Yearly Archives: 2021
Nigeria scales up birth registration of children at risk of statelessness, living in camps for internally displaced people. Over the past seven years, Liyatu Ayuba, 50, a traditional birth attendant, has helped deliver over 100 children. In that time, she has seen many of the children grow up in Durumi camp for internally displaced people […]
In previous years, elections in Zambia were associated with media harassments and violations from contesting candidates and political party sympathizers. The 2021 elections were however a bit different; thanks to the advocacy and capacity building activities undertaken by the Media Institute of Southern Africa (MISA) Zambia with support from the UNESCO Regional Office for Southern […]
London, UK, September 3, 2021 — In just the past eight months, over 23,000 people have been intercepted at sea and returned to Libya after trying to reach safety in Europe – almost double the total for the whole of 2020 and the highest number on record since interceptions by the Libyan Coast Guard began in 2017, the […]
After being idle for more than a year, farmers from the Ngabu Traditional Authority in Nsanje district are happy to be cultivating Chingondo Irrigation Scheme again. Differences in rentals between their irrigation agreement and surrounding irrigation arrangements resulted in dispute, which, through key stakeholder negotiations have now been resolved. All hope seemed to be lost […]
Felix Katie As conflict continues to plague parts of Western Equatoria, tens of thousands of people have fled their homes to seek refuge together in temporary displacement camps. They are gathering in places such as Yambio and Ezo as well as Wau, in neighbouring Western Bahr-el-Ghazal State, following ongoing violence that has resulted in hundreds […]
The German government has granted €26 million (US$31 million) to the UN World Food Programme (WFP) in Mozambique. According to a joint release from the German embassy and the WFP, this grant is to assist the hundreds of thousands of people displaced by terrorist activities in the northern province of Cabo Delgado and to counter […]
The United States development agency and the Millennium Challenge Corporation (MCC), have chosen agriculture and rural transport as the key sectors for its next package of aid to Mozambique, scheduled to start in 2023. This information was shared by the MCC country director for Mozambique, Kenneth Miller, in Maputo at an audience granted by Foreign […]
South Sudanese authorities have arrested civil society activists and a politician and closed down a radio station and an academic think-tank, signalling a new wave of repression in response to calls for peaceful protests, said Amnesty International. The uptick in arbitrary arrests and other measures come after the People’s Coalition for Civil Action (PCCA), a […]
By Dayo Aduroja While much scrutiny is placed on agriculture as an aging industry — the average age of farmers in the United States and Africa is reported to be around 60 — the role of youth in agriculture is much more significant than filling the boots of the current generation of farmers. The world […]
Sudan -A wadiya felt lost after her husband suddenly left her. She wondered how to take care of her children and meet their needs without an income. The father of her seven children, five boys and two girls aged between 19 and five years old, was the family’s breadwinner. Awadiya had limited job opportunities at […]