The United States Agency for International Development (USAID)’s Bureau of Humanitarian Assistance (BHA) has generously contributed US$5 million to the United Nations World Food Programme (WFP) to provide food and nutrition assistance to Malian refugees in Mauritania. With this crucial funding, WFP will provide cash assistance to 65,000 food-insecure refugees, as well as specialized nutritious food to 4,000 malnourished children under 5 and 350 pregnant and breastfeeding women suffering from […]

As Africa slowly inches towards widespread adoption of digital assets, it has become imperative that exchanges provide more cost-effective ways for buying, selling, receiving, and sending other digital assets. Among these assets, stablecoins have emerged as the preferred option for people seeking to invest, send remittances, and make cross-border payments. The preference hinges on the fact that stablecoins are tied to the value of the dollar, which protects against inflation […]

Ngoma* is deaf, so she didn’t hear the group of boys as they snuck up behind her on a road in her hometown of Matadi, in the Democratic Republic of the Congo. “They ambushed me, then dragged me to a secluded area and abused me,” she told UNFPA, the United Nations sexual and reproductive health agency. After the attack, she didn’t know where to turn. “They took advantage of my […]

The World Bank has extended a facility of close to $300 million to the Eastern and Southern African Trade and Development Bank (TDB), to support distributed renewable energy (DRE) and clean cooking private sector projects in eligible countries of the World Bank’s International Development Association (IDA) that are TDB member states. This new facility follows TDB’s successful financing of innovative off-grid solar projects in the region it serves which were […]

The United Nations Mission in South Sudan (UNMISS) is building and rehabilitating thousands of kilometers of roads, culverts, and other essential infrastructure to help improve security, boost economic activity, improve community wellbeing, and support peacebuilding. This year, the mission plans to repair 2,083 kilometers of roads across the country, including around 500 kilometers in Warrap, 473 kilometers in Western Equatoria, 422 in Jonglei, 400 in Lakes State, 173 in Upper […]

The African Union Transition Mission in Somalia (ATMIS) condemns Saturday’s incident in which five senior military officers – four from the United Arab Emirates (UAE) and one from Bahrain, were shot dead at the General Gordon Military Base, operated by the UAE. “On behalf of ATMIS, I condemn in the strongest terms the attack on the military trainers and Somali soldiers at the Base, who were working towards advancing Somalia’s […]

Kemi Badenoch to sign first-of-its-kind trade and investment partnership; Partnership will build on strong UK-Nigeria trading relationship worth £7 billion and unlock new opportunities in sectors such as legal, financial services and energy; Visit comes as UK energy firm Konexa sign deal to support Nigeria’s transition to sustainable energy. The UK will today [Tuesday 13 February] sign a partnership with Nigeria to boost trade and investment and unlock new opportunities for […]

The African Union Administrative Tribunal (AUAT) swore in three new Members  to serve a four-year term in the independent body entrusted with providing internal justice mechanism to staff members of the African Union. The new Members  were designated by their respective Member States following the appointment decision taken by  the Executive Council. . The appointees are the Honorable  Issoufou Boureima  of the Republic of Niger, the Honorable Mwamaka K. Ogbonnaya […]

Eatizaz Yousif, Country Director, IRC, Sudan said; "Following continued violence since April of last year, Sudan now faces the most severe hunger levels ever witnessed during what should be the harvest season—a time when food is typically more plentiful. Based on available data, discussions with experts as well as what IRC staff are seeing on the ground, we fear that seven million people could face extreme hunger by June 2024 lean […]