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1. Africa: Cotton to Cloth - The Story Africa Has Always Needed to Tell

   [allAfrica] Africa grows more than half of the world's finest long-staple cotton. It earns less than three percent of what that cotton is eventually worth. This is not a trade problem. It is a narrative problem -- and allAfrica is setting out to fix it.

2. Lesotho: Stitching Lesotho into the Global Economy

   [Bird Story Agency] How a small country used trade, discipline and the hard work of thousands of women to become one of Africa's top garment exporters

3. Africa: Africa's Food Insecurity Eases for First Time in a Decade. The Next Task is Making the Gains Harder to Reverse

   [allAfrica] Across Africa last year, fewer people were uncertain about their ability to obtain adequate food or were forced to reduce the quality and quantity of what they ate. It was the first continent-wide improvement in food insecurity in a decade. The Hunger rate declined for the first time in nearly a decade, from 20.3 percent in 2024 to 20 percent in 2025. Moderate or severe food insecurity fell from 58.5 to 56.6 per cent, which is 8.6mn fewer people. Severe food insecurity also declined. Child stunting is

4. Africa: Let Accra's AU Health Summit Be Remembered for Action

   [allAfrica] It is time for Africa to transition to sustainable health financing and turn commitments into action

5. Kenya: High Court Nullifies Ruto's Public Debt Audit Task Force As Unconstitutional

   [Capital FM] Nairobi -- President William Ruto's bid to establish a Presidential Task Force to conduct a forensic audit of Kenya's public debt has suffered a major setback after the High Court declared the body unconstitutional for encroaching on the mandate of an independent constitutional office.