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In March of this year, the Global Fund to End Modern Slavery published prevalence estimates of forced labor among Kenyan and Ugandan citizens who traveled to the states of the Gulf Cooperation Council (GCC) for employment. The results were shocking: 99 percent of the Kenyans claimed to have been…

The United Arab Emirates has reportedly banned nationals of some 20 African countries from entering its capital city, Dubai. "This is to inform you that we will not be posting 30 days visa applications for these nationalities effective today…

Wealthy states colludedwithcorporate giants in 2021 to dupe people with empty slogans and false promises of a fair recovery from the Covid-19 pandemic while many people from Africa were denied life-saving vaccines, in what amounts to one of the greatest betrayals of our times, said…

CAPE TOWN, South Africa (AP) — Mark Boucher couldn’t do it in his long career as a player. Maybe as a coach?Boucher will sign off as South Africa coach after the Twenty20 World Cup, giving him one last chance to help end a 30-year jinx for the Proteas at major limited-overs tournaments.South…

By Youssef Mahmoud and Chimwemwe A. Fabiano For decades, the African continent has been the graveyard of short-term interventions driven by a seemingly well-intentioned but myopic international peacebuilding agenda bent on safeguarding a flawed state-centric international…

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In an emergency session on March 2, 2022, the United Nations (U.N.) voted on a resolution to condemn Russia’s invasion of Ukraine. Among other statements, the resolution “eplores in the strongest terms the aggression by the Russian Federation against Ukraine, “emands that the Russian…

Senegal’s (43) performance on the CPI has significantly improved (from 36) in the last decade, gaining 9 points from 2012 to 2016. Advancements during this period include the creation of the Office for the Fight against Fraud and Corruption (OFNAC) and passage of the asset declaration law, among…

MOMBASA, Kenya (AP) — Rich countries said they will spend about $25 billion by 2025 to boost Africa’s efforts to adapt to climate change as the continent continues to struggle with drought, cyclones and extreme heat, according to officials at a summit in Rotterdam in the…

A new study has linked an invasive insecticide-resistant mosquito native to South Asia to an unprecedented urban outbreak of malaria in Ethiopia, the most compelling evidence to date that the mosquito, which is fast expanding its range, could cause infections to surge in areas of…