Monthly Archives: October 2022
Clive Makumbe in Zimbabwe Poor service delivery has always been considered a legacy of poor governance and lack of youth participation in Zimbabwe. However, 41 years into our independence, many local municipalities are still battling with service delivery backlogs. These backlogs have often been attributed to, for example, dysfunctional ward development committees, corruption amongst councillors, […]
Clive Tatenda Makumbe in Kenya A community project that provides farmers with healthy potato seeds, cultivated using innovative laboratory techniques is significantly increasing yields in Kenya, an agricultural expert says. Kenya’s average potato yield per hectare is around ten tonnes but has the potential to increase to three times that amount with the use of […]
Harare, Zimbabwe – In the wake of wild-polio outbreak in Malawi and Mozambique, neighbouring countries have stepped up surveillance to detect cases while preparing for vaccination campaigns recommended by the World Health Organization. Recent reported cases in Mozambique in particular, have put Zimbabwe on very high alert due to high traffic volumes between the two […]
Brazzaville – World Health Organization (WHO) today launched a campaign to raise awareness and spur action for suicide prevention in the African region, which has the world’s highest rates of death by suicide. Around 11 people per 100 000 per year die by suicide in the African region, higher than the global average of nine […]
Zanzibar & Mainland: Each year, we commemorate the “International Day of Older Persons” on 1 October to raise public awareness about the opportunities and challenges presented to the ageing populations and to mobilize the families, community groups and stakeholders to address the difficulties faced by older people. This year, the United Republic of Tanzania joined the […]
The Government and its partners have made strides to improve the quality of education for all children through the implementation of a solarisation project that seeks to power rural schools and give learners relevant, inclusive and sustainable education. The project is being implemented by the Ministry of Primary and Secondary Education in partnership with Unicef […]
The sound of a lively song floats down a hill where a group of Burundian refugees and their Congolese neighbours are farming together near the shores of Lake Tanganyika, in the Democratic Republic of the Congo (DRC). Zacharie, 25, proudly shows off the land he is cultivating in the Tabac Congo locality, some 15 kilometres […]
Just before boarding their flights to France, Claudine Niyonkuru and Dernel Mpundu were beaming with excitement and eagerness. Starting this September, the two Burundian refugees living in the Nyarugusu and Nduta camps in northern Tanzania have joined universities in France to pursue their master’s education. They are the two finalists in Tanzania out of the […]
This is a summary of what was said by UNHCR spokesperson Matthew Saltmarsh – to whom quoted text may be attributed – at today’s press briefing at the Palais des Nations in Geneva. This week marks five years since extreme violence erupted in northern Mozambique’s Cabo Delgado province, forcing nearly 1 million people to flee […]
Gweru – Hundreds of disgruntled residents from Mkoba high density suburb in the Midlands capital Gweru on Thursday morning besieged the local council offices to protest over poor service delivery. The Administration Hall in Mkoba 6 houses the district council offices which serve residents that cannot commute to the Town House in the Central Business […]