Daily Archives: August 31, 2021
In many African countries, governments have enacted or are considering onerous new laws to restrict independent activism of civil society, often led by NGOs and social movements. Uganda is one of them. Given the growing role civil society is playing across Africa in challenging kleptocracy and authoritarian drift, this is perhaps not surprising. Civil society […]
“We were living a simple and happy life before the 2017 drought”, tells us Nadifo, a 30-year-old woman, mother of 4 children aged between 7 months to 6 years, who at the time of the Sima drought that hit Somalia was forced to leave with her whole family their hut to find shelter in a […]
The COVID-19 pandemic brought to light a lot of social-economic gaps, especially in the education sector. The risk of adverse effects of COVID-19 was significantly higher for school children in rural communities especially with educational gaps, from failure to access online lessons to accessing a basic meal. It’s always been an obstacle for the girl […]
1. RELEASE THE COVID–19 FUNDS AUDIT REPORT – The COVID-19 2020 Audit Report must be released according to section 309 of the constitution read together with Chapter 22:18 of the Audit Office Act. This is expected to shed light on COVID-19 social protection funds, economic stimulus funds, debt borrowings and other COVID-19 earmarked resource expenditures. […]
(Geneva/Nairobi, 31 August 2021): The United Nations today launches an online tool to help humanitarian practitioners rapidly identify and mitigate environmental risks when responding to crises in urban areas. The free, cloud-based Urban-Nexus Environmental Assessment Tool (U-NEAT+) offers an easy way to assess a range of potential environmental threats and sensitivities and suggests how to […]