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Ahead of the 8th Programme for Infrastructure Development in Africa (PIDA) Week, select African journalists under the aegis of the PIDA Journalists’ Network gathered Sunday in Addis Ababa, Ethiopia, for a media sensitization workshop. Zipporah Maubane, Head of Communications, AUDA-NEPAD The workshop was organized by the African Union Development Agency (AUDA-NEPAD)…

African civil society organisations had during the agriculture day at the just concluded 29th Conference of Parties (CoP29) held November 11 to 22 in Baku, Azerbaijan, advocated for mainstreaming agroecology in the climate agenda. Alliance for Food Sovereignty in Africa (AFSA) General Coordinator Million Belay speaking at the COP29 Agriculture…

The 8th edition of Africa’s premier infrastructure event, the Programme for Infrastructure Development in Africa (PIDA) Week, is set to take place November 25 to 29 in Addis Ababa, Ethiopia. The 2024 PIDA Week will bring together infrastructure stakeholders from African governments, multilateral organisations and the private sector to explore…

Ahead of COP29 slated for Nov 11-22, 2024 in Baku, Azerbaijan, Senior Gender Specialist at the Consultative Group on International Agricultural Research (CGIAR) Dr Eileen Nchanji, said Africa should prioritize the implementation of gender-responsive climate solutions noting that there will be no climate justice without gender equality. Dr Eileen Nchanji, A…

The Africa Vision 525 Initiative, an NGO that uses research-based simulation of the African Union Assembly to build Pan-Africanism in youth, has called on famous Nigerian lawyer and human rights activist, Femi Falana, to demand the African Commission for Human and People’s Rights (ACPHR) investigate government of Guinea-Conakry’s role in the death…

The fourth edition of the African Medicines Regulatory Harmonisation (AMRH) Week, a crucial touchpoint in ongoing efforts to expand access to quality-assured medicines in Africa, is set to take place from October 28 to November 1, 2024 in Maputo, Mozambique. This year’s biennial event, organized by the Africa Medicines Regulatory Harmonisation…

Nigeria Health Watch is set to host its 10th Future of Health Conference under the theme: “From Evidence to Action: Building Resilience at the Climate-Health Nexus,” focusing on the intersection of climate change and health and emphasizing the urgent need for actionable policies to mitigate climate-related health impacts, come October…

As the 2024 United Nations Climate Change Conference of Parties (UNFCCC COP29) slated for Baku, Azerbaijan from 11—22 November 2024, approaches, the African Group of Negotiators (AGN) on Climate Change have advocated the urgency of the continent prioritizing concessional financing in a bid to prevent escalating debt, alongside the urgent need…

The African Union Commission’s Department of Economic Development, Trade, Tourism, Industry and Minerals (ETTIM) is set to finalize the drafting and validation of the African Union’s Model Law on Mineral Resources Development during the Model Law’s 5th drafting meeting in Addis Ababa, Ethiopia, come October 14-17, 2024. The Model Law…