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Brahma Kumaris commemorates Africa Day 2023
Brahma Kumaris, a worldwide spiritual movement dedicated to personal transformation and world renewal, joined Africans on Thursday in commemorating Africa Day 2023. Africa Day, formerly African Freedom Day and African Liberation Day, is an annual commemoration of the founding of the Organization of African Unity (OAU) on May…
Read More »AU ECOSOCC hosts consultations with CSOs on AfCFTA
The Economic, Social and Cultural Council (ECOSOCC), African Union’s civil society advisory organ, is hosting three-part virtual consultations with Civil Society Organisations (CSOs) to generate perspectives and insights on the African Continental Free Trade Area (AfCFTA) from different stakeholders within Africa’s civil society space. The webinars are part…
Read More »AUABC swears-in new Board Members, elects Bureau
The African Union Advisory Board against Corruption (AUABC), the AU’s anti-corruption agency, swore in its newly appointed board members at the commencement of the 43rd Ordinary Session of the Board held last week, in Arusha, Tanzania. The Arusha, Tanzania-headquartered AUABC was established in May 2009 by Article…
Read More »Rwanda to host AfCFTA Adjustment Fund
The AfCFTA Secretariat and African Export-Import Bank (Afreximbank) have signed a host country agreement with the Republic of Rwanda for the AfCFTA Adjustment Fund, meant to address potential tariff revenue losses resulting from AfCFTA’s implementation. The AfCFTA Adjustment Fund, which will be managed by the Fund for Export…
Read More »Hunger Relief Africa set to launch its flagship program March 15
Hunger Relief Africa (HRA), a nonprofit that seeks to eliminate food insecurity in African communities, is set to launch its flagship program on March 15, themed: ‘Preventing, Preparing, Anticipating and Responding to Food Crisis through a Domestic Hunger Model’. The nonprofit seeks to help hunger-prone families meet their…
Read More »Afrobarometer parleys with African media on survey dissemination
Afrobarometer, a pan-African research network that measures public attitudes on economic, political, and social issues in Africa, has sought the partnership and collaboration of African media in the dissemination of its surveys on democracy, governance, economic conditions, social and cultural norms. Afrobarometer is focused on tracking the attitudes,…
Read More »Nigeria: Africans Rising calls for peaceful, transparent elections
As Nigerians go to the polls on Saturday, Africans Rising, a Pan-African movement of people and organisations working for justice, peace and dignity, has called on stakeholders in Nigeria’s electoral process to ensure a free and fair elections including securing the country to enable citizens to cast their ballots peacefully.…
Read More »“Green infrastructure central to 2nd PIDA action plan,” says NEPAD CEO.
The CEO of the Africa Union Development Agency (AUDA-NEPAD), Nardos Bekele-Thomas, has said climate change and sustainability were key considerations in the design of the 2nd Programme for Infrastructure Development in Africa Priority Action Plan (PIDA PAP II), which was adopted by the Assembly of Heads of State and Government of…
Read More »Nigeria: Surge Africa hosts policy conference on climate policing, governance
Key climate stakeholders from the Nigerian government, civil society, and philanthropic sector, recently converged in Abuja, Nigeria, for Surge Africa’s one-day policy conference on key issues that intersect climate policies, governance, and development. The convening, themed “Policy Convergence: Designing Pathways to Climate Governance,” was organized by Surge Africa,…
Read More »2nd Dakar Financing Summit (DFS-2) holds February 1 – 3
The 2nd Dakar Financing Summit for Africa’s Infrastructure Development (DFS-2) will take place between the 1st and 3rd of February in Dakar, Senegal, under the patronage of the Chairperson of the African Union cum Senegalese President Macky Sall. It will be recalled that the African Union Assembly of…
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