EU Recalls Ambassador Amid Aid Dispute with Niger’s Military Junta
The European Union has recalled its ambassador to Niger following tensions with the ruling military junta over the delivery of humanitarian aid for flood victims. The decision, announced on November 23, 2024, comes after the junta raised concerns about €1.3 million in EU aid given to local NGOs without prior notification to Nigerien authorities. The […]
Critical Endangerment of African Penguins Spurs Calls for Stricter Conservation Efforts
The African penguin, Africa’s only penguin species, is now critically endangered, facing potential extinction by 2035. Despite conservation efforts, their population has dropped by 70% since 2000, with fewer than 20,000 remaining. Historically, threats included egg harvesting and guano (penguin excrement) collection but government policies have since put a stop to those. Now, the major […]
UN: Russia Vetoes Sudan Resolution Despite Global Support
Concerted Council Action on Civilian Protection Key Tomorrow Russia is scheduled to go before the United Nations General Assembly to explain why it vetoed a UN Security Council resolution on Sudan last week, at a time when civilians are facing an onslaught of unlawful attacks and a man-made famine spreads across the country. The resolution, co-sponsored […]
Unseen And Undiagnosed: The Fight Against Prostate Cancer In Kenya
Byline by Dr. Carjini Yogeswaran, Urologist, AAR Healthcare With rising life expectancy and aging populations, prostate cancer rates are projected to almost double by 2040, climbing from 1.4 million cases globally in 2020 to an anticipated 2.9 million annually.[1] Low- and middle-income countries (LMICs), such as Kenya, are expected to bear the impact of this rise, […]
Multilateral Collaboration Is Indispensable To Unlocking Africa’s Potential
As the world manages numerous geopolitical and economic challenges—including high inflation and interest rates, conflict, or water and food insecurity—multilateral collaboration is indispensable to achieving both peace and prosperity in a troubled world. In other words, we need to build bridges rather than burn them if we want to reach our common goals. Many African […]
Water Crises To Re-Shape African Governments And Societies By 2050
Governments who fail to develop robust strategic responses to climate change and the water infrastructure crisis will increasingly find themselves at odds with their populations over the next two decades. This disruption to the social contract between governments and citizens will go far beyond the service delivery and supply interruptions currently making news headlines. Rather […]
UNAIDS calls for an end to violence against women and girls. No excuses
GENEVA, Switzerland, 25 November 2024 -/African Media Agency(AMA)/- Gender-based violence persists as one of the most appalling violations of human rights. It also thwarts efforts to end AIDS as a public health threat because intimate partner violence is linked with a heightened risk of HIV acquisition among women and undermines access to testing and treatment. Globally, […]
DOWA AI Policy Challenge: Pioneering Nigeria’s AI Future With Youth Innovation
The Doing Good Work in Africa (DOWA) initiative is proud to announce the winners of the DOWA AI Policy Challenge, a groundbreaking initiative aimed at engaging Nigerian youth in shaping national AI policy. As a key post-initiative of DOWA’s Masterclass at Google Lagos this July, the challenge brought together over 100 young Nigerians who applied their talents to […]
From Nigeria with Love: The Innovative Craft Behind Fashion Brand ‘This Is Us’
Husband and wife design team, Osione Itegoje and Oroma Cookey-Gam, are on a mission to redefine the phrase ‘Made in Nigeria.’ With an innovative fashion brand, called ‘This is Us,’ the duo have focused on a traditional Nigerian material – Funtua cotton – and have used it as the cornerstone of expertly tailored collections. OKAYAFRICA
The Biggest Surprise at the Met’s Egypt Show? Live Performance
A new exhibition at Manhattan’s Metropolian Museum of Art, ‘Flight Into Egypt: Black Artists and Ancient Egypt – 1876 – Now,’ is an effort by black American artists to draw a connection to a history that has often been obscured. After centuries of archaeologists, historians and curators depicting Egypt as more Mediterranean than African, diasporan […]
