No. 2022, January 2022

Index

• "Everyone said I couldn't be a mechanic, but I can be whatever I want".
• "On Africa Day, we celebrate the enormous promise and potential of this diverse and dynamic continent".
• 'A Sustainable Feminist Recovery'.
• 'Africa Renewal' turns 35: A journey of stories and hope.
• 'It will be a game changer' - says WHO Director-General at South African mRNA Technology Transfer Hub.
• 'You can't have climate justice without gender equality'.
• 12, 000 births, zero deaths: Malawians celebrate hero midwife Charity Salima.
• 20 young African entrepreneurs bag $100,000 each to boost their climate adaptation businesses.
• A call for African businesses to join global public procurement market.
• A refuge from terror in Niger, as UN Chief pledges to be voice for the displaced.
• A young population, innovation and technology will transform Africa.
• Act now to end food, energy and finance crisis, Guterres urges world leaders.
• Act now to end food, energy and finance crisis, Guterres urges world leaders.
• AfCFTA: Africa's transport sector to benefit from free trade.
• AfCFTA: The environmental case for the continental free trade area.
• AfCFTA: Traders to have opportunities to scale up and expand their markets in 2022.
• AfCFTA: What has worked and the way forward on agricultural trade.
• Africa and Europe: A time for Action.
• Africa Dialogue Series 2022: Strengthening Africa's agro-food systems, social protection.
• Africa gains as WTO delivers breakthrough deals.
• Africa needs to ramp up COVID-19 vaccination six-fold.
• Africa on track to control COVID-19 pandemic in 2022.
• Africa Renewal Podcast launches on Africa Podcast Day, 12 February.
• Africa steps up targeted COVID-19 vaccination of most at risk people.
• Africa steps up targeted COVID-19 vaccination of most at risk people.
• Africa's COVID-19 vaccine uptake increases by 15%.
• Africa's first AI research centre launched in Brazzaville, Congo.
• Africa's youth renew commitment to the SDGs.
• African cities: Climate action plans could help address injustice, inequity.
• African Union Development Agency-NEPAD launches Energize Africa.
• African women identified as the core of the AfCFTA agenda.
• An all-out fight against hate speech.
• An all-out fight against hate speech.
• Apply to be the next SDG champion.
• Are antimalarial drugs still effective?
• Beating plastic pollution.
• Being a Black woman in the US.
• Boosting intra-African trade will power post-COVID-19 recovery and foster food security.
• Bringing degraded African land back to life.
• Building on the resilience and power of older persons.
• Calling for just, well-financed climate action in Africa.
• Cameroonian activist wins Wangari Maathai Forest Champions' Award 2022.
• Cascading global crises threatening human survival.
• Cases drop for first time as Africa's fourth COVID-19 wave ebbs.
• Child health and survival: lessons from Eritrea.
• Climate action: Rwanda is a laboratory of innovative ideas.
• Climate adaptation: Castle in the sky or achievable reality?
• Climate change poses risks, COP27, presents unique opportunity for Africa.
• COP27 can be a reset on climate justice for people with disabilities.
• COVID-19 deaths in African region to fall by nearly 94% in 2022.
• COVID-19 deaths in African region to fall by nearly 94% in 2022.
• COVID-19: Vaccinating stateless people in South Africa.
• Decade of Action: Fixing Africa's development deficit.
• Effective teaching requires adequate resources.
• Elizabeth Mrema: Protecting the world's biodiversity.
• Ethiopia in 'much better place' to resolve Tigray conflict: Mohammed.
• Ethiopian Coffee Brands Launch on China's Largest e-Commerce Platform.
• EU-AU Summit 2022: The EU wants to be Africa's friend in need-and indeed.
• Fallen Chadian Captain Honoured with UN Peacekeeping's Highest Award.
• For a food-secure world, invest in women and girls.
• Genocide perpetrators must be brought to book.
• Giving thanks, building hope.
• Global Africa Business Initiative to advance sustainable business growth and economic development on the continent.
• Global hunger numbers rose to as many as 828 million in 2021.
• Global leaders urged to scale up support for the Great Blue Wall initiative.
• Growing hunger, high food prices in Africa don't have to become worse tragedy.
• Guterres in Senegal: 'Triple crisis' in Africa aggravated by war in Ukraine.
• Healthy life expectancy in Africa rises by almost ten years.
• High-level independent panel on security and development in crisis-torn Sahel region launched at UN.
• Hindou Ibrahim: Living in harmony with nature.
• Historic funding to expand roll-out of first-ever malaria vaccine in Africa.
• Holding onto hope as we mark World Humanitarian Day.
• Horn of Africa: Climate-related health crisis worsens as disease outbreaks surge.
• Horn of Africa: Extreme drought deepens hunger in a region facing conflict.
• How Loya Primary School became a safe haven for girls.
• How male champions are helping to end gender-based violence in Uganda.
• How TB infections, deaths increased during COVID-19 pandemic.
• How the Islamic Development Bank is financing projects in Africa.
• How the Russia-Ukraine conflict impacts Africa.
• How we are implementing our national policy on radical inclusion in education.
• I went into the government with fight against female genital mutilation.
• In Africa, 63% jump in diseases spread from animals to people seen in last decade.
• In Gabon, the growing demand for fish offers new opportunities for young people in aquaculture.
• In Malawi, young mothers gain the financial independence to support their families.
• In Morocco, fisherwomen adopt new climate-resilient practices.
• In Niger, equal opportunities for women and girls with disabilities benefits the whole community.
• IPCC adaptation report 'a damning indictment of failed global leadership on climate'.
• IPCC Report: Human-induced climate change causing widespread losses.
• Jobs and climate action are top priorities of young people in Africa.
• Kenya: How cash grants empower people living with disabilities.
• Key pillars mostly in place to speed up Africa's free trade in 2022.
• Kigali forum marks a new development era for Africa.
• Kiswahili is a language that speaks to both past and present.
• Late Captain Abdelrazakh Hamit Bahar of Tchad awarded the Captain Diagne Medal for Exceptional Courage.
• Let us join forces to build a more sustainable, peaceful, and prosperous continent for all.
• Light at the end of the tunnel for Nigeria.
• Madagascar: Glimpse of hope amidst severe droughts.
• Meet Michelle Boit, chemical engineer mentoring 1,000 students.
• Millions pledged at Africa adaptation acceleration event.
• New CEO of African Union Development Agency-NEPAD assumes office on 1 May.