Yearly Archives: 2021
By William Worley, Raquel Alcega Cuts to the United Kingdom’s aid budget will hit lower-income and fragile countries harder than middle-income nations, some of which will enjoy aid budget increases, a Devex analysis of government figures has shown. U.K. bilateral aid to countries classified by the World Bank as low- and lower-middle-income will fall by a total […]
The Zimbabwe Organization for Youth in Politics (ZOYP) in partnership with NGO Africa Watch has launched a new programme that will focus on Climate Change and Environmental Care Management. The Climate Change programme adds to ZOYP’s political programmes that seek to capacitate young people vying for political office. Speaking at the Youth from All Political […]
Residents’ Associations across Zimbabwe have embarked on a voter mobilisation drive that seeks to target youths, women, people living with disabilities as well as first time voters ahead of the 2023 elections. The voter mobilisation drive is being coordinated by the Combined Harare Residents Association (CHRA). Below, we present a communiqué by the residents as: […]
The 2022 Accountability Incubator is looking for the very best ideas from young people for accountability, participation and open government. If you live in one of the following countries you are eligible for this round of the incubator: DRC, Kenya, Liberia, Mali, Mexico, Nepal, Niger, Nigeria, Pakistan, South Africa, Uganda, and Zimbabwe. South Africa’s Incubator […]
Harare, Zimbabwe. September 21, 2021. The African Forum on Debt and Development (AFRODAD) is pleased to announce it will be hosting the Third Annual Zimbabwe Multi-Stakeholder Debt Conference at Rainbow Towers Hotel on 22-24 September 2021. The Conference is being held in collaboration with the Zimbabwe Coalition on Debt and Development (ZIMCODD). The Zimbabwe Multi-Stakeholder […]
Johannesburg 22 September: On the eve of SA Heritage Day, UN Women, Gender Links and business partners promoting gender equality today celebrated outstanding young women in Kenya, Uganda and South Africa using technology to advance their enterprises. Ten young women (first, second and third prize in each country, and two joint third prizes in South […]
UNMISS, Warrap state authorities visit Marial Lou, appeal for peace and reconciliation in the region
UNMISS Force Commander, Lieutenant-General Shailesh Tinaikar, recently visited Marial Lou, Warrap state, to see first-hand the situation on the ground. Accompanied by Anastasie Nyirigira Mukangarambe, the Head of the UNMISS Field Office in the state, Force Commander Tinaikar was also joined by state officials, including Acting State Governor Debora Uduel Akiech and other prominent state […]
The Greater Virunga landscape, a mountainous area straddling the Democratic Republic of Congo, Rwanda and Uganda, is the last refuge of mountain gorillas in the world. For years, the national parks and protected areas in the region have provided sanctuary to the great apes, which are among the most endangered creatures on Earth. But climate […]
By Xavier Bourgois in Minawao, Cameroon Refugees and host communities in northern Cameroon have planted 360,000 seedlings, transforming the environment in and around Minawao refugee camp. “Once you have planted it, make sure you protect it from animals by putting brambles around it,” Lydia Yacoubou, a Nigerian refugee, advises a young refugee girl before handing […]
Ziadeh is one of more than 500 refugees and asylum-seekers who have received COVID vaccines across Egypt, following the Government’s plan to prioritize the elderly and individuals with chronic health conditions. Refaat Ziadeh, 59, a refugee from Syria, never thought he would be one of the first refugees to receive the COVID vaccine in Egypt, […]