Migration should be embraced, not feared.
Stories & Blogs ECA (Story )"Migration is not a problem to solve, but an opportunity to seize," says Walter Kasempa, AU/IOM Migration Ambassador.
Tackling Illicit Financial Flows: Africa's Path to Reparatory Justice.
Stories & Blogs ECA (Story )“Africa is experiencing significant losses, estimated at around $40 billion annually, due to illicit financial flows (IFFs) in the extractive sector” Antonio Pedro, (ECA).
Sudan: Drone strikes must be investigated
Stories & Blogs OHCHR (Press Release )The deadly aerial strike this week on a UN humanitarian convoy in Al Koma, North Darfur, clearly undermines access by civilians to assistance and violates the international humanitarian law prohibition of attacks against humanitarian personnel and objects
Zimbabwe moves to streamline gender data reporting.
Stories & Blogs ECA (Story )Zimbabwe is overhauling how it tracks gender equality, following national consensus on a unified monitoring and reporting framework to fix fragmented systems, outdated data, inconsistent and unharmonized indicators for gender equality and women’s empowerm
Libya: Sites of gross human rights violations must be sealed and impartially investigated - Türk
Stories & Blogs OHCHR (Press Release )UN Human Rights Chief Volker Türk said on Wednesday he was shocked by revelations of gross human rights violations uncovered at official and unofficial detention facilities run by the Stabilization Support Apparatus (SSA) force in Tripoli.
Tanzania hosts continental push for inclusive internet governance.
Stories & Blogs ECA (News )More than 1,000 delegates from across the continent and beyond gathered in Dar es Salaam from 29 to 31 May for the 14th Africa Internet Governance Forum (AfIGF).
Reparatory justice in the age of Artificial Intelligence
Stories & Blogs OHCHR (Story )The overarching theme of the 2025 session of the Permanent Forum on People of African Descent was “Africa and people of African descent: United for reparatory justice in the age of Artificial Intelligence,”
Leveraging the contribution of Basotho diaspora to Lesotho sustainable development.
Stories & Blogs ECA (Story )“It is time for Lesotho to broaden the scope of diaspora contributions and more effectively channel them toward sustainable development,” stated Ms. Maseeiso Lekholoane (ECA).
Sudan: UN expert calls for end to attacks on critical civilian infrastructure amidst intensifying drone strikes.
Stories & Blogs OHCHR (Press Release )The designated Expert on human rights in Sudan of the UN High Commissioner for Human Rights, expressed deep concern at the recent intensification of drone strikes and the expansion of the conflict to Red Sea state in eastern Sudan.