[allAfrica] Women and girls will suffer devastating consequences from the USAID funding freeze
[allAfrica] Beijing -- The global south must broaden and explore new pathways to development that are not simply about accessing more capital but also ensuring sustainable, inclusive growth, a top Sierra Leone development official says.
[Premium Times] «We need more data sharing and better collaborations to make sure we don't just solve the problem but we stop the problem from happening.»
[spotlight] There is no shortage of myths about the cancellation of US foreign assistance. This includes the widely held misconception that PEPFAR is exempt from US aid cuts and the belief that grant terminations are just taking place in South Africa. Many of these falsehoods have been reinforced by US and South African officials. Spotlight and GroundUp dissect some of the most popular misconceptions.
[allAfrica] Monrovia -- Senior officials of the Africa Centers for Disease Control are holding meetings in the U.S capital, Washington D.C., to discuss future collaboration between the U.S. government and the continental health body, in light of funding cuts by the administration of President Donald Trump.
[The Herald] Zimbabwe remains calm despite calls for protests today, with the police assuring citizens that there is no unrest in the country.
[allAfrica] The U.S. Secretary of State Marco Rubio and First Lady Melania Trump will host the 19th annual International Women of Courage (IWOC) Awards ceremony.
[Global Press Journal] Kampala, Uganda -- Proposals to send migrants to Uganda raise concerns about safety, legality and the true cost of outsourcing asylum.
[The Conversation Africa] A new archaeological discovery at Kach Kouch in Morocco challenges the long-held belief that the Maghreb (north-west Africa) was an empty land before the arrival of the Phoenicians from the Middle East in around 800 BCE. It reveals a much richer and more complex history than previously thought.
[The Conversation Africa] Nigerian women make up a significant proportion of foreign women giving birth in several countries.
[New Era] Opuwo -- The Namibian Police Force's commander in the Kunene region, commissioner James Nderura, has urged motorists and pedestrians to refrain from crossing flooded rivers following heavy downpours recorded here over the past three weeks.
[New Era] Namibia has achieved historical significance. President Netumbo Nandi-Ndaitwah is the country's first female President and president of the Swapo Party.
[The Patriot] Led by President Advocate Duma Boko, the Umbrella for Democratic Change (UDC) government has appointed Dubai registered Alvarez & Marsal Middle East Limited to conduct a forensic audit on ministries, government departments, State Owned Enterprises, and regulatory bodies. The forensic audit is already underway. Scheduled to cover a period of 10 years dating back to 2014, the audit will last for nine (9) months and cost government a whooping U$4 210 256 (P57 424 126.61).
[allAfrica] The UN Security Council members should reassess MONUSCO's mandate in DR Congo if the mission can no longer fulfill its mandate to protect civilians in M23-controlled areas, said Dorothy Shea, the U.S. Chargé d'affaires to the UN, at a Security Council briefing on the conflict-ridden country.
[allAfrica] «What's transpired is unthinkable. We will always be Sentebale's founders, but this situation is beyond repair.»
[Bhekisisa] A leaked memo for grant management staff of the US government's National Institutes of Health (NIH), dated March 25 and of which Bhekisisa has seen a copy, instructs officers to hold ''all [research] awards to entities located in South Africa''.
[allAfrica] Tanzania is winning the battle against maternal and newborn deaths, as the latest numbers reveal a significant decline.
[Liberian Investigator] Monrovia -- Former President George M. Weah has rebuked the Boakai administration, accusing it of endangering Liberia's democratic foundations and regional peace. Speaking during a high-stakes meeting with a visiting ECOWAS delegation at his office in Paynesville Tuesday, Mr. Weah warned that President Joseph Boakai's unconstitutional tendencies and tacit support for legislative lawlessness threaten to unravel the fragile peace Liberia has nurtured over the past two decades.
[This Day] Abuja -- In historic business deals, the Dangote Petroleum Refinery yesterday announced that the United States imported over 2 million barrels of jet fuel from the 650,000 bpd facility this March alone, underscoring the growing global impact of the world's largest single-train refinery, located in Lagos.
[FrontPageAfrica] Monrovia -- The Liberia National Police has come under scrutiny for using teargas to disperse students from public schools who took to the streets Tuesday to protest their teachers' go-slow actions, which are linked to the government's failure to pay teacher salaries.
[Greenpeace] NAIROBI -- Greenpeace Africa, Kenya Peasants League, and BIBA Kenya have praised the recent landmark decision by the Court of Appeal temporarily halting the importation of genetically modified (GM) crops into Kenya. Speaking at a joint press conference held at Chester House. The ruling sets an important precedent as we approach a potentially game-changing seed litigation case that will define the future of farmer-managed seed systems across Kenya and potentially Africa.
[Addis Standard] Addis Abeba -- Four Ethiopians were killed and three others wounded in an armed confrontation in Kukruk Kebele, Dasenech District, South Omo Zone, along the Ethiopia-Kenya border, in what residents and local officials described as an attack by «armed militants from Kenya's Turkana County» on Saturday, March 22, 2025.
[Vanguard] A Nigerian Consultant Urological/Robotic Surgeon, Professor Kingsley Ekwueme on Monday in Lagos pioneered the first West African robotic surgery on a prostrate cancer patient.
[Premium Times] «We want the government to understand that we are Nigerians and we vote,» he said. «We need proper healthcare facilities here.»
[Bhekisisa] As climate change intensifies, a toxic legacy grows more dangerous in Soweto. Residents living beside an old mine dump face health problems as more floods and heatwaves worsen the dangers of mining pollution.
[allAfrica] Tanzania has nominated Professor Mohamed Janabi as the next Regional Director of the World Health Organization (WHO) for Africa to advance healthcare on the continent.
[Bhekisisa] Cancellation letters, which end billions of rands of South African universities' US-government-funded HIV and TB research grants with immediate effect, started to roll in over the weekend -- and according to one affected researcher it's anticipated that over 300 such grants will be ended before the end of Sunday, holding massive implications for tertiary learning and research institutions, such as substantive job losses.
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