AGP Executive Report
Last update: 4 hours agoClimate & Gender: CARE warns this year’s “super” El Niño will hit women hardest, especially across East Africa including Somalia, as severe weather and aid cuts worsen women’s health and caregiving burdens. Anti-Corruption Integrity: AU anti-corruption board chair Edem Senanu says Africa’s laws aren’t enough; the real gap is integrity and accountability among people and institutions. Smart Living & Industry: Italy’s Smart Living 2026 returns to East Africa, spotlighting design, smart technologies, and sustainable construction with Ethiopia’s science museum as the hub. Somalia Elections: A new analysis says Somalia’s political actors now broadly agree on citizens directly electing representatives, but still differ on who runs elections and how much power states and parties should hold. Digital Growth in Somalia: NCA Somalia partners with iRise Hub to drive digital growth. Public Health Research: A Somalia-focused review highlights antimicrobial resistance as a growing crisis in a fragile health system, calling out healthcare gaps and policy needs. Security Tech Misuse: A report describes how terrorists are using generative AI to improve battlefield tactics, including drone-like planning and weaponized know-how. Humanitarian Anticipatory Action: Action Against Hunger and IGAD ICPAC launch an ECHO-funded project to build anticipatory action systems for Ethiopia, Somalia, and Djibouti. Tech at Borders: SITA says biometrics and AI can help ease airport capacity pressures, but delays aren’t solved by suspending biometrics alone.
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