Climate action for Africa in 2023: three big developments

Climate action for Africa in 2023: three big developments

By Nicholas P. Simpson, Overseas Development Institute 2023 is highly likely to be the hottest year ever recorded. And climate change is to blame for one-quarter of the global population being exposed to dangerous levels of extreme heat. We need signs that countries are taking steps to address this. Specifically, we need climate action that helps us adapt and that cuts greenhouse gas emissions, if we want to minimise the […]

November 30, 2023 4

Africa

Uganda confirms anthrax outbreak

Uganda's Health Ministry has confirmed an outbreak of Anthrax in the central district of Kyotera. So far the death toll has gone up to 17. Isabel Nakirya reports.

November 29, 2023 18

Namibia

Government rolls out food voucher system to all 14 regions

The government is rolling out its food voucher system to all 14 regions following a successful pilot in the Oshana Region. According to the Namibia Press Agency, as part of the Commodity and Beneficiary Management Information System, an alternative drought relief delivery mechanism, the system digitizes and automates the food relief beneficiary system. Deputy Prime Minister Netumbo Nandi-Ndaitwah explained that beneficiaries will use vouchers to redeem food items at local […]

November 29, 2023 14

Namibia

Walvis Bay mayor laments lack of fishing quota allocation

Walvis Bay Mayor Trevino Forbes is surprised that the town does not benefit directly from fishing quotas, despite being a source. He highlights ongoing challenges, including daily hunger for over 20% of the population, 40% youth unemployment, and a housing crisis causing loss of lives.

November 28, 2023 47

Namibia

Digitalization initiative to benefit rural learners

The Minister of Education, Arts and Culture Anna Nghipondoka opened the Digital School High-Level meeting in Cape Town, where Namibia, along with other SADC countries, is selected for the UAE/WFP Phase 1 Digitalization Initiative. The initiative aims to provide digital devices and ICT training to benefit learners in remote areas of Namibia and the SADC region.

November 28, 2023 43

Africa

Gunmen attack military barracks in Sierra Leone

Authorities in Sierra Leone say twenty people were killed after gunmen attacked a military Barracks in Freetown, the country's capital. Tesem Akende reports.

November 28, 2023 24

Africa

Breaking: African Leadership Magazine Unveils Nominees for the African Persons of the Year (POTY) 2023

Following the call for nominations which ended recently and attracted submissions from Africans across the continent and in Diaspora, the African Leadership Magazine (ALM) is pleased to unveil a shortlist of nominees for the 12th African Leadership Magazine Persons of the Year 2023. Subsequently, public voting is now open and the general public is therefore invited to visit the ALM website (www.africanleadershipmagazine.co.uk) to vote for their choice nominees on the […]

November 28, 2023 17

Africa

Malawi makes first large-scale wheat harvest

Malawi has made its first successful large-scale wheat harvest after trying for years to find a grain variety suitable for its soil. According to radio network Voice of America, Malawi imports 200,000 tonnes of wheat at $48 million. To achieve self-sufficiency, it may take the country four years to produce enough wheat. Meanwhile, Agriculture experts in Malawi say wheat farming is expected to produce about 90 metric tons, which is […]

November 23, 2023 13

Africa

WHO says the arrival of malaria vaccines in Africa are a ‘breakthrough moment’

More than 330,000 doses of the World Health Organisation-recommended RTS,S malaria vaccine have arrived in Cameroon – a historic step towards broader vaccination against one of the deadliest diseases for African children. Dominika Mortimer reports on the development.

November 23, 2023 9