The Africa Forward Summit came to a close in Nairobi Kenya on 12 May with over 30 African Heads of State and Government setting out an actionable framework to advance a renewed Africa–France partnership anchored on parity, mutual respect, co-investment, and delivery. Co-chaired by H.E. William Samoei Ruto, President of Kenya, and H.E. Emmanuel Macron, President of France, the summit received business leaders, development finance institutions, innovators, youth leaders, and civil society representatives from Africa, France, and across the globe. Hosted for the first time in a non-Francophone African country, the Summit marked a deliberate shift to a future-oriented partnership focused on shared prosperity, industrial transformation, innovation, and sustainable development. Through the Nairobi Declaration the leaders committed to accelerating investments across priority sectors critical to Africa’s development trajectory while reaffirming Africa’s position not as a recipient of development support, but as a strategic global partner and co-architect of solutions to...

4 defende Rasaque Manhique, edil de Maputo “Precisamos combater a desinformação, o jornalismo clandestino e a erosão da confiança pública nas instituições de informação, bem como assegurar que a modernização tecnológica não exclua os profissionais nem comprometa os valores fundamentais do jornalismo”. A tese foi defendida, hoje, em Maputo, por Rasaque Manhique, presidente do Conselho Municipal de Maputo, durante a Conferência Nacional sobre a Sustentabilidade dos Media, que decorre de hoje até amanhã, promovida pelo Jornal Evidências, com apoio do Instituto para Democracia Multipartidária (IMD) e MISA Moçambique. Na ocasião, Manhique referiu ainda que a rápida transformação tecnológica, a migração das audiências para o digital, a redução das receitas tradicionais, o crescimento das plataformas electrónicas e o impacto da Inteligência Artificial, estão a colocar em causa a forma como se produz, se distribui e se consome a informação. Acrescentou que estes desafios colocam em causa a sustentabilidade económica dos órgãos...

اختُتمت مساء السبت، بقصر المؤتمرات “المختار ولد داداه” في نواكشوط، أعمال المؤتمر الخامس لنقابة الصحفيين الموريتانيين، بتتويج لائحة “التمكين المهني” بالفوز في انتخابات المجلس النقابي والمكتب التنفيذي للنقابة، بعد حصولها على 444 صوتا من أصوات الناخبين مقابل 15 صوتا للائحة “الخلاص” . وأوضحت لجنة الإشراف على الانتخابات أن عدد المسجلين في اللائحة الانتخابية بلغ 1734 […] ظهرت المقالة انتخاب أحمد سالم ولد سيدي عبد الله نقيبا للصحفيين الموريتانيين أولاً على الوكالة الموريتانية للأنباء. Source link

MONROVIA, Liberia, May 15, 2026 — Former Vice President Jewel Howard-Taylor has issued a strong public defense of women in leadership, condemning what she described as the growing use of propaganda, character attacks, and misinformation against women holding positions of influence in Liberia’s political space. In a public statement, Madam Howard-Taylor argued that women who rise to positions of leadership are often targeted through smear campaigns and personal attacks aimed at damaging their reputations rather than addressing their records or achievements. “Let it be said plainly: when a woman rises in power, the first weapon thrown at her is not truth, it is propaganda,” the former Vice President stated. According to her, political opponents frequently resort to misinformation and character assassination when they are unable to challenge a woman’s competence, leadership, or public service record. Madam Howard-Taylor warned that such practices undermine fairness, discourage women’s participation in national leadership, and...