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ECOWAS Needs to Adopt Robust Approaches to Silencing the Guns Agenda
The ECOWAS Commission has held a one-day workshop on the modalities for implementing the Silencing the Guns agenda in West Africa, a flagship programme...
Global Finance Names AfDB As the World’s Best Multilateral Financial Institution
The prestigious U.S. magazine, Global Finance, specializing in financial markets and investment banking, has named the African Development Bank as the Best Multilateral Financial...
Mahamadou Issoufou wins 2020 Ibrahim Prize for Achievement in African Leadership
The 2020 Ibrahim Prize for Achievement in African Leadership has been awarded to Mahamadou Issoufou, President of Niger, the Mo Ibrahim Foundation announced today...
Walking On A Tightrope Of Rights And COVID
At the outset let me say this: It is an inherent human right to protest and express one’s views and political belief without being...
Kenya’s Peter Mathuki appointed as Head of EAC Secretariat
Kenya's Peter Mutuku Mathuki has been appointed to head the East African Community (EAC), the regional bloc that brings East African countries under one...
The constitution and the political programs of opposition political parties in Ethiopia
Authors: Yeheys Nardos Hawaz and Chen Xi (PhD)
Since 2018, the new administration of Ethiopia gained public support as it had shown a different position,...
East Africa: The status of women remains unequal at all levels of society
For over two decades, the Centre for Rights Education and Awareness (CREAW) has been fighting for gender equality, empowerment of women and improvement of...
Africa No Filter: Shifting stereotypical narratives
Africa No Filter is a not-for-profit organization set up to help shift harmful and stereotypical narratives about Africa through research, advocacy and grant-making to storytellers....
Second meeting of the Coordinating Council under the Secretariat of the Russia-Africa Partnership Forum
The second meeting of the Coordinating Council under the Secretariat of the Russia-Africa Partnership Forum took place on 2nd February via video conference.
Participants included Deputy Foreign Minister...
World Bank Pledges US$12 Billion For Africa’s Vaccine Purchase
The World Bank has expressed readiness to commit US$12 billion as concessional loans to assist African countries access foreign vaccines.
During a virtual meeting on...