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Africa
- UAE’s Ministry of Tolerance and Coexistence has announced the 3rd edition of the “World Governments as Incubators for Tolerance” Conference at AIM Congress 2025.
- The forum will deliberate on effective frameworks and mechanisms for embedding a culture of tolerance as a foundational element in constructing stable and sustainable societies.
- Delegates to engage on how to foster mutual understanding and respect in tackling global challenges, including inequality and social unrest, often stemming from cultural disparities and ideological divides.
In its ongoing commitment to fostering global values of tolerance and coexistence, the Ministry of Tolerance and Coexistence is set to organize the third edition of the “World Governments as Incubators for Tolerance” conference.
Under the theme “A Balanced Approach to Prosperity,” this event will convene during the second day of the AIM Congress 2025, scheduled from April 7 to 9 at the Abu Dhabi National Exhibition Centre (ADNEC).
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- UN says South Sudan is experiencing mass displacement of communities, rising tensions and attacks on civilians.
- On March 4th, White Army – a youth militia – overran an army barracks of South Sudan in Nasir, within Upper Nile province.
- Since then, over 60,000 people have fled the area fearing retaliatory attacks. Armed groups are reportedly mobilizing children to wage war.
An escalating wave of mass displacement of people, rising tensions coupled with indiscriminate attacks on civilians is fast pushing South Sudan on the brink of a civil war.
In a briefing on Monday, Nicholas Haysom, Special Representative of the UN Secretary-General for South Sudan, warned that the East African country is at a risk of an all out war if measures are not put into place to deescalate tensions.
While calling on all parties involved in the conflict to commit to peace, Haysom warned that, “A conflict would erase all …
- Tanzania has officially introduced Prof. Mohamed Janabi for WHO Africa Director candidacy.
- Prof Janabi is a member of faculty at Medical University of South Carolina, USA, and has over 83 medical publications.
- He speaks at least four languages including Russian, and Japanese.
Professor Mohamed Janabi has been selected by Tanzania as the country’s candidate for the post of World Health Organisation (WHO) Africa Region Director.
Prof Janabi is a member of faculty at the Medical University of South Carolina, USA, and is currently a special envoy to the Tanzanian President, as Senior Advisor on Health and Nutrition matters.
Following his nomination, he will be in the race to become the new WHO Africa Director following the death of regional director elect, Dr Faustine Ndugulile, on November 27, 2024.
The medic is a distinguished public health expert with several decades of experience, and has held various senior positions in both …
- International aid and loans to Africa are based on a false (mathematical) statement; Africa needs development aid – False.
- Net financial flows to African countries dropped 18% (2020/22) -True.
- Africa paying more to service debts than development aid it recieves – True.
U.S. President Donald Trump’s aid cuts will fatally affect developing countries where millions of people rely on the aid for their livelihoods at a time when huge debt servicing costs pose even worse effect on their lives. “Analysis also finds growing debt service payments are rapidly outpacing aid and investments in all developing countries,” reveals a One Campaign report.
Titled, ‘Net finance flows to developing countries turned negative in 2023’ the report warns that; “Developing country debt levels have more than doubled since 2009, and the cost of servicing that debt has skyrocketed.” According to the report; “African countries are projected to spend $81 billion on debt …
- Across the African continent, the tourism industry fuels the creation of jobs, providing decent work opportunities for millions of people.
- The industry also drives the development of critical infrastructural, fosters entrepreneurship, and enhances cultural exchange.
- Kenya is at the forefront of steering innovation in tourism, fostering homegrown solutions that will help shape the future of this vital industry in Africa.
Tourism in Africa is often associated with breathtaking safaris, luxury safari lodges, and pristine coastal beaches. However, its impact stretches far beyond leisure and hospitality offering targeting overseas tourists, serving as a powerful engine for economic growth and social transformation.
Across the continent, tourism fuels the creation of decent jobs, especially for the youth; drives the development of critical infrastructure such as roads and technology investments, fosters entrepreneurship across value chains, and enhances cultural exchange among communities globally.
Countries such as Kenya, South Africa, Morocco, and Rwanda provide compelling case …
- Kenya has been selected to host the Africa Youth in Tourism Innovation Summit and Challenge for the period 2025-2027, offering its young professionals an opportunity to showcase insights and innovation in the sector.
- Kenya’s goal is to showcase and uplift the innovators that are building tomorrow’s travel industry and can help transform tourism in Africa.
- The June 26-27, 2025, conference is poised to attract over 1,000 trailblazers in the industry, 80 thought leaders, and at least 100 senior tourism executives.
Kenya is cementing its position as a tourism powerhouse in Africa by championing innovation and empowering innovative entrepreneurs in the growing industry. As the country prepares to host the Africa Youth in Tourism Innovation Summit and Challenge for the next three years, players in the industry are preparing to showcase insights and innovation-powered ideas that are driving tourism in Kenya and across Africa.
Nairobi’s opportunity to host the Africa Youth …
- Over 6.7 million people out of which 40 per cent are children, have been displaced across conflict-affected provinces in DRC.
- UN warns children are facing summary executions, sexual violence and abduction and recruitment by the warring factions.
- 45 children, who were cared for in a day transit centre in Goma to have been killed, UN reports.
An increasing number of children in the war ton Democratic Republic of Congo (DRC) are facing summary executions, sexual violence amid increasing abduction and recruitment by the factions involved in the escalating conflict.
In an update Thursday by the UN Child Rights Committee, children in violence saddled zones of North and South Kivu to the East of the vast country are coming face to face with grave catastrophe.
The UN agency warned that increasingly, armed groups are targeting displaced children and those left helpless in the streets that have been run over by militias.…
- Through various AfDB financing programmes across Africa, a total of 61M people have gained access to clean water since 2015.
- Another 33M people have benefited from improved sanitation while 46M Africans have gained access to ICT services, even as 25M people gained access to electricity.
- Next up for AfDB is the push to connect 300M Africans to electricity by 2030, and measure Africa’s vast green wealth as part of the continent’s GDP.
The African Development Bank (AfDB) positively impacted over 515 million lives over the past 10 years, the lender’s President Dr. Akinwumi Adesina has revealed. While addressing Heads of State and Government at the just concluded 38th session of the African Union Summit, Dr. Adesina said the bank has positively impacted 231 million women during the decade under review.
While sharing his scorecard before the august gathering, Dr. Adesina noted that AfDB‘s initiatives have led to 127 million …
- Sudan is accusing Kenyan government of violating the principles of good neighbourliness by hosting US-sanctioned Rapid Support Forces (RSF) meeting.
- Nairobi now stands accused of endorsing continued perpetration of genocide, massacre civilians on an ethnic basis, attack on IDP camps, and acts of rape by RSF.
- Khartoum is also accusing authorities in Kenya of encouraging the division of African countries.
The simmering tensions between Kenya and Sudan have taken a dramatic twist after Nairobi allowed a key event for the political group aligned with sanctioned Rapid Support Forces (RSF) to proceed on Tuesday. US-sanctioned RSF has been fighting the Sudanese army for the control of the country for over a year now.
On Tuesday, authorities in Nairobi gave the greenlight for a key meeting by RSF leadership to proceed at the Kenyatta International Conference Centre. This event was a precursor towards the establishment of a new political group drawing together …