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Africa: $2.5 Billion in Funding From Gates Foundation To End Women's 'Needless Suffering'
[allAfrica] Monrovia -- The largest pledge ever by the Gates Foundation for research work into "chronically underfunded areas" of women's health was announced by the foundation on Monday. The foundation's commitment is U.S.$2.5 billion for health research and development, and will support more than 40 innovations, particularly those affecting women in low- and middle-income countries.
Published on: August 06, 2025 | Source:
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Dutch privacy watchdog warns against IsraeliΒ terms for aid organisations
EU privacy regulators will discuss how the new measures tally with the EUβs data transfer deal with Israel.
Published on: August 06, 2025 | Source:At least one killed as massive wildfire in southern France continues to burn
A massive wildfire has left at least one person dead, while nine others have been reported injured. The blaze is France's largest wildfire so far this summer.
Published on: August 06, 2025 | Source:Ghanaian star Shatta Wale's luxury car surrendered over alleged link to US crime
Shatta Wale criticises the authorities the seizure of his car and says he is unaware of its link to crime.
Published on: August 06, 2025 | Source:Africa: Africa Climate Summit in Ethiopia to Attract Between 20,000 and 25,000 for Bold Climate Action
[ENA] Addis Ababa -- The Ministry of Planning and Development has announced that the Second Africa Climate Summit (ACS2), set to take place in Addis Ababa from September 8 to 10, 2025, is expected to attract between 20,000 and 25,000 participants.
Published on: August 06, 2025 | Source:West Africa: Liberians Enjoy Free Roaming Under Ecowas Mobile Reform
[Liberian Investigator] MONROVIA - After years of steep mobile charges that crippled cross-border communication, Liberian travelers across West Africa now have reason to celebrate. The Liberia Telecommunications Authority (LTA) has announced changes under the ECOWAS Free Roaming Regulation, allowing Liberians to receive free incoming calls and benefit from drastically reduced roaming costs when traveling in select...
Published on: August 06, 2025 | Source:West Africa: Ecowas Parliament Delegation Visits LDEA, Pledges Regional Cooperation On Drug Fight
[Liberian Investigator] A high-powered delegation from the Economic Community of West African States (ECOWAS) Parliament on Tuesday visited the headquarters of the Liberia Drug Enforcement Agency (LDEA) in Monrovia, signaling growing regional attention to Liberia's intensifying drug crisis.
Published on: August 06, 2025 | Source:Liberia: Key CDC Figures Poised to Exit As Party Alliances Collapse and Crisis Deepens
[Liberian Investigator] MONROVIA - The Coalition for Democratic Change, once the dominant political force that swept George Manneh Weah to power in 2017, is unraveling fast. Less than two years after its electoral defeat, the party is hemorrhaging allies, expelling top officials, and bracing for splinter movements led by its stalwarts.
Published on: August 06, 2025 | Source:Kenya: CS Ruku Dismisses Rigging Claims, Says Development Will Secure Ruto Second Term
[Capital FM] Nairobi -- Public Service Cabinet Secretary Geoffrey Ruku has dismissed claims that President William Ruto plans to rig the 2027 General Election, describing the allegations as baseless and politically driven.
Published on: August 06, 2025 | Source:Somalia: Federal Troops Seal Off Mogadishu's Siinaay Market in Pre-Dawn Operation, Forcing Civilian Evacuation
[Radio Dalsan] MOGADISHU -- Federal Government of Somalia (FGS) forces launched a massive crackdown in the Siinaay neighborhood of Mogadishu early this morning, shutting down the popular Siinaay Market and triggering fresh displacement of residents in an already fragile city.
Published on: August 06, 2025 | Source:South Africa: SAWS Warns of Cold Weather Conditions
[SAnews.gov.za] The South African Weather Service (SAWS) has warned that a cut-off-low is expected to result in cloudy and cold conditions over the central and eastern parts of the country between Wednesday and Thursday.
Published on: August 06, 2025 | Source:Zimbabwe: Serial Attempted Murder and Robbery Suspect Arrested in Bulawayo
[New Zimbabwe] The Zimbabwe Republic Police (ZRP) has arrested a 25-year-old Bulawayo man who is a suspect in a spate of robbery and attempted murder cases in the city.
Published on: August 06, 2025 | Source:Congo-Kinshasa: Beni - La Monusco Construit UN Bâtiment Pour La Société Civile
[Monusco] Civil society in the territory of Beni, in North Kivu, will soon have a functional building to meet, deliberate and work in better conditions. Construction work began on Tuesday, August 5 in Oicha, the territorial capital, by MONUSCO's Civil Affairs Section.
Published on: August 06, 2025 | Source:South Africa: With a PhD At 74, This Veteran Nurse Is Still Leading With Grace and Grit
[spotlight] With humour, warmth and steely resolve, Princess Anne-Sheilah Makhado speaks to Spotlight about her long journey as a nurse, of creating solutions in the public health system, and her burning passion for motivating women and girls to unlock their talents.
Published on: August 06, 2025 | Source:South Africa: The Tariff Trap - Why the Minister's Electricity Review Doesn't Mean Prices Will Fall and How Businesses Can Stay a Step Ahead
[allAfrica] Last month, municipal electricity customers across South Africa were hit with an 11.32% tariff hike - just months after Eskom-direct clients faced a 12.74% increase. The hikes triggered public uproar, sparking protests and prompting Minister of Electricity Dr Kgosientsho Ramokgopa to concede that the increases were unaffordable and could lead to 'energy poverty.' He has since called for a formal review of...
Published on: August 06, 2025 | Source:Exclusive: Israel 'targeted civilians' in Gaza, UK government staff told
Exclusive: Israel 'targeted civilians' in Gaza, UK government staff told Submitted by Imran Mulla on Wed, 08/06/2025 - 11:29 No Labour minister has ever publicly accused the Israeli military of targeting civilians British Foreign Secretary David Lammy speaks to the media at a conference on Palestine and a two-state solution at the UN on July 29 2025 in New York (AFP) Off Diplomatic relations between Britain and Israel...
Published on: August 06, 2025 | Source:Revealed: βCali Fundβ for nature still empty as emails show industry hesitation
A major fund for biodiversity remains starved of resources more than five months after its... The post Revealed: βCali Fundβ for nature still empty as emails show industry hesitation appeared first on Carbon Brief.
Published on: August 06, 2025 | Source:Italy gets final approval for β¬13.5B Sicily bridge project
Italy on Wednesday secured the final approval on the long-delayed 13.5 billion Strait of Messina bridge linking mainland Italy with Sicily. The Interministerial Committee for Economic Planning and Sustainable Development confirmed the projectβs feasibility. Construction could begin once the decision becomes officially executable β likely in a few months. The infrastructure ministry, under Matteo Salvini, [β¦]
Published on: August 06, 2025 | Source:Dam Destroyed Near Klyuchevskoy Volcano in Russiaβs Far East
Lava from Klyuchevskoy volcano is currently descending toward the Bogdanovich Glacier, causing accelerated ice melt. On Wednesday, Russian authorities confirmed that a dam has been destroyed near the Klyuchevskoy Volcano on the Kamchatka Peninsula in Russiaβs Far East, raising concerns over potential mudflows and transportation disruptions in the region. RELATED: Klyuchevskoy Volcano Sends Ash Plume [β¦]
Published on: August 06, 2025 | Source:The lawsuit that could change football
Transfer fees and wages have become as much a part of the football discourse as goals and titles. But a new lawsuit aimed at FIFA and football associations including Germanyβs could force sweeping changes.
Published on: August 06, 2025 | Source:Armed militia kill hundreds in eastern DR Congo
Hopes for peace in the Democratic Republic of the Congo (DRC) have been shaken by a surge in brutal attacks on civilians by armed groups, including the Rwandan-backed M23 militia, in the countryβs troubled eastern region.
Published on: August 06, 2025 | Source:Gaza: Alarm over Israeli move to deregister NGOs
Aid agencies warned on Wednesdaythat most partner organizations providing vital relief across Gaza will likely have to shut down their operations within weeks, unless Israel withdraws its demand that they provide sensitive information about Palestinian employees.
Published on: August 06, 2025 | Source:Hiroshima, 80 years on: βReal changeβ needed to end existential nuclear threat
The world changed forever 80 years ago this Wednesday when the United States dropped an atomic bomb on the Japanese city of Hiroshima during the Second World War.
Published on: August 06, 2025 | Source:βLandlocked to landlinkedβ: UN summit seeks to turn geography into opportunity
For the worldβs landlocked developing countries (LLDCs), geography isnβt just a challenge, itβs a costly barrier to trade. Cut off from direct access to the sea, these nations face steep transport costs, sluggish delivery times, and a maze of border procedures that slow down economic progress.
Published on: August 06, 2025 | Source:World News in Brief: Funding schools in Afghanistan, Seaweed farming in Latin America, drought in Somalia
The UN World Food Programme (WFP) on Wednesday welcomed a contribution of $3.5 million from the Government of Indonesia to support the agencyβs school meal programme in Afghanistan.
Published on: August 06, 2025 | Source:Ceasefire in doubt as Rwanda-backed rebels kill hundreds in eastern DR Congo
Hopes for peace in the Democratic Republic of the Congo (DRC) have been shaken by a surge in brutal attacks on civilians by armed groups, including the Rwandan-backed M23 militia, in the countryβs troubled eastern region.
Published on: August 06, 2025 | Source:Just 1.5 per cent of Gazaβs agricultural land remains accessible and undamaged
UN data published on Wednesday underscores the tiny amount of cultivable land that remains in the Gaza Strip, contributing to the famine-like conditions now being endured by more than two million people there.
Published on: August 06, 2025 | Source:Syria: Ceasefire under strain as violence and aid access issues persist in Sweida
Hostilities have continued in Sweida, Syria, despite a ceasefire agreement, the UN Office for the Coordination of Humanitarian Affairs (OCHA) said in an update published on Wednesday.
Published on: August 06, 2025 | Source:Landlocked nations βinvisible to much of the worldβ: UN trade and development chief
Trapped by geography and squeezed by global market forces, the worldβs 32 landlocked developing countries remain among the poorest β and most overlooked.
Published on: August 06, 2025 | Source:Iran executes one man accused of spying for Israel and another for Islamic State links
Rouzbeh Vadi shared classified information about an Iranian nuclear scientist to Israelβs intelligence service, the Mossad, state media reported.
Published on: August 06, 2025 | Source:Twenty killed in Gaza after truck overturns amid 'Israeli-engineered' aid chaos
Twenty killed in Gaza after truck overturns amid 'Israeli-engineered' aid chaos Submitted by Mera Aladam on Wed, 08/06/2025 - 09:07 Local media say Israeli army forced drivers to take unsecured and unsafe routes A Palestinian woman holds a child in the aftermath of an overnight Israeli strike in Gaza City, on 6 August 2025 (Reuters/Dawoud Abu Alkas) Off A truckcarrying relief supplies overturned on Wednesday in the...
Published on: August 06, 2025 | Source:Charity pleads for kidnapped aid worker's release
Irish charity appeals for the release of its employee Gena Heraty who was kidnapped in Haiti.
Published on: August 06, 2025 | Source:Despite tough talk, most Canadian, Mexican goods dodge new Trump tariffs
Canada and Mexico have been at the centre of Trump's tariff positioning from day one, but it seems that the pre-existing USMCA deal protects most goods from US tariffs.
Published on: August 06, 2025 | Source:Israeli army chief will have to 'execute' govt decisions on Gaza, defence minister says
Israeli army chief will have to 'execute' govt decisions on Gaza, defence minister says The Israeli military will have to execute any government decisions onGaza, the defence minister said Wednesday after reported disagreements over the prospect of a full occupation of the Palestinian territory. Israel Katz's statement on X came after reports in the Israeli media in recent days suggested that military chief Eyal Zamir...
Published on: August 06, 2025 | Source:More than 100 missing after flash floods in India
Many rescue teams have been unable to reach the area because of damaged roads and bad weather.
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