The Pan-African Film Festival of Ouagadougou returns to Burkina Faso this weekend after being canceled last year due to the COVID-19 pandemic. One Burkinabe director, who has made a film documenting a nursery for the infants of sex workers, talks about the importance of telling African stories through cinema. Moumouni Sanou is a documentary film […]
Lebanese Prime Minister Najib Mikati has announced a day of mourning for Friday, a day after deadly fighting erupted in Beirut. At least six people were killed and 32 others injured when gunfire broke out in the Lebanese capital. It began during a protest by the Shia Muslim groups Hezbollah and Amal against the judge […]
The United States is donating 17 million doses of the one-shot Johnson & Johnson vaccine to the African Union, bringing the total American donation to the continent to 67 million doses. The U.S. previously donated 50 million doses to the AU, which has 55 member states, including some of the world’s poorest nations. The new […]
Former US President Bill Clinton has been receiving hospital treatment in California for a “non-Covid-related infection”. Mr Clinton, 75, is “on the mend” and “in good spirits” after being admitted to UC Irvine Medical Center on Tuesday, spokesman Angel Ureña said. Though it is unclear what led to the admission, Mr Clinton has a history […]
The Environmental Protection Agency (EPA), in partnership with the American Embassy, Thursday inaugurated three Air Quality Monitoring stations in Accra, expected to generate real-time accurate data for public awareness creation and policy formulation. Two out of the three state-of–the art air quality monitoring stations were established by the Ministry of Environment, Science, Technology and Innovation […]
A South Sudan women’s rights activist has been named one of three winners of an award given by Amnesty International USA recognizing women who the group says “protect the dignity, liberties and lives of women and children in crisis regions.” Riya William Yuyada, executive director of Crown the Women-South Sudan, was honored for her commitment […]
Hundreds of migrants in Libya’s Ain Zara detention centre live in basic conditions, sleeping on mattresses in the open air after a crackdown that rights groups have condemned. Libya is home to nearly 600,000 migrants, according to U.N. figures. Most are from sub-Saharan Africa, some attracted by the prospect of work in the oil-rich country […]
The World Health Organization (WHO) says a new taskforce may be the last chance to find the origins of Covid-19. It has nominated 26 experts to join the body, the Scientific Advisory Group on the Origins of Novel Pathogens (Sago). More than a year-and-a-half since the virus was detected in the Chinese city of Wuhan, […]
Prince William has suggested entrepreneurs should focus on saving Earth rather than engaging in space tourism. The Duke of Cambridge said great brains and minds should be “trying to repair this planet, not trying to find the next place to go and live”. He also warned about a rise in “climate anxiety” among younger generations. […]
Ambassador Linda Thomas-Greenfield returned to public service earlier this year when President Joe Biden nominated her to be the representative of the United States to the United Nations. The veteran diplomat had a 35-year career with the U.S. foreign service that included major roles in U.S. policy toward sub-Saharan Africa as well as management leadership […]
