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Africa’s Climate Debate Shifts From Pledges to Who Controls the Rules
As CCDA-14 concludes in Addis Ababa, Africa’s climate debate is moving beyond pledges toward financing, implementation and greater influence over the rules…
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Ghana Courts New Oil Investment With Fiscal Reforms and Shell-Chevron Deepwater Deal
Ghana is reviewing its upstream petroleum regime while GNPC and GNPC Explorco advance a preliminary deepwater agreement with Shell and Chevron aimed…
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Africa Was Never That Small: What the UN’s ‘Correct the Map’ Vote Actually Means
The UN’s 164–1 vote on the African-led ‘Correct the Map’ resolution does not ban Mercator. It challenges how a navigation tool became…
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Somalia Becomes 50th Country to Ratify AfCFTA as Continental Trade Integration Widens
Somalia’s AfCFTA ratification brings the country formally into Africa’s single-market framework. The larger test now is turning legal membership into trade, value…
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AU Leaders Push for Stronger Conflict Prevention as Security Crises Test Continental System
African leaders meeting in Luanda have called for stronger conflict-prevention mechanisms and reforms to the continent’s peace and security architecture as multiple…
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Ethiopia to Host WHO Africa Health Ministers as Workforce, Financing and Regulation Top Agenda
African health ministers will meet in Addis Ababa to consider workforce, financing, medical-product regulation and health-security strategies for the region.
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EAC Launches Regional Centre of Excellence in Virology in Uganda
The East African Community has launched a Regional Centre of Excellence in Virology at the Uganda Virus Research Institute.
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East Africa’s Kiswahili AI Push Is About Economic Inclusion, Not Only Language Preservation
East Africa is developing a Kiswahili Trust Mark for AI systems, linking language inclusion to digital access, trade, education and public services.
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The Pan-African Parliament Must Turn Debate Into Policy Influence
The Pan-African Parliament’s new session places water, trade and continental governance on the agenda. Its relevance will depend on turning committee debate…
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Africa’s New $900m Clean-Cooking Commitments Face the Test of Delivery
Africa has secured $900 million in new clean-cooking commitments. The next test is whether the financing reaches households, local businesses and resilient…