Key steps needed to protect these data workers on the continent ANALYSIS | MOHAMMAD AMIR ANWAR | Data workers in Africa often have a hard time. They face job insecurities – including temporary contracts, low pay, arbitrary dismissal and worker surveillance – and alarming physical and psychological health risks. The …
Read More »How should Africa respond to foreign-aid cuts?
The current wave of aid cuts in the United States and Europe, along with the resulting financial crisis, should serve as a wake-up call to African countries COMMENT | IFEANYI M. NSOFOR | A global storm is gathering – and Africa is directly in its path. Under President Donald Trump, the …
Read More »Sudan Is Burning
Africa and the world cannot afford to look away ANALYSIS | MELODY CHIRONDA | Two years ago, on April 15, war erupted in Sudan – a war that has since spiraled into one of the world’s most devastating humanitarian catastrophes. Yet, the suffering of the Sudanese people is being met with …
Read More »Museveni: Uganda to focus on African markets amid U.S. tariff hike
KAMPALA, UGANDA | Xinhua | Ugandan President Yoweri Museveni has said the country will prioritize African markets following the United States’ decision to impose a 10 percent tariff on imports from most countries. In a speech shared by the state-owned Uganda Broadcasting Corporation on Thursday, Museveni said Uganda already has …
Read More »Africa CDC unveils plan to transform health financing
Kampala, Uganda | THE INDEPENDENT | With external health aid to Africa projected to drop by 70% between 2021 and 2025, the Africa Centres for Disease Control and Prevention (Africa CDC) has launched a continent-wide strategy aimed at transforming how health systems are financed. The steep decline in official development …
Read More »China remains Africa’s largest trading partner, key contributor to development
ADDIS ABABA | Xinhua | The economic and trade cooperation between China and Africa is gaining momentum, with trade volume recording a 6 percent year-on-year increase to 295 billion U.S. dollars in 2024, Chinese and African Union (AU) officials have said. China has been Africa’s top trading partner for 15 …
Read More »Mpox testing gaps raise risk of cross-border spread
Scientists raise alarm about new variants, urge national disease testing ANALYSIS | AGENCIES | Foreign aid cuts could result in a major outbreak of mpox across the African continent and beyond, with virus control measures already disrupted, public health experts warn. Mpox testing and monitoring efforts in hotspot areas like the …
Read More »Canada eyes China-style gains in Africa with first-ever strategy
Canada debuts its first-ever strategy for Africa, as Ottawa seeks to diversify markets and blunt geopolitical shocks amid rising trade tensions with Washington. SPECIAL REPORT | BIRD AGENCY | Early in March, Canada unveiled its much-touted Global Africa Strategy in a subdued Toronto event, timed eight days before a cabinet …
Read More »US-Ukraine minerals deal resembles colonial exploitation of Africa
NEW YORK, the United States | TASS | The US-Ukraine agreement on mineral reserves, if signed, will be somewhat similar to the penal agreements that European colonizers made with the peoples of African countries, Bloomberg reports. According to the agency, the US access to Ukrainian subsoil resources is now taking “a form …
Read More »Trump’s trade wars to push more countries to join BRICS
MOSCOW, RUSSIA | TASS | US President Donald Trump’s trade wars may push some Asian and African countries toward joining BRICS, a Russian expert said. “In recent days, and all throughout the past month, we have had a front row seat to the new challenges that have emerged from this …
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