Yearly Archives: 2022
Extractive industries are an important wealth creating instrument for developing countries. The critical role of mining and economic growth in Zimbabwe is well documented and amplified with the sector having been contributing an average of 9% to the Gross Domestic Product (GDP) between 2014 and 2020. The highest contribution of 13% to GDP was recorded […]
On 05 July, Tanzanian President Samia Suluhu Hassan ceremoniously opened the new maternity and infant clinic at the CCBRT hospital in Dar es Salaam in the presence of German Ambassador Regine Hess. On behalf of the German Federal Government, KfW Development Bank provided EUR 18.5 million in funding for construction and equipment, and numerous other […]
4-7 July 2022 – Dar es Salaam and Dodoma: The Global Lead Coordinator for COVID19 Vaccine Delivery Partnership (CoVDP), UN Assistant Secretary-General Mr. Ted Chaiban, arrived in Tanzania on 4th July 2022 for a four-day official visit. Accompanied by the Acting WHO Country Representative, Dr. Zabulon Yoti and UNICEF Country Representative, Ms. Shalini Bahughuna; Mr. […]
Main Highlights • The significantly below-average March-May rainfall season marked the 4 th consecutive poor season since late 2020 and the most severe in 70 years in many areas of Ethiopia, Kenya, and Somalia. • The exceptionally long drought, amplified by warmer-than-normal temperatures, has devastated livelihoods and debilitated livestock herds, crops and vegetation, water availability, […]
FAIRFIELD, Conn. (July 01, 2022) — Nearly 30,000 children fled a new wave of violence in Cabo Delgado province in Mozambique in June, the highest number of children uprooted in a single month in the past year [i], Save the Children said today. At least 53 people were killed in the districts of Ancuabe, Metuge, Mecufi, Meluco, […]
FAIRFIELD, Conn. (July 7, 2022)— The number of children receiving treatment for the most dangerous form of malnutrition surged 300% in the first six months of 2022 at a Save the Children clinic in Somalia as the worst drought in years tightened its grip on the country, Save the Children said today. In June, doctors […]
GENEVA, 18 March 2022—UNAIDS congratulates Zimbabwe’s parliament for repealing section 79 of the Criminal Law Code, which criminalizes HIV transmission. A new marriage bill adopted by parliament that repeals the criminal code section is to be signed into law by the president. The criminalization of HIV transmission is ineffective, discriminatory and undermines efforts to reduce […]
Kenya’s party primaries recently closed – a process for political parties to select candidates for the various elective seats in August’s General Election. Ann Nderitu, 47, heads Kenya’s Office of the Registrar for Political Parties (ORPP), which is responsible for registration and regulating of country’s political parties. She speaks to UN Women about the importance […]
This video takes you through the 6 outcome areas of the UN Women Strategic Note (2022 – 2025) with the geographical representation of results as told by implementing partners and UN Women beneficiaries, in Uganda. Source: UN Women
“Nearly one in two women reported that they, or a woman they know, experienced some form of violence,” Amina Mohammed said at the Commonwealth says No More Violence Against Women event, taking place as the Commonwealth Heads of Government Meeting (CHOGM) gets underway in the Rwandan capital. Pointing to rising incidences at home and in […]