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[The Conversation Africa] The World Bank made history in 1994 by creating the Inspection Panel, the first independent accountability mechanism at any international organisation. Its function is to investigate complaints from communities who allege they were harmed because the bank failed to comply with its own policies and procedures.
[RFI] Botswana has formally repealed sections of its penal code criminalising same-sex relations, in a rare advance for LGBTQ rights in Africa. But several governments elsewhere on the continent are introducing harsher penalties for same-sex relationships.
[RFI] A reported cyberattack on Senegal's treasury highlights the vulnerability of African institutions to cybercrime. As parts of the continent go digital at breakneck speed, countries are struggling to build up their defences against hackers and fraudsters at the same pace.
[RFI] Six million people in Somalia are facing crisis levels of food insecurity from a lack of rain and spiking food and water prices due to the Middle East war, United Nations-backed experts and humanitarian groups have warned.
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The private world of one of Africa's most powerful political women is revealed in a BBC World Service exclusive.
Design Indaba
Design Indaba drives a better world through creativity with its online design publication, annual festival and other "design activism" projects.
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AfricaDotcom
Ebola response statement from: On 15 May 2026, Africa CDC (https://AfricaCDC.org/) alerted the continent and the global community to the growing risk of
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United nations mission in: Nasir in South Sudan’s Upper Nile state, was once a vibrant town, a place where families farmed, children played, and life
World health organization who: As part of efforts to support the ongoing response to the Ebola outbreak in the Democratic Republic of the Congo, the World
Dr rasha kelej and: Merck Foundation (www.Merck-Foundation.com), the philanthropic arm of Merck KGaA Germany marks ‘World Hypertension Day 2026’
Africanews
Eighty-year-old Laurent Gbagbo was re-elected as leader of the PPA-CI party at its congress this week.
Royalties from 'Dai Dai' are dedicated to FIFA's fund aiming to expand access to quality education and football opportunities for children.
An outbreak in DR Congo has been declared a health emergency, with almost 250 suspected cases reported.
Ugandan officials confirm that a Congolese man who died at the health facility had tested positive for the highly contagious haemorrhagic fever.
It was Francis Ngannou's second mixed martial arts bout in four years and he immediately teased the possibility of new fights.
The founding of the SPLA in 1983 saw the start of Sudan’s second civil war which ultimately led to South Sudan’s independence in 2011.
[allAfrica] The death of former Botswana president Festus Mogae should force Africa into an uncomfortable but necessary conversation: why does staying too long in power so often end badly on our continent?
