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Africa: All of Africa Today - April 9, 2026
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Africa: Foreign Minister Receives AU Special Envoy On Women, Peace and Security
[SNA] Port Sudan, April 8, 2026 (SUNA) - Minister of Foreign Affairs and International Cooperation, Ambassador Mohi-Eddin Salim, received Ambassador…
Africa: Sub-Saharan Africa's Growth Holds, but Downside Risks Mount
[World Bank] Smarter industrial policy can advance Africa's economic transformation and create jobs
West Africa: Sahel - the World Bank Group Launches a New Country Partnership Framework for Burkina Faso, Chad, Mali, and Niger to Promote Jobs, Growth, and Resilience
[World Bank] Washington -- The World Bank Group has supported new Country Partnership Frameworks (CPF) with Burkina Faso, Chad, Mali,…
Africa: Africa's Urban Future On the Line As Continental Forum Opens in Nairobi With Call to Move 'From Conversation to Execution'
[African Union] NAIROBI, 8 April 2026 Africa's most consequential gathering on housing and urban development, Africa Urban Forum 2 (AUF…
Africa: Over 1,000 Humanitarians Have Been Killed in Three Years, Security Council Hears
[UN News] At least 326 humanitarians were killed in the line of duty across 21 countries during 2025, bringing the…
Africa: Countries Suffer When Credit Rating Agencies Lack Data - How to Fix the Problem At Source
[The Conversation Africa] Some developing country governments spend years making the reforms that international financial institutions want - only to…
Africa: Global Trade in Wild Birds Is Poorly Monitored - the Risks to Wildlife, Ecosystems and Human Health
[The Conversation Africa] Birds have, for centuries, been captured from the wild to be kept in cages - valued for…
Africa: Credit and Credibility - Rating Agency Errors Come With a Cost
[The Conversation Africa] The rating agency S&P Global's Africa Credit Rating Trends 2025 reviews the past year's rating activities and…
Africa: Auda-Nepad Backs 2026 All Africa Challenge Trophy
[Daily Trust] Jabiru Tsauri, National Coordinator and Chief Executive Officer of AUDA-NEPAD Nigeria, has pledged strong institutional support for the…
Africa: Governments Push for Increased Local Control of Africa's Gold
[Daba Finance] Gold Fields Ltd.'s Damang mine in Ghana is at the center of a policy shift as the government…