A $90 Billion World Bank Plan to Electrify Africa Gets Underway
A plan to bring electricity to 300 million Africans by 2030, backed by an initial pledge of $30 billion from the World Bank ...
Mpox is not under control in Africa, warns Africa CDC
The mpox outbreak in Africa is still not under control, the Africa Centres for Disease Control and Prevention (Africa CDC) ...
South Africa central bank joins easing club with 25 basis point rate cut
South Africa's central bank struck a measured tone after its first rate cut in more than four years on Thursday, saying ...
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Gavi gives Africa 0.5 million doses of newly approved Mpox vaccine
Gavi, the Vaccine Alliance, will purchase 500,000 doses of MVA-BN, the Bavarian Nordic Mpox vaccine, as part of an ...
UN peacekeeping in Africa: essential reads on what’s gone wrong and what can be done
Similarly, peace operations expert Jenna Russo argues that the issue lies in the peacekeeping approach. Stabilisation ...
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South African economy under strain as MPC opts for modest repo-rate cut
There are scenarios where inflation could undershoot the baseline focus, if oil prices are lower or the exchange rate ...
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Five Ways the World Bank Group Will Achieve “Mission 300”
The World Bank Group, together with the African Development Bank, has committed to providing access to electricity to 300 ...
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Health authority says mpox not under control in Africa
Mpox is not under control in Africa, the Africa Centres for Disease Control and Prevention (CDC) said on Thursday. Within a ...
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Africa climate report a useful policy tool as COP29 approaches
THE latest State of the Climate in Africa report, which provides an overview of the extent of the climate crisis facing the ...
Rwanda begins vaccinations against mpox amid a call for more doses for Africa
The African health agency says that Rwanda has started a vaccination campaign against mpox with 1,000 doses it obtained from ...
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Insights into South African population history from 10,000-year-old human DNA
Ancient DNA has provided spectacular insights into human history, particularly in Europe and Asia, where researchers have reconstructed the genomes of thousands of people. However, fewer than two ...