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[African Development Bank (AfDB)] The sixth Africa Resilience Forum hosted by the African Development Bank opened its doors on Tuesday in Abidjan with a call for international financial institutions (IFIs) to scale up peace finance in fragile contexts and to rally their efforts in preventing conflicts across the continent amid dwindling official development assistance.
Published on: October 02, 2025 | Source:South African activists on board the flotilla include Mandla Mandela, Zukiswa Wanner and Reaaz Moolla
Published on: October 02, 2025 | Source:Funerals are held for 36 people who died after scaffolding collapsed at an Orthodox Christian church.
Published on: October 02, 2025 | Source:Namibia and Zimbabwe seal qualification for next year's T20 World Cup in India and Sri Lanka after victories in African qualifying.
Published on: October 02, 2025 | Source:Neither the presidency nor the department of international relations has given much detail after the ambassadorβs body was found at a hotel in Paris This content is restricted to subscribers only. Join the M&G Community Our commitment at the Mail & Guardian is to ensure every reader enjoys the finest experience. Join the M&G community and support us in delivering in-depth news to you consistently. Subscribe...
Published on: October 02, 2025 | Source:Digital platforms are vital to combat youth unemployment in South Africa, addressing systemic barriers and fostering economic growth
Published on: October 02, 2025 | Source:When legislation moves beyond a compliance-oriented mindset toward a model of economic enablement, township enterprises can fully realise their potential
Published on: October 02, 2025 | Source:Paul Thomas Anderson and Leonardo DiCaprio join forces for a high-stakes, darkly hilarious thriller exploring family, revolution and lingering trauma
Published on: October 02, 2025 | Source:Paige Nick chats about her latest novel Book People, how online book clubs are shaking things up and how reading culture is changing
Published on: October 02, 2025 | Source:[WHO-AFRO] Brazzaville -- The Ebola outbreak response efforts in the Democratic Republic of the Congo are beginning to slow down the spread of the virus. Cases reported over the past three weeks are showing early signs of a downward trend. However, maintaining and ramping up control measures remain critical in stopping the outbreak.
Published on: October 02, 2025 | Source:[SAnews.gov.za] President Cyril Ramaphosa has called on the Israeli government to immediately release South Africans and other nationals abducted as part of Israeli authorities' interception of the Global Sumud Flotilla, a humanitarian mission delivering aid to Gaza.
Published on: October 02, 2025 | Source:[Vanguard] The African Health Observatory Platform on Health Systems and Policies (AHOP) says Nigeria's health system is performing at only 45 per cent, below the African regional average of 56 per cent.
Published on: October 02, 2025 | Source:[United Nations in Sudan] GENEVA (2 October 2025) - UN High Commissioner for Human Rights Volker TΓΌrk on Thursday called for urgent action to prevent large-scale, ethnically-driven attacks and atrocities in El Fasher, as the Rapid Support Forces (RSF) intensify efforts to take control of the long-besieged capital of Sudan's North Darfur State.
Published on: October 02, 2025 | Source:[263Chat] Novelist NoViolet Bulawayo has been named the winner of the Best of Caine Award 2025 for her short story Hitting Budapest which first earned her the Caine Prize for African Writing in 2011.
Published on: October 02, 2025 | Source:[263Chat] A new political movement, the National Progressive Democrats (NPD) has been launched pledging to end decades of authoritarian rule and steer the country towards what it describes as a "capable democratic developmental state."
Published on: October 02, 2025 | Source:[This Day] Abuja -- Vice-President Kashim Shettima has returned to Abuja after a successful diplomatic mission representing President Bola Tinubu at the 80th Session of the United Nations General Assembly in New York and concluding strategic engagements in Germany.
Published on: October 02, 2025 | Source:[263Chat] Health Minister has admitted that colorectal cancer is now among the top four cancers affecting the country, urging citizens over 40 to undergo routine screenings as the government moves to strengthen early detection and treatment services.
Published on: October 02, 2025 | Source:[Capital FM] Kisumu -- Kisumu has signed a Letter of Intent with the United Nations Human Settlements Programme (UN-Habitat) to roll out a large-scale social housing upgrade programme in the county.
Published on: October 02, 2025 | Source:[Shabelle] Mogadishu, Somalia -- Somali police have arrested a key suspect linked to a series of armed robberies and a shooting incident that sparked public outrage in Garasbaaley district, south of the capital Mogadishu, security officials said Thursday.
Published on: October 02, 2025 | Source:[ISS] Pilot studies show evidence-based policing can cut crime levels, but real success requires translating new approaches into daily practice.
Published on: October 02, 2025 | Source:[The New Humanitarian] Nairobi -- The war is now deemed responsible for the deaths of up to 150,000 people in mass casualty incidents and of over 500,000 people due to hunger.
Published on: October 02, 2025 | Source:Mzansi Unicorns is a podcast spotlighting exceptional South Africans making a global impact across culture, business, sport, and social change.
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Published on: October 02, 2025 | Source:[New Era] Former Namibia Football Association (NFA) secretary general Barry Rukoro has welcomed the government's recent N$10 million contribution towards the revival of the Namibia Premier Football League (NPFL).
Published on: October 02, 2025 | Source:[New Era] The trial of a man accused of coldly mutilating the body of a woman at Farm Stinkwater in Dordabis was yesterday remanded to today.
Published on: October 02, 2025 | Source:[New Era] An estimated 20 000 children aged 12 to 17 years in Namibia are exposed to dehumanising activities of online sexual exploitation and abuse annually.
Published on: October 02, 2025 | Source:[Daily Maverick] By bowing to Beijing over Taiwan, South Africa has provoked a country that is the leader in a technology critical to modern life.
Published on: October 02, 2025 | Source:[Daily Maverick] South Africans sailing with the Gaza Sumud Flotilla describe the interception, as Nkosi Zwelivelile Mandela calls for his 'immediate release' and the fleet's organisers decry the Israeli navy's action as a 'war crime'.
Published on: October 02, 2025 | Source:[Radio Dalsan] Jigjiga, -- Ethiopian Prime Minister Abiy Ahmed is set to lay the foundation stone today for a major fertilizer manufacturing plant in the Shabeel region, an ambitious project valued at nearly $3 billion.
Published on: October 02, 2025 | Source:[IPS] Boki, Nigeria -- For the past 23 years, Gabriel Oshie has started his mornings at Drill Ranch in the Afi Mountain Wildlife Sanctuary, Boki, Cross River state, southern Nigeria.
Published on: October 02, 2025 | Source:[Liberian Observer] Presiding Chamber Justice of the Supreme Court, Jamesetta Howard Wolokollie has placed a temporary stay on the controversial arrest warrant against Cllr. Musah Dean, former Justice Minister and Attorney General, in connection to the Ministry of Mines and Energy's (MME) sale of a 53.34-carat diamond for US$1,003,880.55, instead of the US$11.5 million price tag.
Published on: October 02, 2025 | Source:Rachel Iliya only took up rugby league last year but is now hoping to help Nigeria reach the Women's World Cup for the first time.
Published on: October 02, 2025 | Source:[allAfrica] One hundred days into the presidency of Dr. Sidi Ould Tah, the African Development Bank stands at a defining moment. With an historic 76 percent mandate from shareholders, Dr. Tah has been entrusted to lead Africa's premier development institution into a new era. His election reflects both confidence and expectation: confidence in his track record as a development leader, and expectation that he will not...
Published on: October 02, 2025 | Source:[New Zimbabwe] Former President Robert Mugabe's son, Robert Mugabe Jr. (33), is set to appear in court in Harare today.
Published on: October 02, 2025 | Source:[Shabelle] Garowe, Somalia -- Puntland's regional administration has renewed its sharp criticism of Somalia's Federal Government, accusing President Hassan Sheikh Mohamud of straying from the path of democratic governance and breaching foundational agreements that underpin the federal system.
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