Sustainability “not just financial”: Caritas Africa Official Calls for Spiritual Growth at Lusophone Forum

It aimed to foster the role of the Church promoting the right to life, sanitation, a healthy environment, solidarity economy, protection, housing, healthcare, education, food security, and active citizenship. The Kenyan Caritas official lauded the...

Guinea-Bissau Inaugurates Guidelines To Reduce Maternal Mortality

(MENAFN- APO Group) In an important step to reduce maternal mortality, Guinea-Bissau has launched its first-ever national guidelines for maternal health, focused on improving care before, during and after childbirth. The Ministry of Health, with...

Morocco ranks 135th in climate change, achieves mixed results in 2024 Global Justice Index

Morocco ranked 135th in addressing climate change as part of promoting global justice in 2021, far behind countries such as Gabon, which came 8th globally, Guinea-Bissau in 24th place, and Zambia in 25th place, according to the 2024 Global Justice...

UEMOA Economic Growth Eases to 6.5% as Regional Inflation Drops

The West African Economic and Monetary Union maintained robust economic momentum despite a slight moderation in growth during the second quarter, as regional policymakers expressed confidence in the bloc’s resilience amid global economic...

Africa highly appreciates Azerbaijan's peace and climate diplomacy

Baku, September 6, AZERTAC During the United Nations Framework Convention on Climate Change (UNFCCC) Africa Climate Week (ACW), an event co-organized by the Azerbaijani COP29 Presidency and the Baku Climate and Peace Action Hub in the Ethiopian...

Africa applauds Azerbaijan’s diplomatic efforts in climate and peace [PHOTOS]

Africa has praised Azerbaijan for its proactive diplomatic engagement in climate action and peacebuilding. The remarks were made yesterday during the “Vulnerable Countries Forum,” organized by Azerbaijan’s COP29 Presidency and the Baku Center for...

Africa highly values Azerbaijan's diplomatic efforts in climate field

Africa highly values Azerbaijan’s diplomatic efforts in climate and peace, APA reports. These remarks were voiced yesterday in Addis Ababa, the capital of Ethiopia, during the Forum of Vulnerable Countries, organized within the framework of the UN...

ECOWAS Begins Guinea-Bissau Flood Response Assessment Mission

ECOWAS launched a six-day monitoring and evaluation mission in Guinea-Bissau on Sunday to assess the impact of humanitarian interventions following devastating floods that displaced thousands in 2022. The mission, led by the Department of...

Guinea-Bissau cracks down on foreign media as elections near

When Portuguese public broadcasters RTP and RDP, and the news agency Lusa, were suddenly blocked in Guinea-Bissau on August 15, one of the first to feel the effects was Indira Correia Balde. "It started when our colleague Fatima Tchuma Camara, a...

Oceanographic, environmental science summer school launched

AFRICA Universities in countries in the Gulf of Guinea, working with international partners, have launched the Gulf of Guinea Ocean Sciences Summer School dedicated to oceanographic and environmental studies for students and early-career...

Chimpanzees consume the equivalent of more than two alcoholic drinks per day

Our closest living primate relatives may prefer tree-hopping over bar-hopping, but they do consume quite a bit of alcohol through their food, a new study finds. Primatologists had long suspected that chimpanzees ingest sizeable amounts of alcohol,...

Spain arrests 19 on suspicion of torture and murder after 50 disappear from migrant boat

Spanish police say they have arrested 19 people suspected of murder and torture after more than 50 went missing from a migrant boat that was travelling from Senegal to the Canary Islands. Police suspect some of the victims were accused of being...

Portugal reinforces sound relations with China

Portuguese Prime Minister Luis Montenegro was the first foreign head of government to visit China following the September 3 commemoration of the 80th anniversary of the victory in the Chinese People’s War of Resistance Against Japanese Aggression...

GDP growth in West African monetary bloc slows to 6.5 pct in Q2

DAKAR, Sept. 17 (Xinhua) -- The gross domestic product (GDP) growth in the West African Economic and Monetary Union (UEMOA) zone slowed slightly in the second quarter of 2025, easing from 7 percent to 6.5 percent, Governor of the Central Bank of...

Africa: Understanding hidden lifeline of groundwater recharge

Groundwater recharge, the process by which rainfall infiltrates the ground and replenishes underground aquifers, is fundamental to water security. Across Africa, it is the backbone of drinking-water provision and is increasingly being sourced and...

Economic Community Of West African States (ECOWAS) Supports Cabo Verde And Guinea-Bissau In Domestication And Implementation Of Community Fiscal Directives

(MENAFN- African Press Organization) ABUJA, Nigeria, August 29, 2025/APO Group/ -- The Economic Community of West African States (ECOWAS), through its Directorate of Customs Union and Taxation, conducted consultative missions to Cabo Verde and...

U.S. State Department Issues Travel Warnings For 16 African Countries — What To Know

As of this reporting, the United States government dissuades its citizens against traveling to 16 countries in Africa. In mid-September 2025, the State Department issued either its highest or second-highest travel advisories for 16 African...

ECOWAS supports Cabo Verde, Guinea Bissau in domestication, implantation of Community fiscal directives

Africa THE Economic Community of West African States, ECOWAS, through its Directorate of Customs Union and Taxation, conducted consultative missions to Cabo Verde and Guinea-Bissau from 16 to 23 August 2025 to follow up on the domestication and...

Abuja hosts regional workshop on protecting elections in information environment

Africa A regional workshop on protecting elections in the information environment opened on Wednesday, 27th August 2025, in Abuja, Nigeria. The meeting is organised by the International Institute for Democracy and Electoral Assistance,...

ECOWAS Advances Fiscal Integration in Cabo Verde and Guinea-Bissau

The Economic Community of West African States has completed assessment missions to Cabo Verde and Guinea-Bissau, evaluating progress on regional tax harmonization efforts that could reshape fiscal policies across the 12-member bloc. ECOWAS...