Visa-free policy would double Africa’s US$190bn tourism revenue – Julius Debrah

The Chief of Staff, Julius Debrah, has stressed the urgent need to dismantle barriers that prevent the free movement of people, goods, and services across the African continent. He insisted that the over US$190 billion generated annually from...

Visa-Free policy would double Africa’s US$190 billion tourism revenue — Julius Debrah

The Chief of Staff, Julius Debrah, has stressed the urgent need to dismantle barriers that prevent the free movement of people, goods, and services across the African continent. He insisted that the over US$190 billion generated annually from...

Ghost of the Caliphate: How Africa Became the Global Epicenter of the Islamic State

While global attention has begun to splinter across the Ukraine war, renewed tensions in Gaza, and ongoing great power competition, Islamic State (ISIS) has executed one of the most successful strategic transformations in modern jihadism: it has...

Geopolitics throttles East African aviation

A Gemini-generated image depicting how geopolitics has choked East African aviation How regional disputes create the perfect storm for regional airlines ANALYSIS | IAN KATUSIIME | East African skies are open, but the politics on the ground are...

Chikungunya: A debilitating virus surges globally as mosquitoes move with warming climate

GENEVA – A mosquito-borne virus that can leave infected people debilitated for years is spreading to more regions of the world, as climate change creates new habitats for the insects that carry it. More than 240,000 cases of the virus,...

Historic pan-African road trip kicks off in Accra today to promote visa-free Africa by 2030

The Trans African Tourism & Unity Campaign has embarked on a historic 40,000-kilometre road journey across 39 African countries, starting from Accra on Monday, August 18, 2025. This groundbreaking initiative spans 163 days with the core objective...

Trans African Tourism & Unity Campaign launches from Accra, championing a visa-free Africa by 2030

The Trans African Tourism & Unity Campaign will embark on a historic 40,000-kilometer road journey across 39 African countries, starting from Accra from today, August 18, 2025. This groundbreaking initiative is a 163-day road journey across Africa...

Trans African Tourism & Unity Campaign launches in Accra to champion visa-free Africa by 2030

The Trans African Tourism & Unity Campaign will embark on a historic 40,000-kilometer road journey across 39 African countries, starting from Accra on Monday, August 18, 2025. This groundbreaking initiative is a 163 day road journey across Africa...

US Guts Mentions of Indigenous Rights, Climate Change From Human Rights Reports

Honest, paywall-free news is rare. Please support our boldly independent journalism with a donation of any size. This article originally appeared on Inside Climate News, a nonprofit, non-partisan news organization that covers climate, energy and...

Everywhere Insiders 10: Global Security: Gaza, Ukraine, Asia, and African Political Stability

Irina Tsukerman is a human rights and national security attorney based in New York and Connecticut. She earned her Bachelor of Arts in National and Intercultural Studies and Middle East Studies from Fordham University in 2006, followed by a Juris...

9 African countries with restricted ChatGPT access and AI adoption

According to a July 2025 report by Cybernews, which analyzed OpenAI's service data, over 20 countries worldwide have restricted ChatGPT access, with 9 of them in Africa. While non-conformist nations like China, Russia, and Iran have imposed...

Women and girls face growing peril in Africa’s Sahel

By Wayne Campbell The world is becoming increasingly hostile towards women and girls. Sadly, by now, each one of us may know of someone who has been targeted with gender-based violence. What is equally disturbing is the fact that the public...

UNICEF, GAVI, eHealth Africa Boost Maternal and Child Care in Kano with 28 Solar Powered Facilities

This week, we marked a major milestone in improving maternal and child healthcare, strengthening vaccine storage, and reducing general healthcare service disruptions with the official handover of 28 fully solar-powered Primary Health Care (PHC)...

What not to miss at IAAPA Expo Europe 2025

IAAPA Expo Europe 2025 is the largest international trade show and conference for the attractions industry across Europe, the Middle East, and Africa. It takes place in Barcelona, Spain, from 22 to 26 September. The trade show floor will be open...

Nairobi symposium highlights Sudanese Army’s role in stalled dialogue and rising terror threats

International and African diplomatic figures and Sudanese politicians agreed that the Sudanese army is working to obstruct peace opportunities and thwart opportunities for dialogue to end the war in Sudan. This is due to its boycott of a number of...

Rainbow Gardens excited to celebrate the 2025 season with a Harvest Feast

September 12, 2025 — For 17 years, Rainbow Gardens has supported new immigrant families in Winnipeg. Located on the Fort Garry campus, the two-acre plot helps community members grow their own food, share their native culinary traditions and...

Mystery of The Great Sphinx DEEPENS as top geologist tears apart mainstream thinking on the historic site with stunning new theory

The mystery of The Great Sphinx of Giza has puzzled Egyptologists for centuries. Experts remain split over when the colossal limestone guardian, stretching 240ft in length and rising 66ft high, was built. Mainstream Egyptology dates it back to...

Stop pretending waste pickers don’t exist

Stop pretending waste pickers don’t exist SOUTH Africa has high recycling rates thanks to waste reclaimers, but refuses to treat them as real workers. They collect up to 80% of recycled packaging, yet remain invisible to policy, unpaid, and...

Fatal dam collapse: 'How do you restart from nothing?'

Chris EwokorBBC Africa, Maiduguri ShareSave Sa'adatu Dahiru lost her two-year-old son in the floods The threat of flooding once again looms over the city of Maiduguri, in north-eastern Nigeria, a year after torrential rains and the collapse of a...

Current U.S. Travel Rules and Restrictions for September 2025

TEMPO.CO, Jakarta - Welcoming September, the details on current U.S. travel restrictions are necessary to keep many international travelers on loop. While some of these advisories don’t require trip cancellation, it’s also important to understand...