MOMBASA (Kenya)— About 36.1 million people in the IGAD region have been affected by the current drought situation and are facing heightened levels of food insecurity.The drought is also said to have wiped out an estimated 4.2 million head of livestock,…
Continue ReadingGENEVA – The UN Independent Expert on the situation of human rights in Mali, Alioune Tine, will conduct an official visit to the country from 6 to 17 February 2023.“This visit will allow me to continue the overall assessment of the human rights situati…
Continue ReadingOn the third day of his trip to Africa, Pope Francis told leaders of the Catholic Church in the Democratic Republic of Congo they can help fight the injustice that has plagued the region for so long.Francis spoke Thursday as he led prayers at the Notre…
Continue ReadingOfficials say most member states in the Central African Economic and Monetary Community, CEMAC, have failed to honor a ban on raw timber exports that was enacted last year to conserve forests and create jobs by locally processing wood.The six member co…
Continue ReadingRecent visits to Africa by U.S. Ambassador to the U.N. Linda Thomas-Greenfield and U.S. Treasury Secretary Janet Yellen came as a new study found China’s overseas investments in the COVID-19 era are at a 13-year low. China has invested heavily in Afric…
Continue ReadingDAKAR— The Dakar 2 Feed Africa Summit ended with a $30 billion pledge by the African Development Bank (AfDB) and development partners to finance food and agribusiness on the continent in the next five years.Of the amount announced at the summit held in…
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