[Nyasa Times] A shocking new report has revealed that non-communicable diseases (NCDs) now account for approximately 40 percent of all deaths in Malawi, prompting urgent calls for stronger political leadership, funding and community action.
[New Zimbabwe] STREET vendors in Harare have vowed to defy a government order to vacate the streets, describing the ultimatum as insensitive and out of touch with the harsh economic realities forcing thousands of Zimbabweans into informal trading.
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Spain's Prime Minister Pedro Sánchez on Thursday rejected, again, suggestions that Moroccan authorities helped orchestrate the deadly mass crossing of migrants from Morocco into the Spanish exclave of Ceuta, as pressure grows over his handling of the crisis
A Tunisian court started hearing on Thursday the final appeal of scores of opposition figures accused of plotting against the state.
Conservationists say climate change and water management across national borders make regional cooperation essential, with AEWA supporting a coordinated conservation plan for the bird.
[allAfrica] Nairobi -- Keynote Address to the 20th Anniversary of the Alliance for Green Revolution in Africa (AGRA) on August 31, 2026
[Bird Story Agency] Kenyan businesses and community groups are turning discarded cotton stalks, gin waste and textile offcuts into briquettes, household textiles and mattress filling. The emerging industry could create new income for farmers and women-led enterprises.
[Bird Story Agency] A new training centre in Garoua is teaching young women to turn locally grown cotton thread into finished fabric. Still operating on a modest scale, Gaaraadji is creating incomes, developing scarce textile skills and showing how Cameroon could process more of one of its most important crops at home.
Boye founded the Collective of Victims of Irregular Migration in Senegal in 2020. The group now supports more than a hundred women, while working with organisations including the Red Cross to trace missing migrants
South Africa's economic hub Johannesburg was born from a gold rush in the 19th century. Today, the illegal mining of gold and other minerals is threatening its infrastructure - damaging the city's transport and power networks, as well as homes and buildings.
