Crafting better African stories with AI March 19, 2025 ADVANCED technology has been released with the potential of transforming how stories about Africa are told across media, academia, development sectors and beyond. the AI Shop, based in South Africa, announced on Wednesday. Its partnership with Africa No Filter has come up with the Africa Bias […]
AU Special Envoy calls for Sudan conflict ‘de-escalation’ amid more loss of life November 6, 2024 THE African Union Special Envoy on the Prevention of Genocide and Mass Atrocities, Adama Dieng, has called on the two antagonists in the bitter armed conflict in Sudan to “de-escalate the fighting” to prevent more “tragic loss of life” […]
AU appoints first special envoy to combat genocide and mass atrocities April 8, 2024 Adama Dieng: the first AU Special Envoy for the Prevention of the Crime of Genocide and Other Mass AtrocitiesTHE African Union has appointed its first Special Envoy for the Prevention of the Crime of Genocide and Other Mass Atrocities, as Rwanda […]
Senegal commended for its enduring democracy April 2, 2024 THE new of President of Senegal, Bassirou Diomaye Diakhar Faye, was sworn in today in the new city of Diamniadio, about 20 miles from Dakar. Faye, at 44, is Africa’s youngest president, and he leads a country that is the only one in West Africa that […]
Salim Digital Archive launched in Tanzania October 9, 2023 THE Tanzanian President, Samia Suluhu Hassan, has launched the Dr Salim Ahmed Salim Digital Archive (www.salimahmedsalim.com), which is aimed at preserving the renowned statesman’s diplomatic and leadership legacy. During the ceremony in Dar es Salaam, President Hassan urged Tanzanians and Africans in general to access the […]
July 18, 2023 AS the International Criminal Court (ICC) in The Hague celebrates 25 years of existence there have been calls for more justice to tackle atrocities that continue in the 21st century. The President of the ICC’s Assembly of States Parties, Silvia Fernández de Gurmendi, said: “Today the world needs more justice than ever. […]
Nigerian philanthropist donates £10m to King’s College London to empower African students March 27, 2023 A NIGERIAN philanthropist has donated £10 million to King’s College London to establish a centre that will provide young Africans with better access to education and opportunities. The Aare Afe Babalola African Centre for Transnational Education will offer blended and […]
January 30, 2023 THE African Union has made two new appointments aimed at strengthening its resolve to silence the guns on the continent, and to enhance Africa’s food systems. Dr Mohamed Ibn Chambas, a seasoned Ghanaian diplomat, has been made High Representative for Silencing the Guns, while the former Prime Minister of Niger, Dr […]
October 25, 2022 SOUTH Sudan’s conflict has become so increasingly complex that it is causing a level of intolerable suffering for millions of civilians, said UN experts who visited Ethiopia last week for talks with the African Union on the peace process. Members of the UN Commission on Human Rights in South Sudan urged African […]
October 21, 2022 THE former Executive Secretary of the Truth, Reconciliation and Reparations Commission (TRRC) in The Gambia, Dr Baba Galleh Jallow, has been invited to serve as the inaugural Roger D. Fisher Fellow in Negotiation and Conflict Resolution at Harvard University Law School. Jallow, a former journalist, human rights advocate and an academic who […]