Africa: Breast Cancer Is the Most Common Cancer in the World. 5 Reads That Could Save Lives

[ad_1] Every year breast cancer claims more than 650,000 lives worldwide. Survival rates have been recorded to be as high as 90% in high income countries. In sub-Saharan Africa the rate is less than 40%. A recent study found that the incidences of breast cancer in sub-Saharan Africa had increased by 247% from 1990 to 2019. The highest incidence was recorded in Nigeria. For Breast Cancer Awareness Month we highlight four essential reads about the difficulties women in Africa must […]

October 1, 2024

Africa

Africa: UN Agencies Urge Security Council to Stop ‘Mass Graves for Migrants’

[ad_1] Action is needed now to stop the Sahara Desert and Mediterranean Sea from "becoming mass graves for migrants", two UN agencies warned the Security Council on Monday. "The scale of this tragedy, its impact on survivors, families and communities and the frequency with which we witness deaths in transit constitute an intolerable and utterly soluble, humanitarian crisis," said Pär Liljert, director of the International Organization for Migration (IOM) Office to the UN, referring to one of the world's most […]

October 1, 2024

Africa

Africa: Niger Anticipates Economic Recovery On the Back of Oil Revenues

[ad_1] Niamey — Niger's economy is set to rebound after a year marked by an unprecedented political crisis. However, the rebound is dependent on favorable security and climate conditions, and continued oil production for exports, according to the World Bank's latest economic update for Niger, published today. The report analyzes the country's recent economic and poverty trends and provides a three-year outlook. In a dedicated chapter, it also analyzes the costs of improving access to quality primary and secondary education […]

October 1, 2024

Africa

Africa: Experts Commit to Step Up Immunization Programme in Central Africa

[ad_1] Kinshasa — At their 2024 meeting in Kinshasa, Democratic Republic of Congo from 9 to 12 September, Essential Programme on Immunization (EPI) managers from Central African countries committed to consolidate gains made by the EPI in its 50 years of existence. The meeting, which brought together EPI Managers from Angola, Burundi, Cameroon, Central African Republic, Chad, Congo, the Democratic Republic of the Congo, Equatorial Guinea, Gabon, Sao Tome and Principe was aimed at celebrating the achievements of EPI in […]

October 1, 2024

Africa

Africa: East Africa Braces for Wheat Price Surge As Russian Crop Falls to 11-Year Low

[ad_1] East Africa faces the prospect of higher wheat prices in 2025 due to a projected poor crop in Russia, the region's primary supplier. The 2025 Russian wheat crop is expected to fall to an 11-year low, raising concerns for countries like Kenya, which imports up to 75 percent of its wheat needs from Russia and Ukraine. The Sovecon consultancy warned earlier this week that wheat sowing rates in Russia have dropped significantly, dampening the outlook for next year's harvest. […]

October 1, 2024

Africa

Africa: Reps Deputy Speaker Asks Nigerian Govt to Implement AU Agenda 2063

[ad_1] Mr Kalu said by integrating the Agenda, Nigeria would set a model for other African countries to emulate. The Deputy Speaker of the House of Representatives, Ben Kalu, has asked the federal government to integrate the African Union Agenda 2063 into its development plans. Mr Kalu spoke on Saturday at the Conference of Speakers of African Parliaments in Midrand, South Africa, where he represented Speaker Abbas Tajudeen. The deputy speaker led Nigeria's delegation to the conference. The AU Agenda […]

October 1, 2024

Africa

Africa: Mpox: Coordination, Collaboration, Planning and Finance for Equity Required

[ad_1] A statement from the Right Honourable Helen Clark and the active former members of The Independent Panel for Pandemic Preparedness and Response Given the mpox emergency, stakeholders including the World Health Organization headquarters and regional offices, the Africa Centres for Disease Control and Prevention, international and regional health actors and those who can finance the response must ensure a co-ordinated and transparent plan to protect people’s lives and stop […]

August 31, 2024

Africa

Africa: Climate Change Has Deep Historical Roots – Amitav Ghosh Explores How Capitalism and Colonialism Fit in

[ad_1] Amitav Ghosh is an internationally celebrated author of 20 historical fiction and non-fiction books. The Indian thinker and writer has written extensively on the legacies of colonialism, violence and extractivism. His most famous works explore migration, globalisation and commercial violence and conquest during the colonial period, against the backdrop of the opium trade in the 1800s. Caroline Southey, from The Conversation Africa, asked economics professor Imraan Valodia and climate […]

August 30, 2024

Africa

Africa Stands At the Centre of SA’s Foreign Policy – President Ramaphosa

[ad_1] President Cyril Ramaphosa has asserted that Africa stands firmly at the centre of South Africa's foreign policy. The President said South Africa was firmly committed to strengthening the African Union (AU) as an instrument of peace, stability, integration and development on the continent. "South Africa plays a leading role on several continental issues. We are, for example, the chair of the Presidential Infrastructure Champion Initiative. We are currently the […]

August 30, 2024

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