Africa: AU Summit 2024 Nat’l Committee Finalizes Preparations

[ad_1] Committee for the African Union 44th Executive Council and 37th Ordinary Session of Heads of States announced that the preparation to receive AU guests has already finalized preparations. Speaking at a discussion organized about the preparation with its 35 member institutions yesterday, National Committee Chairperson, Foreign Affairs State Minister, Ambassador Birtukan Ayano said that preparations have been carried out in consideration to receive extra guests. "Hotels, roads, guest destinations as well as tourist areas are now ready to provide […]

February 7, 2024

Africa

Africa: Landlocked Developing Countries Conference to Address Development

[ad_1] United Nations — Landlocked developing countries need greater support from the international community so that they are no longer left behind when it comes to progressing with the SDGs, says the UN High Representative of the Least Developed Countries. The Third UN Conference of Landlocked Developing Countries (LLDC3) is set to be hosted in Kigali, Rwanda, in June. A preparatory committee for the conference has been established and convened its first meeting on Monday. The overarching theme of the […]

February 7, 2024

Africa

Africa: COP 10 – Tobacco Growers’ Share Concerns Over WHO Decisions

[ad_1] A large group of premium tobacco producers and workers from a few tobacco growers’ countries, Colombia, Panama, Honduras and Nicaragua, have protested on February 5th in front of the Panama Convention Centre where the tenth Conference of the Parties (COP) of the World Health Organization's (WHO) Framework Convention on Tobacco Control (FCTC), is currently taking place. The FCTC aims at protecting present and future generations from the impact of tobacco consumption and exposure to tobacco smoke by reducing both demand […]

February 7, 2024

Entertainment

Ghana: V&A’s Decision to Loan Looted Asante Gold Back to Ghana Has Implications for Other British Museums

[ad_1] The Victoria and Albert Museum (V&A) has announced a loan agreement with the Manhyia Palace Museum in the Asante region of Ghana to return gold and silver royal regalia that were looted from the country by the British in 1874 and 1895. The decision was announced on the 150th anniversary of a sequence of wars of aggression, waged by the British empire against the Asante kingdom in Africa's Gold Coast (modern day Ghana). This agreement is part of a […]

February 6, 2024

Africa

Africa: Blinken Trip to Africa – America’s Impotence in the Post-Hegemonic World

[ad_1] Washington, DC — US Secretary of State Antony Blinken’s trip to four African countries - Cape Verde, Cote d’Ivoire, Nigeria, and Angola - on January 21-26, 2024, demonstrates just how worried US policymakers are about recent developments in Africa. Despite the demands on his time from the wars in Ukraine and Gaza, Secretary Blinken obviously knows he has to pay attention to Africa. He and the Biden administration face six overlapping, simultaneous crises in different part of Africa: the […]

February 6, 2024

Entertainment

Nigeria: Burna Boy Makes History With Dazzling Grammy Performance

[ad_1] Burna Boy performed at the Grammy Awards for the first time, with his representatives noting he is the first Afro-fusion artiste to do so in a press release distributed prior to Grammy night. Though Burna is largely associated with the more widely known genre of Afrobeats -- which itself is often a fusion of genres such as highlife, hip-hop, R&B, and more -- he has long attempted to differentiate himself by referring to his own music as Afro-fusion. Other […]

February 5, 2024

Africa

Africa: AU – EU Health Dialogue On Strengthening Health Partnership Between Africa and Europe

[ad_1] What: High level dialogue and media briefing between the African Union Commission and the European Union to Strengthen Health Partnership between Africa and Europe When: Monday, 05 February 2024 Time: 14:00 - 14:30 EAT,11:00 - 11:30 GMT Where: African Union Headquarters, Addis Ababa, Ethiopia (Small Conference Hall 3) Who: The high level dialogues is jointly organized by The African Union Commission, thorough its Department of Health, Humanitarian Affairs and Social Development, and the European Union. Speakers: H.E. Minata Samate […]

February 5, 2024

Africa

Africa: World Cancer Day 2024 – WHO Releases Frightening Statistics

[ad_1] In Nigeria, the First Lady, Oluremi Tinubu, has advocated increased awareness campaigns against cancer. As nations globally mark this year's World Cancer Day, the global health body - the World Health Organisation (WHO) - has released troubling statistics about the disease. WHO, in a statement, said the number of new cancer cases globally will reach 35 million by 2050, 77 per cent higher than the figure in 2022, noting that there were an estimated 20 million new cancer cases […]

February 5, 2024

Africa

Africa: Floods Derail AU Mission Exit Plan in Somalia

[ad_1] Mogadishu, Somalia — The rotation of the African Union force in Somalia was delayed by at least one month due to floods, as troops remained marooned in military bases that they were meant to leave more than four weeks ago after El Niño-induced rains submerged roads, and airstrips and cut off major supply routes of the Horn of Africa country, The EastAfrican has learned. The Troop Contributing Countries (TCCs) to the African Union Transition Mission in Somalia (Atmis) expected […]

February 5, 2024

External Relations