AGP Executive Report
Last update: 11 hours agoDakar 2026: Senegal has opened Africa’s first Olympic event, welcoming about 2,665 young athletes. Six refugee competitors, all based in Africa, are making history as the first youth Refugee Olympic Team. Ebola Alert: Africa CDC’s chief warns the outbreak in the Democratic Republic of Congo, now above 10,000 confirmed cases, could spread further and calls for stronger preparedness. Governance: A Mo Ibrahim Foundation study finds economic progress in 44 of 54 African countries over the past decade, but worsening security and political freedoms in many. Climate and Jobs: The ILO projects heat stress could cost Ethiopia, Ghana and Senegal a combined $67 billion a year by 2040, with millions of work-hours lost. Rights: Senegal has charged 32 people in its widening crackdown on LGBTQ people; UN experts are also urging Eritrea to release people held arbitrarily and reveal the fate of the missing. Health Systems: Nigeria has become the 34th African Union member to ratify the African Medicines Agency treaty, strengthening efforts to coordinate medicines regulation. Energy Finance: Russia says it is in advanced talks with Tanzania, Namibia, Egypt and Togo on floating nuclear power plants; separately, the African Development Bank raised one billion dirhams in its first Moroccan-currency bond.
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