Africa: Power Cuts Have Hit South Africa’s Labour Market Hard – the Biggest Toll Has Been On Jobs – New Research: [The Conversation Africa] Access to electricity – measured by the share of individuals who use electricity as their main energy source – has significantly improved in lower-income countries in recent decades. Thanks to large-scale rural electrification and infrastructure development programmes, 90% of the population in these countries had access by 2021, up from about 74% at the turn of the century. – AllAfrica News: Africa
Africa: Cameroon Meeting of French-Speaking Africa Lawmakers Decry Instability, Foreign Influence: [VOA] Yaounde — Francophone lawmakers from about 30 African states are meeting in Cameroon’s capital, Yaounde, to find a solution to the political instability in French-speaking African nations — including a string of recent coups, security threats and popular discontent. The lawmakers say among the solutions to the growing crisis are dialogue, a return to democratic principles and an end to foreign influence. – AllAfrica News: Africa
Africa: Simone Mbodé Diouf, GNWP Program Officer for Africa, Briefs UN Security Council: [Global Network of Women Peacebuilders] The Global Network of Women Peacebuilders’ (GNWP) Program Officer for Africa, Ms. Simone Mbodé Diouf, recently appointed as the African Union Youth Ambassador for Peace for West Africa, was selected as the only civil society briefer to the UN Security Council debate on Women, Peace and Security (WPS) and Youth, Peace and Security (YPS) held on 28 May 2024. – AllAfrica News: Africa
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