United States (U.S.) Embassy Marks Historic Milestone in the Preservation of the Ancient Swahili Ruins of Kua

[[{"value":"On March 21, U.S. Ambassador Michael Battle, alongside Mafia District’s Administrative Secretary, Hon. Olivanus Paul Thomas, commemorated the successful completion of the third phase of the Ambassador’s Fund for Cultural Preservation (AFCP) project to restore the historic Swahili ruins of Kua on Juani Island, within the Mafia Island archipelago. From 2017 through 2022, the U.S. Embassy awarded a total of $434,929 (approximately Tshs 1.1 billion) to World Monuments Fund (WMF) […]

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APO International

The Quest to Empower Women in Mauritania

[[{"value":"This March, the United States celebrates Women’s History Month, honoring the progress women have made in their strides to achieve equality, recognizing the continuing challenges faced by girls and young women, and highlighting the need for them to be fully integrated into all aspects of today’s world. This year’s theme, “women who advocate for equity, diversity, and inclusion,” underscores the importance of including women from diverse backgrounds in the economy, […]

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APO International

Mozambique: United States (U.S.) Embassy Launches Program to Include People with Disabilities in Climate Action

[[{"value":"The United States, through the U.S. Agency for International Development (USAID), announces a new program to provide information on climate change advocacy tools for persons with disabilities in Mozambique. The goal of this project is to make information about emergency preparedness and climate change systems accessible to those who are blind, deaf, or other forms of disability. The program is entitled Resilience and Empowerment for Climate-Change Action by Disabled-persons Organizations (RECADO) and is led by Associação TV […]

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APO International

South African projects seize opportunity to tackle climate crisis and create jobs

[[{"value":"The businesses were chosen from 173 applications following a rigorous selection process. The chosen projects come from the energy, transportation, agriculture, forestry and other land uses, circular economy and water sectors. The businesses concerned will receive tailored one-to-one and group support from financial, technical and gender equality and social inclusion experts to help increase their chances of securing finance from South African and international investors. For the first time, two […]

March 27, 2024 6

Africa

We built an AI tool to help set priorities for conservation in Madagascar: what we found

By Daniele Silvestro, University of Fribourg Artificial Intelligence (AI) – models that process large and diverse datasets and make predictions from them – can have many uses in nature conservation, such as remote monitoring (like the use of camera traps to study animals or plants) or data analysis. Some of these are controversial because AI can be trained to be biased, but others are valuable research tools. […]

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World

North Korea rejects talk of talks with Japan

North Korea is rejecting any possibility of a meeting between Kim Jong Un and Japan’s Prime Minister Fumio Kishida, according to state news agency KCNA. It comes a day after reports that Pyongyang had received a summit request from Japan. Chris Gilbert reports from Tokyo.

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Namibia

Government Institutions Pension Fund Improves Stakeholder Communication with Annual Reports

The Government Institutions Pension Fund has consistently published annual reports over the years to enhance communication of its business narratives with stakeholders. Speaking at the launch of the 2023 Integrated Annual Report in Oshakati, Oshana Region, on Tuesday, Evans Maswahu, Vice Chairperson of the GIPF Board of Trustees, highlighted the importance of this initiative.

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Lifestyle

Zulu culture and sexual orientation: South African study reveals the health costs of stigma

By Ikekhwa Albert Ikhile, University of South Africa Same-sex relationships are legal in South Africa and protected by the constitution. Unfair discrimination on the basis of sexual orientation is against the law. But in practice many cultures don’t necessarily see this as a right. Traditional Zulu culture, for example, perceives same-sex relationships and sexual intercourse as taboo and unAfrican. Statements like “real men are not gay” […]

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South Africa

Democratic AlliancePredicts ANC’s Majority Loss in South African Elections

The Democratic Alliance asserts that the African National Congress is poised to lose its majority in the upcoming South African elections on 29 May. Despite receiving support from the National Treasury and stakeholders, the ANC and the Economic Freedom Fighters have jointly opposed the desirability of the DA's Responsible Spending Bill during a session of Parliament's standing committee on Finance. Dion George of the DA argues that passing the bill […]

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Month: March 2024