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Executive Director of the Joint United Nations Programme on HIV/AIDS (UNAIDS) Winnie Byanyima has said communities could be the best hope for ending AIDS around the globe, in a press statement on the occasion of the 2019 World AIDS Day.     The global community on Sunday commemorated the 2019…

After analyzing the experiences of African countries that had suffered network disruptions and shutdowns, freedom of expression stakeholders in Africa have proposed strategies for ending the increasingly recurrent culture of shutting down of the internet during elections by national governments in Africa. The stakeholders made the recommendations during a session on…

Bakary Koné, director in charge of strategic planning, partnerships and resource mobilisation at African Capacity Building Foundation (ACBF), a specialized agency of the African Union, has said for the Africa Continental Free Trade Area (AfCFTA) agreement to succeed, Africa must stop importing automobiles, proposing instead; automobile manufacturers begin to assemble…

Abdullahi Tsanni, a freelance science journalist and reporter of African Newspage, has emerged winner of the 2019 Open Forum on Agricultural Biotechnology (OFAB) in Africa media awards, for print and online category, at an event held Thursday, at the Saravo Whitesands Hotel, in Mombasa, Kenya. The Open Forum on Agricultural…

The Pan African Manufacturers Association (PAMA) on Monday held their inaugural meeting on the sidelines of the ongoing second annual Africa Industrialization Week (AIW 2019) themed: “Positioning African Industry to Supply the African Continental Free Trade Area (AfCFTA) Market,” holding in Addis Ababa, Ethiopia. In a bid to provide a…

The United Republic of Tanzania Friday announced the launch of its national campaign against malaria tagged: ‘Zero Malaria Starts with Me’, as part of the continental ‘Zero Malaria Starts with Me’ campaign, aimed at engaging political leaders to mobilize resources and funding for campaigns against malaria as well as empowering…

The 3rd African Youth Sustainable Development Goals (SDGs) Summit – Africa`s largest continental gathering of youth aimed at mobilizing and inspiring active participation of youth in the implementation of the United Nations SDGs – has been re-scheduled for, July 1 – 3, 2020.     The Youth Advocates Ghana (YAG),…

The first-ever African Union Mining Forum is billed to hold between November 13 and 15 in Accra, Ghana under the theme: “Africa Mining Vision At 10: Looking Back, Moving Forward?” The event is holding exactly ten years since Heads of States and Government of the African Union adopted the African…

The African Academy of Sciences (AAS) and the World Health Organization (WHO) Monday in Addis Ababa, Ethiopia, announced a strategic partnership focused on leveraging high-impact science, technology and innovation (STI) ideas to promote good health and well-being for the greater good of the African continent. Speaking shortly after the signing…

The African Union this week hosted series of interface sessions with bureaucrats from the Economic Community of West African States (ECOWAS) on Pan African industrialisation frameworks, just as the AU readies to host a high-level validation workshop for its study on financing Africa’s industrialisation agenda on Thursday, in Abuja, Nigeria.…