economic Commission for Africa (ECA) has restated the need for African countries to expand their trade for deeper regional integration.
The UN peacekeeping Mission in South Sudan (UNMISS) says violence against civilians in South Sudan rose by two percent in 2022, citing the latest annual report on Violence Affecting Civilians.
UN Children’s Fund (UNICEF), says children are increasingly caught up in the armed conflict in the climate-affected, food-insecure central Sahel region.
Muhoozi Kainerugaba, the son of Uganda’s aging leader, Yoweri Museveni, has said he intends to stand for the presidency in 2026.
Sudan’s president, Lt.-Gen. Abel-Fattah Abdel-Rahman has reaffirmed the country’s commitment to deepen its bilateral relations with Nigeria.
The African Development Bank (AfDB), has inaugurated the African Financial Integrity and Accountability Support Project (AFIAP) to improve coordinated responses to illicit financial flows in African countries.
At least 110 terrorists were killed in Burkina Faso within a few days as the government targeted rebel groups in the north and the south of the West African country with airstrikes, the state news agency AIB reported on Tuesday evening.