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UN Chief calls for cuts to senior positions

UN aims to reduce and abolish senior leadership positions over the next two years

Leaders call for reforms to boost investment and strengthen African economies

Senior policymakers from Africa and Europe have called for strategic economic reforms to attract investment, mobilise domestic resources and deepen regional integration during discussions following the launch of the African Development Bank’s (AfDB) African Economic Outlook 2026 in Brazzaville.

ECOWAS Commission President urges unity, collective action on 51st anniversary

ECOWAS Commission, Dr Omar Alieu Touray, has called on member states and citizens to work collectively toward building a more resilient, unified, and stronger West Africa

Cultural practices complicate Ebola response in DRC

Doctors in the Democratic Republic of Congo (DRC) say efforts to slow the spread of Ebola are being complicated by deeply rooted funeral practices, which have historically contributed to transmission during outbreaks.