Africa: The Impact of Climate Migration On Developing Nations

[ad_1] Bangkok — As the world is still gearing up to welcome 2024, let us find a moment to reflect on some of the key trends of the past year and pursue now to embrace the path towards hope and promise for everyone, everywhere. Deepening global inequalities are having enormous socio-economic implications across countries. Increasing income and social disparities are spreading around regions. Growing intensities of climate induced natural disasters, the uneven speed of post-pandemic recoveries, and cost-of-living crises from […]

January 18, 2024

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Africa: World Bank Enables Foreign Aid Theft

[ad_1] Kuala Lumpur, — World Bank aid encourages governments to enable illicit financial outflows to offshore tax havens by reducing capital controls, thus draining precious foreign exchange and government resources. Aiding elite wealth Aid disbursements to highly aid-dependent countries coincide with sharp increases in bank deposits in offshore financial centres known for banking secrecy and private wealth management. Using Bank for International Settlements (BIS) data, Jørgen Juel Andersen, Niels Johannesen and Bob Rijkers found trends suggesting wealth accumulation abroad by […]

January 18, 2024

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Africa: How Do You Break the Mould Around International Aid? Try Genuine Trust

[ad_1] Nairobi — In search of a model beyond trickle-down aid. At an upscale hotel in a leafy Nairobi suburb, amid the hustle of an international development forum's lunch break, I overheard a jarring declaration from the buffet line: "Somali organisations are just cash fronts for warlords, from my experience," the European woman said to her companion. I wasn't particularly shocked. As the director of a Somali NGO, Iftiin Foundation, I have been hearing some version of this statement - […]

January 18, 2024

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Africa: Special Envoy for the Horn of Africa Hammer Travels to Uganda and Ethiopia

[ad_1] HomeOffice of the SpokespersonPress Releases...Special Envoy for the Horn of Africa Hammer Travels to Uganda and Ethiopia hide Special Envoy for the Horn of Africa Hammer Travels to Uganda and Ethiopia U.S. Special Envoy for the Horn of Africa Mike Hammer will travel to Kampala and Addis Ababa January 17-24. In Kampala, Ambassador Hammer will attend the 42nd Extraordinary Summit of the Inter-Governmental Authority on Development (IGAD) Assembly Heads of State and Government, focused on the ongoing situation between […]

January 18, 2024

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Afcon: From Accra to Abidjan, 14 hours to see Ghana’s Black Stars

[ad_1] Are these Ghana’s biggest football fans?Nana Adusei, a female mechanic, and a group of Black Star fans drove 14 hours to watch Ghana’s opening game at the Africa Cup of Nations in Ivory Coast. They travelled from Accra to Abidjan for the game versus Cape Verde.It may have been a loss for the Black Stars, but it was a win for the Wave The Flag movement. Nana set up […]

January 18, 2024

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Africa: I Did My Best to Save the Team – Ofori

[ad_1] Abidjan — Black Stars shot-stopper, Richard Ofori, says he cannot be blamed for the two goals he conceded that led to the team's defeat to Cape Verde on Sunday at the ongoing AFCON in Cote d'Ivoire. Ofori, who was between the sticks in Sunday's defeat to the Blue Sharks of Cape Verde, conceded the first goal in 17 minutes when he spilled a Jovane Cabral shot from outside the box onto the path of Jamiro Monteiro to tap into […]

January 18, 2024

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Africa: New AU Panel Aims to Broker ‘Swift Restoration of Peace’ in Sudan

[ad_1] Addis Ababa — The African Union Commission has appointed three prominent African dignitaries to form a High-Level Panel on the Resolution of the Conflict in Sudan "to work with all civilian forces, military belligerents, and regional and global actors to ensure an all-inclusive process towards the swift restoration of peace, constitutional order, and stability in Sudan". In a statement today, the Chairperson of the African Union Commission, Moussa Faki, announced the appointment of Mohamed Ibn Chambas, AU High Representative […]

January 18, 2024

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Africa: Tobacco Use Declining Despite Industry Interference – WHO

[ad_1] The number of people using tobacco continues to decline despite industry attempts to jeopardize progress towards stamping out cigarettes and other such products, the World Health Organization (WHO) said in a report published on Tuesday. Trends in 2022 showed that roughly one in five adults worldwide uses tobacco, compared to one in three in the year 2000. While cigarette smoking is the most common form of tobacco use worldwide, other products include cigars, waterpipe tobacco also known as hookah, […]

January 18, 2024

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Winter Youth Olympics: Nigerian history-making curlers battle for funding

[ad_1] Participating in the curling competitions in Gangwon, which begin on Saturday, will be a far cry from the facilities the team are used to in Nigeria.With no ice rink to practise on, they train on a carpet surface in an apartment in Lagos."We started in 2018 but our regret is no-one is supporting us," coach Imonite Kennedy told BBC Sport Africa."Despite not having a natural ice environment, we make […]

January 18, 2024

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