AFRICA News
Wed, 04 Dec 2024 13:41:56 GMT
[allAfrica] This year's COP29 in Baku was the most precarious climate summit yet. It was far more fractious and far less ambitious than earlier COPs. Halfway through the meeting, many climate leaders wrote a public letter claiming COP was un fit for purpose and called for an urgent overhaul. Many senior negotiators expressed frustration with what some termed the worst COP in a decade.
Wed, 04 Dec 2024 09:24:29 GMT
[UN News] Multiple unending conflicts, climate change and a glaring disregard for long-established international humanitarian law are set to leave a staggering 305 million people in need of lifesaving assistance next year, the UN's top aid official warned on Wednesday.
Wed, 04 Dec 2024 10:28:09 GMT
[OCHA] Geneva -- An estimated 305 million people around the world will require humanitarian assistance in the coming year, the United Nations Office for the Coordination of Humanitarian Affairs (OCHA) said today, launching the Global Humanitarian Overview (GHO) for 2025.
Wed, 04 Dec 2024 04:25:52 GMT
[World Bank] Banjul -- The World Bank today approved a $47.7 million grant from the International Development Association (IDA) for The Public Administration Modernization for Citizen Centric Service Delivery (PAMP). The five-year PAMP Program-for-Results (PforR) is the first of its kind for The Gambia.
Wed, 04 Dec 2024 14:08:11 GMT
[Vanguard] Lagos State Government, through the Office of Special Adviser on Climate Change and Circular Economy, OCCE, has signed an Expression of Interest, EoI, to partner with the EU-Africa Chamber of Commerce, EUACC, toward advancing sustainable development.
Wed, 04 Dec 2024 14:08:08 GMT
[Vanguard] Several distinguished Africans have emerged as winners of the 2024 Africa Leadership Awards in recognition of their performance record in various relevant areas of sustainable development. According to reports made available to our correspondent, a final list of winners has emerged after a review of the nominees.
Wed, 04 Dec 2024 10:51:41 GMT
[Horn of Africa Joint Task Force] Djibouti -- U.S. military personnel at Camp Lemonnier, Djibouti (CLDJ), including members of Combined Joint Task Force-Horn of Africa (CJTF-HOA), CLDJ staff, tenant commands, Djiboutian Armed Forces, and Allied and partner military forces gathered Nov. 20, 2024, to celebrate Partner Appreciation Day.
Wed, 04 Dec 2024 10:51:01 GMT
[Horn of Africa Joint Task Force] Djibouti -- Gen. Michael Langley, commander of U.S. Africa Command (AFRICOM), attended the East Africa Security Forum (EASF), the Marine Corps Ball, and spent Thanksgiving with deployed service members at Camp Lemonnier, Djibouti, during the last week of November 2024.
Wed, 04 Dec 2024 10:36:15 GMT
[Capital FM] Nairobi -- Deputy President Kithure Kindiki has called for enhanced climate financing mechanisms to support African nations in addressing the growing impacts of climate change.
Wed, 04 Dec 2024 17:16:31 GMT
[This Day] Finance experts and some stakeholders in the pension sector have observed that high inflation rate and declining value of the Naira has diminished the present capital base of Pension fund operators and therefore called for fresh recapitalisation and consolidation exercise in the pension sector.
Wed, 04 Dec 2024 17:16:30 GMT
[This Day] Wema Bank Plc, through its flagship initiative, Hackaholics, has demonstrated a steadfast commitment to fostering innovation and supporting tech entrepreneurs, writes Oluchi Chibuzor
Wed, 04 Dec 2024 17:16:30 GMT
[This Day] GiriToday, a new e-commerce platform, has been created to take the best of Africa to the world, quickly, efficiently and seamlessly.
Wed, 04 Dec 2024 14:08:09 GMT
[Vanguard] AFRICA's maritime stakeholders have raised concerns over the inability of the continent to take advantage of the crucial opportunities in the global marine industry without addressing significant challenges.
Wed, 04 Dec 2024 04:25:58 GMT
[WFP] A WFP project is building resilient communities and environments
Wed, 04 Dec 2024 04:25:51 GMT
[WHO-AFRO] Statement by Dr Matshidiso Moeti, WHO Regional Director for Africa
Wed, 04 Dec 2024 04:26:01 GMT
[VOA] London/Las Palmas, Spain -- Record numbers of migrants arrived on Spain's Canary Islands from West Africa this year, according to newly released government figures.
Wed, 04 Dec 2024 04:07:30 GMT
[VOA] Pretoria, South Africa -- The United Nations environmental agency UNESCO is calling for more studies and closer working relations between journalists and scientists to ensure the effects of climate change are understood and can be mitigated, especially in poorer African countries, which more acutely feel the pinch of extreme weather events.
Mon, 02 Dec 2024 21:06:24 GMT
[allAfrica] At its most human level, growth is the purpose of life. Avoid the death trap of under 5 child mortality - something roughly 13,400 children per day fail to do - and then hope for an equal chance at thriving to old age in an increasingly chaotic world.
Mon, 02 Dec 2024 11:11:06 GMT
[allAfrica] This World AIDS Day, we have some good news. Our collective efforts are yielding results. There has been major progress in the HIV response in East and Southern Africa, the region with the highest number of people living with HIV.
Wed, 04 Dec 2024 09:22:40 GMT
[UN News] The UN refugee agency, UNHCR, has secured early funding commitments of $1.5 billion for 2025, as global forced displacement surges to 123 million people worldwide.
Wed, 04 Dec 2024 05:31:33 GMT
[Premium Times] The decision was revealed on Tuesday in a communiqué released at the end of the 11th session of the Nigeria-South Africa Bi-National Commission (BNC) in Cape town.
Wed, 04 Dec 2024 04:26:02 GMT
[WHO] The fortieth meeting of the Emergency Committee under the International Health Regulations (2005) (IHR) on the international spread of poliovirus was convened by the WHO Director-General on 6 November 2024 with Committee members and advisers meeting via video conference with affected countries, supported by the WHO Secretariat. The Emergency Committee reviewed the data on wild poliovirus (WPV1) and circulating vaccine derived polioviruses (cVDPV) in the context of the global target of interruption and
Wed, 04 Dec 2024 04:25:59 GMT
[WHO] On 25 November 2024, the World Health Organization (WHO) Health and Migration Department launched a training programme in Rome, Italy, which brought together policy-makers from various countries. The programme focused on refugees and migrants' health, guided by the Global Competency Standards for health workers.
Wed, 04 Dec 2024 04:25:57 GMT
[WHO-AFRO] Brazzaville -- As countries step up mpox outbreak control measures, efforts are also being made to ensure essential health services such as maternal and child-care, immunization, HIV treatment and chronic disease management are maintained to avert disruptions that can threaten people's health.
Wed, 04 Dec 2024 04:14:41 GMT
[CFR] The pardoning of Hunter Biden raises discomforting parallels as President Biden lands in Angola.
Wed, 04 Dec 2024 04:14:40 GMT
[Africa CDC] The February 2024 Decision of the African Union Assembly on the report of the President of the Republic of South Africa, H.E. Matamela Cyril Ramaphosa, the African Union Champion for Pandemic Prevention, Preparedness and Response (PPPR), to "support the establishment of an accountability mechanism within the AU architecture to ensure the effective implementation of the Lusaka Agenda in Africa" is a timely and welcome development.
Wed, 04 Dec 2024 04:14:39 GMT
[The Conversation Africa] The idea that migration is closely linked to development has long been pervasive on the African continent.
Wed, 04 Dec 2024 04:14:38 GMT
[The Conversation Africa] If you have ever received financial support from the state because you were unable to work due to pregnancy, disability, sickness or old age, you've benefited from what is known as social protection.
Tue, 03 Dec 2024 12:26:03 GMT
[IPS] Nairobi -- The Intergovernmental Science-Policy Platform on Biodiversity and Ecosystem Services' (IPBES) first Plenary session in Africa is a "crucial acknowledgement of Africa's important contribution to biodiversity conservation, which is a global public good, a heritage that Africa has the privilege to share with the peoples of the world," says Dr. Luthando Dziba, from South Africa, co-chair of the IPBES Multidisciplinary Expert Panel.
Tue, 03 Dec 2024 12:17:37 GMT
[UN News] Droughts across the world are intensifying and have become a "slow onset, silent killer" to which no country is immune, according to the UN's most senior official working on desertification, drought and land restoration issues.
US News
Wed, 04 Dec 2024 19:14:08 +0000
The incoming Trump administration’s new border czar said that Texas provided a “model” for border enforcement. State officials have offered to be a staging ground for mass deportations.
Wed, 04 Dec 2024 10:02:03 +0000
The Supreme Court is hearing a legal challenge on Wednesday to the state’s ban on several forms of medical care for transgender youth.
Wed, 04 Dec 2024 00:13:25 +0000
The proposal would have effectively barred transgender women from using the State Capitol restroom for female lawmakers. Some Republicans joined Democrats in voting it down.
Wed, 04 Dec 2024 19:05:22 +0000
On the test, American fourth and eighth graders posted results similar to scores from 1995. It was a sign of notable stagnation, even as other countries saw improvements.
Wed, 04 Dec 2024 22:06:46 +0000
In a new letter, an N.R.A. vice president said the troubled group needed to rebuild trust with Donald J. Trump and his inner circle.
Wed, 04 Dec 2024 21:50:21 +0000
The search drew national attention after she flew from Maui to Los Angeles and did not board a connecting flight to New York. The police later said she had crossed into Mexico on foot.
Wed, 04 Dec 2024 21:29:27 +0000
The Republican speaker held on to control of the House, but will preside over an even smaller majority at a time when President-elect Donald J. Trump will need his help to achieve major agenda items.
Wed, 04 Dec 2024 21:14:36 +0000
Senator Richard J. Durbin wants Defense Secretary Lloyd J. Austin III to accept a plea deal with the man accused of planning the attacks, a deal that Mr. Austin had revoked.
Wed, 04 Dec 2024 20:23:46 +0000
In a highly unusual call, the two men “discussed a number of global and regional security issues, to include the ongoing conflict in Ukraine,” a spokesman said.
Wed, 04 Dec 2024 22:44:16 +0000
Democrats’ longtime leader on the panel faced a challenge from Representative Jamie Raskin, and pressure from colleagues who wanted a younger, more strategic figure at the helm.
Wed, 04 Dec 2024 22:02:49 +0000
Mike Duggan is shedding the label of his longtime party to seek the state’s highest office, as the term-limited Gretchen Whitmer departs in early 2027.
Wed, 04 Dec 2024 19:18:51 +0000
The criticism of the president’s pardon of his son from within his own party underscores how far gone his relationship with Democrats in Congress already was.
Wed, 04 Dec 2024 20:43:15 +0000
The ruling could set a precedent for several challenges to state laws regarding sports participation, bathroom use and health care for adults.
Wed, 04 Dec 2024 19:30:18 +0000
If confirmed as assistant attorney general for the antitrust division, she would inherit lawsuits to break up Google’s search monopoly and ad tech dominance, as well as a case accusing Apple of making it hard for consumers to switch software and hardware.
Wed, 04 Dec 2024 19:56:21 +0000
The shake-up is a sign that the new administration may see the same chaos and infighting that so often plagued President-elect Donald J. Trump’s first term in office.
Wed, 04 Dec 2024 18:15:04 +0000
Since the federal government brought the challenge, the change in administration could affect its future before the Supreme Court.
Wed, 04 Dec 2024 18:19:23 +0000
Mr. Navarro was a thorn in the side of Wall Street and a loyalist in Mr. Trump’s first term.
Wed, 04 Dec 2024 15:52:33 +0000
The mother of President-elect Donald J. Trump’s choice to be defense secretary appeared on the network where her son worked to say that he was a changed man.
Wed, 04 Dec 2024 15:25:57 +0000
Wed, 04 Dec 2024 14:49:59 +0000
Vanderbilt University Medical Center announced the opening of a new transgender care clinic in 2018. Years later, conservatives called for an investigation.
Wed, 04 Dec 2024 14:29:42 +0000
Transgender minors and their parents, guardians and doctors have challenged bans in 18 states, with mixed results.
Wed, 04 Dec 2024 13:43:51 +0000
Wed, 04 Dec 2024 22:44:00 +0000
The president-elect appeared to be having serious conversations about picking Gov. Ron DeSantis of Florida as Pete Hegseth, the current selection, dismissed the allegations against him.
Wed, 04 Dec 2024 10:04:11 +0000
The school is one of higher education’s biggest supporters of D.E.I. Now it’s considering a new approach as critics question the program’s success and impact on campus life.
Wed, 04 Dec 2024 06:59:32 +0000
Adam Gray, a former state lawmaker, defeated Representative John Duarte, a Republican, in a reversal of their 2022 race.
Wed, 04 Dec 2024 02:58:59 +0000
Perks being offered to the top donors to the president-elect’s inaugural committee include dinners with Melania Trump and the next vice president, JD Vance.
Tue, 03 Dec 2024 23:09:36 +0000
Lawrence Hecker, who was indicted last year on charges related to a sexual assault in the 1970s, pleaded guilty on Tuesday just before jury selection for his trial was set to begin.
Wed, 04 Dec 2024 00:07:08 +0000
The announcement by Chad Chronister, a Florida sheriff with virtually no experience in the kinds of complex international investigations the agency handles, comes just three days after his selection.
Tue, 03 Dec 2024 23:04:25 +0000
Ms. Willis, who charged Mr. Trump in connection with his efforts to cling to power after the 2020 election, came under scrutiny over her relationship with a lawyer she hired to lead the case.
