African women: Our rights are non-negotiable
By Deborah Nyokabi and Gicuku Kiragu, Legal Equality Experts, Equality Now. July 2025 marks 22 years since the adoption of the Protocol to the African Charter on Human and Peoples’ Rights on the Rights of Women in Africa – known as the Maputo Protocol – by the African Union Heads of State Assembly. Over the […]
Liberia: We are not buried. We are waiting
By Kellita Rose For decades, the Liberian state has resisted meaningful accountability for war crimes. Every attempt to honor the dead, to remember with dignity, has been met with silence, or worse, obstruction. I remember it clearly: sometime in 1997 or 1998, survivors and families of those killed during the Phebe Massacre came together to […]
African leaders commit to quality gender data
Amid growing setbacks on gender equality and increasing financial constraints, African policymakers, gender experts, and development specialists are calling for renewed collaboration and sustained investment in national gender data systems across the continent. This is the message of the ongoing Seventh Africa Gender Statistics Forum taking place in Abidjan, Côte d’Ivoire. The forum was co-organized […]
FAO official: West Africa can transform its food systems
The 2025 Regional Report on Food and Nutrition Security in the Sahel and West Africa reveals that nearly 52 million people in the region are affected by food insecurity. In an interview with the African Press Agency (APA news), Ms. Bintia Stephen-Tchicaya, Acting Subregional Coordinator of the FAO Office for West Africa said that despite […]
New regional pipeline deals drive Africa’s energy future
Three significant developments in Africa’s energy landscape made headlines this past month: the East African Crude Oil Pipeline (EACOP) reached 60% completion, the Republic of Congo finalized a pipeline cooperation agreement with Russia, and Nigeria and Equatorial Guinea signed a deal to advance a joint natural gas pipeline. These milestones underscore increasing momentum behind transnational […]
AU: Africa not seeking aid
At the US/Africa Summit 2025 in Luanda, Angola, the African Union (AU) Commission Chairperson Mahmoud Ali Youssouf reaffirmed Africa’s commitment to a bold & equal partnership with the United States, stating, “We’re not seeking aid, but building co-created solutions.” He noted that with 1.3 billion people, abundant resources, and a surge in innovation, Africa is […]
Canadian philanthropist family donates to Gambia
By: Draper C. Tolborh Sr. A Canada-based Philanthropist krish Roopnarine and his family recently donated two motorcycle ambulances to two communities of Foni Berefet District, a rural part of Gambia. The donation was done through the Hagie Gai Drammeh Foundation in the Gambia. The presentation was held at the Independence stadium in Bakau. The ambulances […]
TECNO: Fueling the dream of Africans through football
Innovative AI-driven technology brand TECNO today announced that it is strengthening its already close relationship with the Confederation of African Football (CAF) by becoming the Official Global Partner of the TotalEnergies CAF Africa Cup of Nations, Morocco 2025 and TotalEnergies CAF Africa Cup of Nations, KE- UG – TA 2027, bringing its “Stop at Nothing” […]
Achieving African Union’s Agenda 2063
Africa, the world’s youngest continent with immeasurable natural resources, has all it needs to achieve the African Union’s Agenda 2063, provided the right public policies are implemented, according to government officials and development experts. The experts expressed this shared conviction on Monday during the 2025 Annual Meetings of the African Development Bank Group, taking place […]
$100m investment to build industrial parks in Africa
The Board of Directors of the African Development Bank has approved an investment of $100 million in the industrial platform developer and operator Arise Integrated Industrial Platforms (Arise IIP) to contribute to funding industrial parks and special economic zones across Africa as a part of our industrialization strategic priority and flagship Special Agro-Industrial Processing Zones […]
