Explore our new site data.one.org for the latest expert analysis, real-time data, and smart visualisations on the big trends shaping Africa. This week: violence and desperation in Tigray escalate, Uganda goes into lockdown, Egypt goes greenwashing, and more. Top stories Every second counts: Up to 100,000 Tigrayans have likely been slaughtered in the past few weeks, the world’s most deadly, yet less covered, conflict. There are reports of dozens of civilian massacres by Ethiopian government forces. WHO Director-General Tedros Ghebreyesus warned of a “very narrow window” to prevent genocide....
Earlier this month, we kicked off our search for the ONE Award 2022 winner with a call to African-lead advocacy organisations. We called on those addressing social development issues through innovative advocacy in promotion of attaining the Sustainable Development Goals (SDGs), and those with the #JobsNowAfrica Campaign to apply to this year’s award. We asked, and they answered. We received over 500 applications from all across Africa! After reviewing all the applications, we’ve narrowed down to the four finalists. Learn more...
The ONE Africa Awards are back! Through this award, we recognize the best practices of African-lead advocacy organizations.  The organizations we recognize are addressing social development issues through innovative advocacy in promotion of Sustainable Development Goals (SDGs). And applications for this year’s award are officially open! Here’s what you need to know and how you can apply.   About the ONE Award The ONE Africa Award celebrates African efforts aimed at achieving the Sustainable Development Goals, the world’s blueprint for a better future. SDG...
View our data tracker and sign up for our weekly newsletter. This week: Putin’s increasing ties to Africa, Somalia on the brink of a famine declaration, South African farmers’ win against Shell, and more. Top stories Good deal gone bad?: Contracts to purchase wheat climbed to a two-month high after Vladimir Putin threatened a UN-brokered deal on the export of grain from Ukraine’s ports. He called the deal a “scam” benefitting the European Union at the expense of poor countries. A third of...
Poverty remains a serious problem in Africa, and Nigeria is not an exception. Although the country is home to both rural and urban poverty, rural poverty contributes a greater percentage to the total number of poor people in Africa. In fact, most of those living in rural communities and in urban slums earn below the nationally defined poverty line. The Sustainable Development Goals (SDGs) highlight the need to eradicate poverty and promote good health and well-being, and how all of...
Olayemi Amusile and Ayomide Agbaje are ONE Champions in Nigeria. Earlier this year, ONE and its partners in Nigeria launched the State of Primary Healthcare Service Delivery in Nigeria Report, with data from 2019-2021. The report tracked the health performance of all the 36 states across the federation, provided insights on their implementation of the Basic Healthcare Provision Fund (BHCPF), and put forward concrete recommendations to improve the quality of service at Primary Health Centers (PHCs). The BHCPF, also known as...
View our data tracker and sign up for our weekly newsletter. This week: Monkeypox cases doubling every two weeks, mounting violence in northern Nigeria, a new malaria vaccine hitting the streets, and more. Top stories Deadly plateau: New analysis from ONE shows the considerable strain the war in Ukraine is putting on ODA budgets. Global in-donor refugee costs, which donors can count as ODA, could exceed $42 billion in 2022. That would equal nearly one-quarter of total ODA spent in 2021. Aid...
View our data tracker and sign up for our weekly newsletter. This week: African countries taking control of their health destinies, the link between climate change and food security, the building debt crisis, and more. Top stories Go your own way: African countries are actively applying lessons learned from the pandemic to take greater control over their health systems and bolster the continent’s health security. The African Union’s Executive Board agreed to make the Africa CDC an autonomous body, allowing it increased flexibility...
Globally, people are experiencing hunger every day. And we’ve seen how crises like climate change and the war in Ukraine are making that worse.  That’s why this year for Mandela Day, the Nelson Mandela Foundation called on global activists to explore sustainable solutions to both food security and the climate crisis.  Add your voice to our petition urging world leaders to end the hunger crisis. ONE Champions Nyombi Morris and climate activist, Sipasi Olalekan are weighing in.  Nyombi on the journey to food...
Ayomide Agbaje is a ONE Activist in Nigeria using advocacy journalism as a tool for policy change. In September 2021, I visited the Tse-yandev refugee camp, located in Makurdi, Benue State, Nigeria. This camp offers refuge to internally displaced persons (IDPs) who are one of the most vulnerable people in the country. Most of them migrated to the camp after fleeing the herder-farmer conflict in their region, another consequence of the climate crisis in Nigeria. Worse still, flooding and government...