MCAA-Mekki Elmograbi The Beautiful city of El-Alamein, Egypt will host the African Union 8th Mid-Year Coordination Meeting of the African Union and the RECs, June 27, 2026. El-Alamein is an Egyptian coastal city located on the Mediterranean Sea, roughly 106 kilometers west of Alexandria. It is globally renowned as the historic turning point of the […]
MCAA-News In their recent article for the Center for Strategic and International Studies (CSIS), political scientists Dr. Benjamin Jensen — a senior fellow at CSIS and professor of strategic studies at the Marine Corps University — and Dr. Joseph K. Young, a professor at American University specializing in political violence, issue a restrained but serious […]
Scientists at the University of the Witwatersrand have been recognised internationally for turning cashew nutshell waste into a vital ingredient for mRNA vaccines. The Johannesburg-based team was named one of six global winners of the GIZ SAVax innovation award and received a grant of R7 million to scale up their work. The researchers, from Wits’ […]
In South Africa, an estimated one million people are born but undocumented, due to delays and failures in birth registration processes. A court challenge has been released since this problem was recognised, challenging the Department of Home Affairs (DHA) over the same delays that lead to at least a year to 7 years of effort […]
Africa’s growth story is turning a positive corner, but how far the benefits will reach all ordinary African citizens is still just on paper. The African Development Bank’s new African Economic Outlook posits the continent’s economy will expand by nearly 4 percent in 2025 and again in 2026. That is a bold step up from […]
Eswatini, a country of 1.2 million people, already faces economic pressure, high HIV prevalence, and growing domestic unrest. More than half of the population lives below the poverty line, and prison overcrowding is a chronic issue. The kingdom’s decision to host convicted criminals from other continents has triggered a hoard of criticism across the region […]
Every day, nearly one billion Africans prepare meals over firewood, charcoal, or kerosene stoves. These methods are not only extremely outdated, what’s more is that they are dangerous. The International Energy Agency has now placed “clean cooking” at the top of its priority list for Africa, because the smoke from traditional stoves causes over 800,000 […]
Neville Teller, Author of Trump and the Holy Land, Rejects Claims of Sudan-Iran Alliance Amid Hopes of Renewed Israel-Sudan Talks By Hafeed Abdalla abdallahafeed@gmail.com MCAA-TT In a recent opinion piece published in The Jerusalem Post, Neville Teller, Middle East expert and author of ‘Trump and the Holy Land—The Deal of the Century’, argues that strengthening […]
MCAA: idressosman21@gmail.com Kenya, Nairobi (6/07/2025) The Rift Valley Institute (RVI) organized the event in collaboration with the French Institute for Research in Africa (IFRA), literary scholars, and cultural institutions, held a powerful memorial forum in Nairobi to celebrate the life and legacy of the late Prof. Ngũgĩ wa Thiong’o, the acclaimed Kenyan writer, thinker, and decolonial […]
South Africa’s government, under President Cyril Ramaposa, has found common ground across lines in rejecting what it calls an unwarranted U.S. intervention. On 7 February 2025, U.S. President Donald Trump, through an executive order, froze all American aid to South Africa, accusing the government of pursuing a land reform policy that he claimed unfairly targeted […]
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