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- Africa’s space economy is worth $24.95 billion. Here is how satellite data and climate-smart ag are driving the next wave of investment.
Africa’s space economy has quietly rocketed past a major milestone. Valued at $24.95 billion in 2025, the sector is no longer a...
Ukraine war briefing: Sweden jammed Russian drone near French aircraft carrier amid hybrid war fears
France suspects Russian ‘provocation’ amid worries Moscow will interfere in European elections as part of broader strategy against Ukraine. What we know on day 1,466
The Swedish military confirmed on Friday that a drone it jammed near a French aircraft carrier this week was Russian, amid...
Note: This op-ed was originally published in Washington Post and was authored by John Prendergast, Co-Founder of The Sentry, and Geoffrey Mills.
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Nigeria’s lead female presidential Obiageli Ezekwesili has withdrawn from the race with just 22 days left to the much hyped polls.
In a statement released Thursday (24 January) she said she was stepping aside from “to help build a coalition to defeat” the two main contenders –...
Oliver Mtukudzi is no more. For decades he was not only a household name in Africa, but across the globe and appealed to a diverse audiences. However, as we reported in the archive piece below when Ish Mafundikwa caught up with him back in 2012, there was much much more to the affable Tuku,...
Perhaps for the first time since the fall of the Berlin Wall in 1989, the annual gathering of the world’s richest nations (and a fair sprinkling of those on the other side of the divide) for the World Economic Forum summit at Davos, Switzerland, will show more fissures than the proverbial Swiss...
The election of Dr. Abiy Ahmed as Ethiopia’s new Prime Minister could well prove to be a pivotal moment in the country’s history. Suddenly, everything is possible. By Mimi Alemayehou
Certain years in the life of a nation can be so pivotal that they represent a rebirth. Think of 1865,...
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Established by the Economic and Social Council (ECOSOC) of the United Nations (UN) in 1958 as one of the UN’s five regional commissions, ECA’s mandate is...