Africa Union gears up for infrastructure conference in Addis Ababa with railway and road transport high on the agenda
Every year, PIDA Week comes up a theme that aligns with the current priorities and challenges in African infrastructure development. Past themes include regional integration, job creation, economic transformation and smart infrastructure development.
Prince William walks nature trails near South Africa’s Table Mountain to promote conservation
Prince William also met with South African President Cyril Ramaphosa at the president’s Cape Town residence on Tuesday. The prince was joined by UK Foreign Secretary David Lammy, who is in the country for a bilateral meeting with South Africa’s foreign minister.
Embarrassed Nigerian president orders release of 29 minors facing death sentence over protests
The children’s arrest “highlights significant flaws in our criminal justice system, particularly the child justice system, indicating systemic issues that fail to protect minors’ rights,” said Funke Adeoye, founder of Hope Behind Bars Africa, a nonprofit that has been fighting for their release.
Prince William plays rugby on first day of climate change and conservation visit to South Africa
Prince William last visited Africa in 2018 but he has a strong connection to the continent. He travelled there as a boy after the death of his mother, Princess Diana, in a Paris car crash in 1997. He and his wife, Kate, got engaged at a wildlife conservancy in Kenya in 2010. And he said he came up with the idea for the Earthshot awards while in Namibia in 2018.
Slave trade: Britain’s foreign secretary says slavery reparations not about cash transfer
Britain’s foreign secretary said on Monday that reparations for the UK’s role in the slave trade are not about the “transfer of cash” and reiterated his country’s position that leans toward focusing on the future. There have been calls from some of Britain’s former colonies for a reckoning over its...
Prince William visits South Africa to promote climate change and environmental awareness
William, the Prince of Wales, last visited Africa in 2018, but he has a strong connection to the continent. William travelled to Africa as a boy after the death of his mother, Princess Diana, in a Paris car crash in 1997. He and his wife, Kate, got engaged at a wildlife conservancy in Kenya in 2010. And he said he came up with the idea for the Earthshot awards while in Namibia in 2018.
Unkind governance: Nigeria’s malnutrition crisis is a proxy indicator for a weak healthcare system
Out of Nigeria’s roughly 34,000 primary healthcare centres, only 20 per cent are believed to be fully functional. The vast majority of PHC’s are dilapidated, understaffed and lack essential drugs – especially in the north.
African infrastructure experts meet in Addis Ababa to review project implementation
As a move toward regional integration road, railway and air interlink are high on Agenda 2063 to raise intra-Africa trade and lower tariffs as a way of lowering the cost of doing business and deceleration o abject poverty.
Nigerian authorities sue 29 children for treason; they now risk death sentence if convicted
Frustration over the cost-of-living crisis has led to several mass protests in recent months. In August, at least 20 people were shot dead and hundreds more were arrested at a protest demanding better opportunities and jobs for young people.
Botswana main opposition party end BDP’s 58 year reign in landslide triumph diamond-rich nation
President Mokgweetsi Masisi conceded defeat even before final results were announced, with his Botswana Democratic Party trailing in fourth place in the parliamentary elections in what appeared to be a humbling rejection by voters and a landslide victory for the main opposition party.
