Africa: Time to Embrace HIV Prevention Tools While We Wait For The Cure

[ad_1] Lima, Peru — allAfrica's Sethi Ncube is in Lima, Peru, for the 5th HIV Research for Prevention Conference, HIVR4P 2024, reporting from the only global scientific conference focused on the challenging and fast-growing field of HIV prevention research. Here Ncube shares her thoughts on HIV cure vs prevention... The global fight against the HIV epidemic has witnessed great progress over the past decades. However, there’s one harsh truth scientists are reminding us of at the 5th HIV Research for Prevention Conference (HIVR4P […]

October 10, 2024

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Request For Expression Of Interest: Technical Partner For The Mastercard Foundation Young Africa Works Dialogue Series on Dignified And Fulfilling Work

[ad_1] THE OBJECTIVE OF THIS CALL FOR EXPRESSION OF INTEREST The Mastercard Foundation is seeking a technical partner (or consortium of partners) to support the rollout of the next editions of the Young Africa Works Dialogue Series during 2025. The objective is to onboard a partnership that can provide technical, operational and implementation expertise in knowledge mobilization, stakeholder engagement, hosting youth-led intergenerational dialogue, event management, and post-event outputs to ensure the successful execution of the dialogue series. Submissions are open […]

October 10, 2024

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Africa – Countries On the Cusp of Abolition Must Take a Stand Against the Death Penalty

[ad_1] Three sub-Saharan African countries on the cusp of abolition must act now and abolish the death penalty once and for all, paving the way for others around the world to follow in their footsteps, said Amnesty International on World Day Against the Death Penalty (10 October). Kenya and Zimbabwe currently have bills tabled to abolish the death penalty for all crimes, while Gambia, which has made steady progress against this cruel punishment since 2017, has commenced a constitutional amendment […]

October 10, 2024

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Africa: UN Calls for Safer Migration From Horn of Africa to Gulf Countries

[ad_1] Addis Ababa, Ethiopia — The head of the U.N. International Organization for Migration, or IOM, is calling for safe migration to and from the Gulf countries as the dangerous eastern Horn of Africa route claims more lives. The so-called eastern route runs from the Horn of Africa to Saudi Arabia and the Persian Gulf by way of Ethiopia, Djibouti, Somalia and Yemen. Migrant workers, mainly from Ethiopia but also from other East African countries, travel over the route in […]

October 10, 2024

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Africa: Three African Countries On Cusp of Death Penalty Abolition

[ad_1] Harare, Zimbabwe — The international human rights organization Amnesty International says three sub-Saharan African countries considering ending the death penalty should do it now and pave the way for others around the world to follow in their footsteps. There hasn't been an execution in Gambia, Kenya or Zimbabwe in over a decade, Amnesty has said, and all three nations have commuted multiple death sentences during that time. Lucia Masuka, head of Amnesty in Zimbabwe, said most countries in the […]

October 10, 2024

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Africa: Sub-Saharan Africa – Sharp Rise in Use of Death Penalty Across Region

[ad_1] Executions more than tripled in 2023, while death sentences increased by 66% in the region Fresh call for abolition on World Day Against Death Penalty, with Kenya, Zimbabwe and Gambia leading the way 'It's time for all countries to move away from this cruel, inhuman and degrading punishment once and for all' - Oluwatosin Popoola Sub-Saharan African countries on the cusp of abolition must ban the death penalty immediately, paving the way for others around the world to follow […]

October 10, 2024

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Africa: How Do You Stop Elephant Herds From Trashing Crops and Trees? Target Sensitive Nostrils With a ‘Scent Fence’

[ad_1] Elephant numbers are surging in southern Africa, with fewer natural predators, reduced hunting pressure and feeding by farmers and tourist operators. While this is good for elephants, it's making life harder for humans who live near them. These huge herbivores can raid crops and destroy large trees in national parks with impunity, causing problems for farmers and land managers alike. Traditional solutions aren't ideal. Culling is controversial, and building fences strong enough to deter elephants is very expensive. But […]

October 10, 2024

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Absence of Cameroon’s president fuels speculation about his health

[ad_1] AFPSpeculation over the wellbeing and whereabouts of Cameroon’s 91-year-old President Paul Biya has become a hot topic across Africa this week.After attending the China-Africa summit in Beijing in early September, it was perhaps no surprise that he gave the UN General Assembly in New York a miss. But when he stayed away from this week’s summit of French-speaking countries (La Francophonie) at Viller Cotterêts, north of Paris, the rumour […]

October 10, 2024

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Spain looks to immigrants to drive economy

[ad_1] BBCAsylum seekers such as these can find work in Spain six months after they have arrivedA group of Sub-Saharan African men are playing bingo in a conference room of a hotel near the northern Spanish city of León.They laugh and celebrate when their numbers are called out, but many of these asylum seekers have harrowing stories.Among them is Michael, who fled Ghana to escape a violent feud that saw […]

October 10, 2024

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