The 2023 edition has given prominence to artificial intelligence. The sector is getting increasingly popular in Africa, a continent firmly at the heart of the digital revolution. From June 14th to 17th, over 2,500 exhibitors will showcase their latest innovation. The latest edition of Vivatech, Paris’ largest tech show, kicked off in France for the 7th year in a row. From June 14th to 17th, over 2,500 exhibitors will showcase their latest innovation aimed at shaping tomorrow’s world. Vivatech has become a not-to-be-missed event for the many African startups which made the trip. Hence, the need for them to collaborate,…
Author: Ohene Anochie
Ohene Anochie
Senior Reporter at AMN News Agency, known for his insightful journalism and in-depth coverage of current events.
Mexico’s foreign minister and the capital city’s mayor both resigned Monday to focus on running for president next year, with the ruling leftist party favored to win. The minister, Marcelo Ebrard, and Mexico City’s Mayor Claudia Sheinbaum announced within minutes of each other that they were stepping down as they seek to become the Morena party’s candidate to succeed President Andres Manuel Lopez Obrador in the June 2024 vote. Sheinbaum, 60 and of Bulgarian and Lithuanian descent, said she wants to be “the first woman in the history of Mexico to lead the fates of the nation.” Her resignation takes…
The 24-year-old France striker’s current deal expires at the end of next season, with the option of another year. If he does not sign, the French champions risk losing him for nothing in a year’s time — so they could now sell him this summer rather than miss out on a windfall for one of the world’s best players. Mbappe’s decision not to renew, announced in a letter to the club and revealed by the French sports daily L’Equipe, is a fresh blow to PSG following the loss of Messi to Inter Miami. There had been a deadline of July…
In the Ugandan capital of Kampala, the usually buzzing HIV/AIDS treatment center is almost empty days after parliament enacted a controversial anti-gay law. According to staff, the usual daily influx of approximately 50 patients has dried up, antiretroviral drugs pile up unused. A resident medical officer at a US-funded clinic, warned that new waves of HIV infections were forming as vulnerable people stayed away from treatment centers, afraid of being identified and arrested under the new laws. “The LGBT community in Uganda is on lockdown now,” he said. “They don’t have preventive services. They cannot access condoms … they cannot access…
Education in Cameroon remains a sector in crisis, as schools continue to be under attack in many parts of the country while over 1.4 million children are cramped in poorly maintained and overcrowded classrooms. Although Cameroon continues to experience multiple unique crises, there are several overarching challenges that children face when accessing education. As of 2022, attacks on schools and educational infrastructure continued at a similar pace compared to previous years, severely compromising the functioning of the education system in key hotspots throughout the country. Attacks, which often involve gun shooting, killing, arson, and abductions, resulted in 3.285 schools being…
Driven by spiraling violence, displacement, food insecurity and climate hazards, the humanitarian crisis in West Africa’s Sahel region is rapidly deteriorating with one in three people now in need of urgent aid and protection, according to the Humanitarian Needs and Requirement Overview for the Sahel 2023, published today by the United Nations and humanitarian partners. Conflict and violence are the main drivers of humanitarian needs in 2023. Security has deteriorated steadily since 2015, with a sharp increase in civilian casualties in 2022, when 4,555 were killed, a 42 per cent increase compared to the previous year. More than 1,500 civilians…
Algeria, Sierra Leone, Guyana and South Korea were elected unchallenged on Tuesday to sit on the UN Security Council in 2024-25, while Slovenia handily beat Belarus for the only contested seat. The UN Security Council is made up of 15 members, including five permanent members (United States, Russia, China, France and the United Kingdom ) and ten countries elected for two years, half renewed each year, and respecting rules geographical distribution. In the secret ballot vote in the General Assembly, Slovenia – competing with Belarus for the seat going to Eastern Europe – obtained 153 votes, against 38 in Belarus.…
Outbreak at a glance: Since the WHO Disease Outbreak News on Acute hepatitis of unknown aetiology – the United Kingdom of Great Britain and Northern Ireland was published on 15 April 2022, there have been continuing further reports of cases of acute hepatitis of unknown origin among young children. It is not yet clear if there has been an increase in hepatitis cases, or an increase in awareness of hepatitis cases that occur at the expected rate but go undetected. While adenovirus is a possible hypothesis, investigations are ongoing for the causative agent. Outbreak overview As of 21 April 2022,…
The destruction today of the Kakhovka Hydroelectric Power Plant Dam (hereinafter Kakhovka Dam) – which crosses the Dnipro River on the front line in Nova Kakhovka in Khersonska – has led to massive flooding, forcing hundreds of thousands of people to flee and impacting at least 37 towns and villages which have been reported fully or partially flooded, according to the Ukrainian authorities. The Government has announced that they are supporting the evacuation of at some16,000 people due to the loss or severe damage to their homes in the floods. They are being evacuated by buses and trains to Mykolaiv,…
Number of Crisis-Impacted Children in Need of Education Support Rises Significantly: Education Cannot Wait Issues New Global Estimates Study Armed conflicts, forced displacement, climate change and other crises increased the number of crisis-impacted children in need of urgent quality education to 224 million, according to a new Global Estimates Study issued today by Education Cannot Wait (ECW), the United Nations global fund for education in emergencies and protracted crises. The study was released at the Education in Emergencies Data and Evidence Summit in Geneva. The study offers a refined methodology in calculating the numbers of crisis-impacted children in need of…
