She was honoured “for her efforts to promote peace and international law”, the Norwegian Nobel Committee said in a statement.

On 7 October, in Mauritius, Africa takes an important step toward reshaping its relationship with global capital markets. The ...

In Tanzania, Eunice Okama, founder and legal representative of the Young Moms Unite Initiative (YMUI), works at the ...

At the African Union’s first Debt Conference held in Lomé, Togo, in May 2025, leaders and experts proposed concrete reforms to address rising debt distress across the continent. With several African ...

Although Africa holds more than 30 per cent of the world’s critical green minerals—including cobalt, lithium, manganese, and rare earth elements vital for building batteries, wind turbines and solar ...

African leaders are sharpening their focus on digital sovereignty, warning that the continent’s economic future will depend not just on connectivity, but on who controls its data—and where it is ...

For a continent where 70 percent of the population is under 30 and which is projected to account for a quarter of the world’s population by 2050, the question is not whether AI will reshape Africa—but ...

Across the continent, a staggering 600 million people remain without access to electricity, a number that translates into significant energy poverty, particularly in rural Africa, where 70-80 million ...

The pursuit of reparations has long animated African and global dialogues about justice. Since 1963, when the Organization of African Unity (OAU)—the predecessor to the African Union (AU) — first took ...

“Digital violence against women and girls is not inevitable; it is preventable.” UN Women’s Nyaradzayi Gumbonzvanda on this year’s 16 Days of Activism to End Gender-based Violence. Each year, from 25 ...