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ATIDI eyes recapitalisation amid strong performance and renewed shareholder support

At the 26th Annual General Meeting of the African Trade and Investment Development Insurance (ATIDI) in Nairobi, discussions centred on strategies that Africa can utilise to mobilise increased domesti...

Coordination, reforms and local investors key to financing Africa's development

A panel discussion during ATIDI's AGM highlighted ways in which Africa can attract more development financing even as it pursues reforms to the disadvantageous global financial architecture.

Vacancy: National Consultant (NO C) to strengthen maternal and newborn health systems.

Vacancy: National Consultant (NO C) to strengthen maternal and newborn health systems. okoronduo@who.int Wed, 08/07/2026 - 13:27 TERMS OF REFERENCE Nationa...

Restoring dignity: Senegalese surgeon and Burundian foundation win reproductive health awards

A Senegalese surgeon who has dedicated his career to restoring the health and dignity of women living with obstetric fistula, and a Burundian foundation supporting vulnerable women and children, have...

Sudan: ‘El Obeid must not become the next crime scene’ warn UN investigators

Atrocities committed by the Rapid Support Forces (RSF) militia against Sudanese civilians in El Fasher in October – including mass killings, abductions and gang rapes – bear the markers of genocide, i...

EBID commits more than $417m to infrastructure, healthcare and growth across West Africa

The ECOWAS Bank for Investment and Development has approved more than $417m in new financing for infrastructure, healthcare, housing, mining and financial sector projects across West Africa, reinforci...

Who gets to judge Africa's risk - before the algorithm does?

Can African institutions shape risk methodology and data before the next generation of automated systems learns the inherited categories?

Southern Africa's railway revolution

A raft of critical railway projects are boosting much-needed industrial and passenger connectivity across Southern Africa.

Fears of a massacre in this city on the front line of Sudan's war

El-Obeid has been under "siege-like conditions" for 18 months says the UN human rights chief.

Kalonzo condemns police over their conduct during Saba Saba Day

Wiper Patriotic Front Party Leader Kalonzo Musyoka condemned the National Police Service for turning its guns and batons on the citizens it exists to protect during the 36th Saba Saba Day.

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Munda Wanga tops visiting list at Zambia International Trade Fair

MARGARET CHISANGA Lusaka   THE Zambia International Trade Fair, (ZITF), held every year in Ndola, on the Copperbelt province, holds a special place in the hearts of many visitors. During this wee...