Month: February 2025

 Across Africa, countries often export raw materials that other countries turn into more valuable products. In Tanzania, farmers are working to reverse that trend with a new sunflower processing unit that can turn seeds into oil and other products. The new Sunflower Processing Unit in the eastern district of Uvinza will give a business boost to 21,000 people, reducing travel costs while supporting local farming and agribusiness. A game-changer for […]

 Dangerously high temperatures have forced schools across South Sudan to close for the second year in a row, putting learning out of reach for many children and pushing them further into risks like early marriage, child labour and recruitment into armed groups, Save the Children said.   With temperatures expected to climb as high as 42 degrees Celsius next week, the government ordered schools to close for at least two […]

 EU foreign ministers will convene in Brussels on 24 February. Minister for Foreign Affairs Elina Valtonen will represent Finland at the meeting. The EU Foreign Affairs Council will take place on the third anniversary of the start of Russia’s war of aggression against Ukraine and continue discussions on the Russian war of aggression against Ukraine. The foreign ministers will discuss matters including military support for Ukraine, stronger sanctions against Russia […]

 Save the Children protection staff are reporting an influx of unaccompanied and separated children arriving in Burundi, amongst the up to 35,000 refugees who have crossed into the country from the Democratic Republic of Congo (DRC) in recent weeks. Most of the new arrivals are women and children, in the biggest wave of refugees to enter the country in 25 years, according to the UN.  At least four children have also died upon arrival in Burundi […]

 The African Union has deployed and onboarded the 12th cohort of Youth Volunteers. The 45 Young Professionals from 23 countries across the five regions of the continent, will serve as volunteers in various African Union Commission Departments and in government offices and ministries of African Member states for a period of 12 months. Implemented by the African Union Commission’s directorate of Women, Gender, and Youth, the African Union Youth Volunteers Corps (AUYVC) is […]

 The Ivorian authorities must urgently compensate the 133 farmers, their employees and families whose livelihoods were destroyed following the forced evictions on the Gesco Rivière site in Abidjan, Amnesty International said on the first anniversary of the demolitions. On 21 February 2024, as part of a series of forced evictions in Abidjan neighbourhoods, farms and fishponds belonging to members of the Agro-Past Eburny association were demolished without prior consultation or notice. The […]