Achraf Hakimi, Ghizlane Chebbak lead Morocco’s Golden Night at CAF Awards 2025 Rabat, Morocco | CAF ONLINE | Achraf Hakimi claimed the CAF Men’s Player of the Year award and compatriot Ghizlane Chebbak the CAF Women’s Player of the Year prize in a double triumph for Morocco at the …
Read More »A new continental vision to protect Africa’s shared landscapes
How a bold AU–UNDP initiative seeks to rebuild ecological resilience—and strengthen the lives connected to it Tlokweng, Botswana | RONALD MUSOKE | Africa is at a conservation crossroads. Its ecosystem-from the sprawling savannahs of the Kavango-Zambezi Transfrontier Conservation Area to the montane forests of the Albertine Rift– are not just landscapes; …
Read More »African leaders agree to commit 1% GDP for continental Biodiversity Fund
African leaders explore homegrown solution as global funding for conservation sharpfly declines Tlokweng, Botswana | RONALD MUSOKE | Can Africa rescue its own biodiversity before the losses become irreversible? This is a question that once hovered at the edges of policy conversations, raised by scientists and conservationists but rarely confronted by …
Read More »U.S. must attend summit for formal handover of G20 presidency, says South African FM
JOHANNESBURG | Xinhua | The United States must send officials to Johannesburg if Washington wants to receive the Group of 20 (G20) presidency through a formal handover at this weekend’s summit, South African International Relations and Cooperation Minister Ronald Lamola has said. “We are ready to hand over to the …
Read More »Museveni, the Indian Ocean, and the politics of being landlocked
Why a single remark about future wars rippled through East Africa and what lies beneath the rhetoric COVER STORY | RONALD MUSOKE | When President Yoweri Museveni warned recently that future wars might erupt over access to the sea, the remark raced through East Africa’s political bloodstream with that familiar cocktail …
Read More »EXPERT: Africa faces worst cholera outbreak in 25 years
NAIROBI, KENYA | TASS | Africa is facing the worst cholera outbreak in 25 years, Africa Centers for Disease Control and Prevention Director General Jean Kaseya said in an online briefing. According to him, the continent has recorded over 300,000 cholera cases since the beginning of the year, marking a …
Read More »UPDF hands over Congolese soldiers fleeing M23 fighting
KAMPALA, UGANDA | Xinhua | Uganda has handed back five Democratic Republic of the Congo (DRC) soldiers who fled fighting in the eastern DRC. The Ugandan military, in a statement issued late Monday, said the soldiers fled intense fighting between DRC troops and the rebel March 23 Movement (M23) in …
Read More »EAC Speakers: Sports key in regional integration
Kampala, Uganda | THE INDEPENDENT | Speakers from the East African Community (EAC) legislatures have reaffirmed the growing value of sports, saying the annual EAC Inter-Parliamentary Games are becoming one of the bloc’s effective tools for strengthening regional cohesion and cooperation. In a joint statement at their meeting in Kampala …
Read More »Salah, Osimhen and Hakimi vying for the African Player of the Year award
RABAT, MOROCCO | Xinhua | The Confederation of African Football (CAF) on Sunday unveiled the final three-man shortlists in each of the men’s categories for the highly anticipated 2025 CAF Awards. The prestigious ceremony will be held in Rabat, Morocco, on Nov. 19, 2025, starting at 7:00 p.m. local time …
Read More »African officials urge swift action to curb rising road deaths, economic losses
ADDIS ABABA | Xinhua | Experts and policymakers have called for stronger continental efforts to curb rising human and economic losses from road traffic accidents in Africa. The call was made Sunday at an event in the Ethiopian capital Addis Ababa marking the 2025 Africa Road Safety Day, jointly organized …
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