On December 9th, 2022, the 10th E-Cigarette Summit took place in London, United Kingdom (UK). Scientists, practitioners, regulators, public health sector and industry gathered during this one-day meeting point. Experts shared their scientific views on a major – yet controversial – public health topic. In fact, e-cigarettes and other alternatives to conventional cigarettes have been the […]
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The World Bank has committed to resume budgetary support by disbursing $50 million (over K51 billion) and $100 million (over K102 billion) towards the cholera fight and some recurrent expenditures in the health sector. State-financed broadcaster Malawi Broadcasting Corporation (MBC) quoted World Bank Regional Vice President for Eastern and Southern Africa, Victoria Kwakwa, on Monday […]
The UN Biodiversity Conference, COP15, concluded early on Monday in Montreal, Canada, with a landmark agreement to protect 30 per cent of the planet’s lands, coastal areas and inland waters by the end of the decade The Kunming-Montreal Global Biodiversity Framework also aims to cut food waste in half. COP15 was originally set to be […]
The UN chief said on Monday he was determined to make 2023 “a year for peace” and a “year for action”, highlighting the need for practical solutions to a raft of pressing problems facing all regions of the world. “We owe it to people to find solutions, to fight back, and to act”, said Secretary-General […]
In the aftermath of the U.S.-Africa Leaders Summit in Washington DC, what are the university perspectives in what is emerging as an institutional framework for U.S.-Africa relations? One thing is incontestable. Scholars and researchers at universities have their work cut out given the many ground-breaking pledges and commitments that have been made. The Biden-Harris administration’s […]
High Court rules Government plans to deport people seeking asylum to Rwanda lawful The deal undermines international refugee law ‘… the Government’s Rwanda deal seriously undermines international refugee law and rides roughshod over the rights of people seeking asylum in the UK’ – Steve Valdez-Symonds In response to today’s High Court ruling that the Government’s […]
A small makeshift raft made from plastic sheeting and filled with dry grass is drifting along the Nile river, on it sits a family of eight people – the youngest just a baby. On this small raft is everything they own: some clothes, and a few pots to cook with, which are mostly filled with […]
The United Kingdom’s plan to send asylum seekers to Rwanda is lawful, the European country’s High Court has ruled. In a verdict delivered on Monday, Lord Justice Lewis said the policy, introduced under former Prime Minister Boris Johnson, was “consistent with the refugee convention”. However, he said the home secretary should look at people’s “particular […]
During his remarks at the U.S. Africa Leaders Summit, United States President Joseph R. Biden announced the U.S. government’s Millennium Challenge Corporation’s (MCC) Board of Directors has selected The Gambia, Togo, Senegal, and Mauritania to develop new MCC grant programs while applauding the agency’s historic new regional partnership. “Today, the Millennium Challenge Corporation signed its […]
Mr. President, there is an urgent need to have a meeting between the Ministers of Defence and Interior of The Gambia and Senegal together with Chiefs of Defence Staff and Security Heads for a dialogue to maintain peace in the two countries. You have always emphasised the need for peace and dialogue in the midst […]
We, the participants of the 3rd Africa Forum on Women, Peace, and Security,” whose theme is “Leveraging on Women, Peace and Security Monitoring to Enhance Women’s Participation and Leadership in Peace Processes in Africa,” convened in Addis Ababa, from 14-15 December 2022, acknowledge our diversity and common objective of advancing the women, peace and security agenda and silencing the […]
Judges at Britain’s High Court are set to rule on whether the UK government’s controversial plan to send asylum-seekers on a one-way trip to Rwanda is legal. Several asylum-seekers, aid groups and a border officials’ union are trying to stop the Conservative government acting on a deportation agreement between London and Kigali that aims to […]
My Christmas gift to the George Weah Administration I am not an insider. I am not within the deep concentric circle of President Weah. In fact I am an outsider. But I support the President’s re-election in 2023 because he represents the under class and income strata I fought for all my life. As a […]
The below is attributable to Spokesperson Ned Price: Deputy Secretary of State Wendy Sherman met with Republic of the Congo President Denis Sassou N’Guesso in Washington, D.C. on the sidelines of the U.S.- African Leaders Summit. Deputy Secretary Sherman and President Sassou discussed ways to promote regional peace, protect the Congo Basin rainforest, and strengthen […]
The U.S. military has reported two new airstrikes against al-Shabab fighters in Somalia’s Hirshabelle State. In a statement, the U.S. military in Africa says it conducted two “collective self-defense” strikes against the group on December 14 and 17 in the vicinity of the coastal town of Adale. The strikes came at the request of the […]
Humanity faces unprecedented engineering challenges if it is to survive. Solutions to these challenges are waiting to be discovered in plants, animals, and microbes, but these could be lost forever, if we do not preserve the rich diversity of life on Earth. The UN biodiversity conference, COP15, is due to wrap up on 19 December. […]
Washington, DC — Cybastion, an emerging leader in the field of cybersecurity, took centre stage at side events of the U.S. – Africa Leaders Summit. The cybersecurity firm was also the platinum sponsor for the US – Africa Business Forum event. (USABF) The USABF event took place on the Summit’s second day (December 14). It […]
“It is therefore, imperative that I reiterate at the outset, the comparative advantages that exist within Nigeria’s economy,” President Buhari says. President Muhammadu Buhari Friday in Washington DC asserted that Nigeria remains the best destination for American investors to put their money. According to the President, aside the population advantage in size and demography, various […]