AFRICA News
Thu, 03 Apr 2025 08:51:17 GMT
[allAfrica] Trump's Tariffs Impact 185 Countries, Disrupting Global Trade
Wed, 02 Apr 2025 12:09:23 GMT
[allAfrica] Women and girls will suffer devastating consequences from the USAID funding freeze
Thu, 03 Apr 2025 07:11:47 GMT
[This Day] President Donald Trump yesterday declared a 10 per cent baseline tax on imports from 185 countries and even higher tariff rates on dozens others, including Nigeria, on which he slammed a 14 per cent tariff regime.
Thu, 03 Apr 2025 04:42:20 GMT
[UN News] The "world is failing" people living with disabilities, UN deputy chief Amina Mohammed has told a major summit which aims to galvanize global efforts to ensure they are fully integrated into all parts of society.
Thu, 03 Apr 2025 04:42:17 GMT
[UN News] Two senior UN officials appealed in the Security Council on Wednesday for an end to attacks against humanitarians and personnel working for the global organization.
Thu, 03 Apr 2025 04:42:17 GMT
[UN News] 2024 saw the highest increase in missing persons in at least two decades, with 56,559 new cases recorded, according to the International Committee of the Red Cross.
Thu, 03 Apr 2025 10:13:01 GMT
[CAF] The TotalEnergies CAF U-17 Africa Cup of Nations got off to an emphatic start. CAFOnline takes a look at five players who stood out after Match Day 1.
Thu, 03 Apr 2025 04:41:52 GMT
[Afrobarometer] Respondents offer mixed assessments of government efforts to support vulnerable children.
Mon, 24 Mar 2025 15:03:47 GMT
[InfoWire] Africa is facing an increasingly urgent crisis in air quality, leading to devastating effects on the public health and the environment. Due to the continent's rapid urbanization and industrialization, harmful pollutants are found in living areas like schools and work environments. This article will look at the key challenges and potential solutions for this severe issue.
Wed, 02 Apr 2025 16:08:35 GMT
[New Times] If the United Nations were human, turning eighty this year, it might be pictured teetering on a frayed armchair, a lukewarm cup of tea forgotten beside it. Glasses perched on its nose, it would thumb through a worn copy of its own charter--pages creased from decades of selective use.
Wed, 02 Apr 2025 15:51:56 GMT
[This Day] Imagine an Africa where economic growth and development are driven by Africans themselves, where innovation and empowerment are the catalysts for transformation.
Wed, 02 Apr 2025 10:00:28 GMT
[allAfrica] Niger Frees Dozens Detained After Coup Including Former Top Officials
Tue, 01 Apr 2025 11:12:27 GMT
[allAfrica] Monrovia -- Senior officials of the Africa Centers for Disease Control are holding meetings in the U.S capital, Washington D.C., to discuss future collaboration between the U.S. government and the continental health body, in light of funding cuts by the administration of President Donald Trump.
Wed, 02 Apr 2025 07:01:44 GMT
[State Department] Office of the SpokespersonApril 1, 2025
Wed, 02 Apr 2025 04:41:43 GMT
[The Conversation Africa] More than five years since COVID was declared a pandemic, we're still facing the regular emergence of new variants of the virus, SARS-CoV-2.
Wed, 02 Apr 2025 11:04:49 GMT
[New Times] Health minister Dr Sabin Nsanzimana on Tuesday, April 1, officiated the launch of TKMD Rwanda's auto-disable syringe manufacturing facility in Rwamagana District.
Wed, 02 Apr 2025 10:07:10 GMT
[WFP] The United Nations Humanitarian Air Service is saving lives in places like Madagascar, Haiti and the Central African Republic - even as a funding shortfall bites
Wed, 02 Apr 2025 13:00:27 GMT
[InfoWire] After U.S. President Donald Trump decisively cut financial aid to African countries, the European Union had an opportunity to expand its economic influence in the region. However, Europe is choosing a different path, and it appears that it may be time for African nations to shift their compass from the West to the East.
Tue, 01 Apr 2025 13:25:52 GMT
[WHO] Geneva -- The World Health Organization (WHO) today published its first-ever reports addressing the critical lack of medicines and diagnostic tools for invasive fungal diseases, showing the urgent need for innovative research and development (R&D) to close these gaps.
Tue, 01 Apr 2025 12:00:17 GMT
[GroundUp] US and South African officials have contributed to misinformation about the cancellation of funding
Tue, 01 Apr 2025 11:48:30 GMT
[ISS] As the 2027 elections loom closer, three grand bargains will determine the president's political future.
Tue, 01 Apr 2025 09:19:41 GMT
[allAfrica] Africa Needs 'Aggressive Resource Mobilization To Mitigate Aid Cut' - Africa CDC
Tue, 01 Apr 2025 07:53:43 GMT
[CAF] The first edition of the CAF Futsal Women's Africa Cup of Nations will take place in Morocco between 22 - 30 April 22.
Mon, 31 Mar 2025 08:30:35 GMT
[allAfrica] The U.S. Secretary of State Marco Rubio and First Lady Melania Trump will host the 19th annual International Women of Courage (IWOC) Awards ceremony.
Wed, 02 Apr 2025 10:17:56 GMT
[IPS] United Nations -- The Trump administration's ground-rules are dangerously clear--and devastating.
Fri, 21 Mar 2025 07:20:39 GMT
[WHO-AFRO] Brazzaville -- As part of the process for the election of the next World Health Organization Regional Director for Africa, a virtual live candidates' forum will be held on Wednesday 2 April 2025 from 09:30 to 16:00 Brazzaville time.
Mon, 24 Mar 2025 20:26:54 GMT
[InfoWire] In the last couple of years, crypto has been making a lot of headway in Africa, becoming exceedingly popular. Well, some countries have embraced crypto regulations while others still remain cautious, making crypto a hot topic all over. Countries like Nigeria and South Africa are playing a big role in the adoption of crypto, coming out as key players in the global digital currency landscape.
Wed, 02 Apr 2025 04:44:11 GMT
[UN News] Policymakers, researchers, the private sector and other stakeholders are meeting in Zambia's capital, Lusaka, over the next three days to chart a path toward sustainable development and resilience for the world's Least Developed Countries (LDCs).
Wed, 02 Apr 2025 04:43:39 GMT
[The Conversation Africa] Coconut trees are iconic plants found across the world's tropical regions. They're called "nature's supermarket" or the "tree of life" in several cultures because every part of the coconut tree is used. Its leaves can be used to thatch homes, its heart can be eaten and its roots have medicinal uses.
Tue, 01 Apr 2025 12:20:26 GMT
[Capital FM] Nairobi -- The Chairperson of the African Union Commission, Mahmoud Youssouf Ali, has announced the deployment of a high-level delegation from the AU Panel of the Wise to South Sudan as part of efforts to de-escalate tensions and promote dialogue in the country.
Tue, 01 Apr 2025 04:38:10 GMT
[The Conversation Africa] At a time of heightened geopolitical tensions between Russia and Ukraine, intensified by strategic dynamics involving the US, Nato and Russia over Europe's security, nuclear weapons are back on the agenda.
Mon, 31 Mar 2025 15:30:27 GMT
[CFR] When it comes to African development, foreign aid is just the beginning.
Mon, 31 Mar 2025 14:42:25 GMT
[African Union] After cordial direct talks with President Salva Kiir of the Republic of South Sudan, the Chairperson of the African Union Commission H.E. Mahmoud Youssouf Ali addressed the evolving political situation in South Sudan and the recent violence in Nasir.
US News
Thu, 03 Apr 2025 11:36:34 +0000
A new report by neonatal and toxicology experts casts doubt on the validity of the test results that were pivotal to the prosecution’s case.
Thu, 03 Apr 2025 09:03:19 +0000
President Trump’s announcement went beyond most predictions, showing a greater willingness to follow his instincts even when critics — and some allies — consider failure a likely outcome.
Thu, 03 Apr 2025 09:03:14 +0000
The lawyer of the white supremacist who slaughtered 23 people in 2019 said his client was inspired by President Trump’s words, the same the president is using today.
Thu, 03 Apr 2025 07:44:19 +0000
The secretary of state’s trip comes amid an abrupt shift in relations between the United States and Europe after close cooperation during the Biden era.
Thu, 03 Apr 2025 04:16:43 +0000
Mark Green, a Republican who once worked under President Trump, stepped down as head of the Wilson Center after employees of Elon Musk’s team visited the think tank.
Wed, 02 Apr 2025 23:35:37 +0000
G.O.P. leaders are planning to use the “nuclear option” to steer around the Senate’s in-house referee and allow the use of a gimmick that makes trillions of dollars in tax cuts appear to be free.
Wed, 02 Apr 2025 22:33:21 +0000
Republicans began investigating ActBlue, the Democratic Party’s main fund-raising platform, last year in part of a broader bid to target key Democratic organizations.
Wed, 02 Apr 2025 22:27:22 +0000
In February, security camera footage showed a masked figure spraying the reindeer with an unknown liquid. The police have no leads.
Wed, 02 Apr 2025 22:19:13 +0000
After a failed $20 million effort to tilt a State Supreme Court race, Elon Musk joins the ranks of billionaires frustrated by the laws of politics.
Wed, 02 Apr 2025 21:42:34 +0000
The administration concluded last month that Maine had violated federal law by allowing transgender athletes to play on girls’ or women’s teams.
Wed, 02 Apr 2025 22:06:51 +0000
The former president was taking a morning walk just as two young siblings posed with the Washington Monument and cherry blossoms serving as a perfect backdrop.
Thu, 03 Apr 2025 00:06:58 +0000
Elon Musk has become a valuable heat shield for a president who avoids blame at any cost.
Wed, 02 Apr 2025 21:13:45 +0000
A summary of the police investigation, released two years after the attack, found that the shooter had spent years planning the violence and covering up mental health problems.
Wed, 02 Apr 2025 20:44:51 +0000
The liberal candidate in the state’s Supreme Court race benefited from outsize Democratic turnout as counties swung left across the state.
Wed, 02 Apr 2025 20:43:17 +0000
The case has raised questions not only about how the man could have ended up on a plane to El Salvador, but also about why the administration has apparently not moved to correct its mistake.
Wed, 02 Apr 2025 23:15:05 +0000
The Republican speaker, who has mostly wielded power by relying on the threat of retribution from President Trump, has chosen an institutional fight it’s not clear he can win.
Wed, 02 Apr 2025 20:11:53 +0000
The team that responds to requests at the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention has been eliminated. We are trying to determine whether this is a governmentwide pattern.
Wed, 02 Apr 2025 20:24:04 +0000
American Jews have watched with both alarm and enthusiasm as strong-arm tactics, including arrests of activists, have been deployed in their name.
Thu, 03 Apr 2025 06:27:20 +0000
Democratic senators said in a letter that the administration was failing its first test of humanitarian aid as China and Russia send teams to help.
Thu, 03 Apr 2025 01:44:56 +0000
If confirmed, Stanley Woodward would join a number of other former lawyers for President Trump who have been selected to key law enforcement positions.
Wed, 02 Apr 2025 17:52:16 +0000
The court will decide whether Medicaid beneficiaries may sue to receive services under a law that lets them choose any qualified provider.
Wed, 02 Apr 2025 22:04:46 +0000
President Trump says that countries have been ripping off the United States for decades. There is some truth to that argument — but also a lot of hypocrisy.
Wed, 02 Apr 2025 21:49:37 +0000
The driver, Douglas Horn, sued the maker of a product advertised as THC-free under a federal racketeering law, saying he had suffered a business injury.
Wed, 02 Apr 2025 15:18:57 +0000
The 38-year-old Democratic state lawmaker says that her party needs a generational shift.
Wed, 02 Apr 2025 21:08:09 +0000
The justices handed a win, for now, to the Food and Drug Administration in its rejection of applications from makers of flavored liquids used in e-cigarettes.
Wed, 02 Apr 2025 15:00:21 +0000
Xaviaer DuRousseau once marched in Black Lives Matter protests. Then he started watching PragerU videos — and they resonated with him.
Wed, 02 Apr 2025 23:58:18 +0000
Daniel Lurie, the city’s new mayor, is scaling back a program that gives away clean foil, pipes and plastic straws for fentanyl consumption. Nonprofits will have to direct people toward treatment.
Wed, 02 Apr 2025 13:53:16 +0000
Xavier Becerra, the former secretary of the Department of Health and Human Services, may face Kamala Harris in a potential Democratic showdown in their home state.
Wed, 02 Apr 2025 12:30:58 +0000
Judge Crawford defeated Judge Brad Schimel, who was backed by President Trump, for a seat on the Wisconsin Supreme Court. She worked as a prosecutor and in private practice before joining the bench.
Wed, 02 Apr 2025 23:49:09 +0000
A measure to cancel some Canadian tariffs is all but certain to stall in the House. But with a handful of Republicans in favor, the vote sent a signal of opposition to the levies.
