Trump aid cuts: Ugandan authorities concerned as malaria season starts
Kampala (Africanews): Malaria season kicks off this month across much of Africa. This disease remains the deadliest on the continent, particularly affecting children.
UN World Food Programme closes office in Southern Africa due to funding
Africanews March 5, 2025, Johannesburg (Africanews): TheWorld Food Programme (WFP) of the United Nations, which relies heavily onfunding fromthe United States, announced that it will be shutting down its southernAfrican office due to financial limitations.
Strengthening Africa’s economic growth amid global challenges
Kigali (ANA): The African Development Bank (AfDB) unveiled its 2025 Macroeconomic Performance and Outlook (MEO) report, providing insights into Africa’s economic trajectory despite persistent global challenges.
Mahamoud Ali Youssouf : an inescapable face of african diplomacy
Africa News Agency (ANA) February 23, 2025, Addis Ababa (ANA): Mahamoud Ali Youssouf, Djibouti’s Minister of Foreign Affairs since 2005, was elected the 38th Chairperson of the African Union (AU) Commission during the 38th Ordinary Session of the Assembly of the Heads of State and Government of the AU, held in Addis Ababa. Leading the continental organization for the 2025-2028 term, Youssouf succeeds Moussa Faki Mahamat.
France hands over its Port-Bouët military base to Ivory Coast
Yamusukro (Africa News): Ivory Coast officially took control of Port-Bouët, the last remaining French military base in the country on Thursday.
Artificial intelligence: Africa at the Summit for Action in Paris
Africa News Agency (ANA) February 7, 2025, Kigalui (ANA): On the occasion of the Summit for Action on AI, which will be held on February 10-11, 2025, in Paris, Africa is preparing to assert its role in the global dialogue on artificial intelligence.
Egypt urges complete Israeli exit from southern Lebanon
Beirut (Africanews): Egypt’s foreign minister stated during his visit to Lebanon on Friday that a complete «Israeli withdrawal from southern Lebanon» is essential.
ANA celebrates its 10th anniversary looking ahead to the future
Kigali (ANA): Founded in 2015, Africa News Agency (ANA) emerged to address a pressing need: to “showcase those shaping Africa today and tomorrow.”
Ghana’s John Mahama returns as president
Africa News January 8, 2025, Accra (Africa News): John Mahama has been sworn in as Ghana’s president for the third time, as the country faces its worst economic crisis in a generation.
Sudan’s war exacerbates famine crisis in displacement camps
United Nations (Africa News): Famine is spreading in Sudan as a result of a relentless war between the military and a paramilitary group that has wrecked the country and created the world’s largest displacement crisis, international hunger experts said.
