AU Sets June Summit on Water and Sanitation Goals

‘Lazy, weak, bewitched’ – how stigma stops Uganda’s children from getting help, and what schools can do about it

School mental health programmes must address both emotional wellbeing and structural pressures such as poverty, stigma and exclusion.

Sudan’s death toll in 2025 could be as high as 100,000: how we did the count

Much of the difference in number of deaths across reports stems from how organisations select and handle sources.

Military coups promise change – 4 ways they can leave African countries worse off

Popular discontent with the performance of a president should not be grounds for a military coup.

Ecowas Court and women’s rights in west Africa: what’s working – and what isn’t

Ecowas Court is already advancing women’s rights in the region, but its work could have more impact if it developed a uniform monetary compensation framework.

U.S. Pledges $267M More for DRC Ebola Response

The U.S. Department of State has announced an additional $267 million in health and humanitarian assistance to combat the ongoing Ebola outbreak in the Democratic Republic of the Congo, bringing total U.S. contributions to $887 million. The pledge was made on the margins of the 81st United Nations General Assembly's High-Level Week in New York.

AU Leaders Warn of Funding Gap Threatening Agenda 2063

The African Union Commission has warned that it operates with only 30% of required staffing and approximately 25% of its global budget, as leaders gathered in Addis Ababa called for greater solidarity and resource mobilisation to keep Agenda 2063 on track. The 52nd Ordinary Session of the Permanent Representatives' Committee opened on 3 June 2026 amid a backdrop of geopolitical tensions, macroeconomic instability, and ongoing health and security emergencies across the continent.

Brown is beautiful: what Namibia’s capital Windhoek can teach African cities as they get hotter and drier

New research shows how Windhoek’s ‘Brown is Beautiful’ approach could use its dry landscape to protect the city from heat, drought and floods.

DRC’s cobalt exports contain unreported uranium – our study estimates the global nuclear risk

The amount of undeclared uranium from the DRC’s cobalt mines could – if processed – produce enough material for 600-1,500 nuclear weapons.

G20 Mobilises $2 Billion to Fight Ebola in Congo

The United States convened a G20 Foreign Ministerial on Ebola, resulting in more than $470 million in new pledges and pushing total global commitments past $2 billion since the outbreak began in May 2026. The current Bundibugyo strain, centred in a conflict-affected area, poses particular challenges as existing vaccines, diagnostics, and therapies are not fully effective against it.

Europe relies on Morocco to keep migrants out – Ceuta shows the political cost

International attention needs to be paid to Europe’s outsourcing of border controls, and to the relationship between Spain and Morocco.

Africa’s new credit agency: why it’s needed

Credit ratings have become so important in the financing of development that Africa has seen fit to build its own agency.

Africa gets only 23% of the climate finance it needs – and pays too much for it

Climate finance should not be separated from development funding.