1 in 3 children – or 739 million worldwide – already live in areas exposed to high or very high water scarcity, with climate change threatening to make this worse, according to a new UNICEF report. Further, the double burden of dwindling water availability and inadequate drinking water and sanitation services is compounding the challenge, putting children at even greater risk. The Climate Changed Child – released ahead of the […]

Herbert Mensah, the newly elected President of Rugby Africa (www.RugbyAfrique.com), the continental governing body for rugby in Africa, recently engaged in a 45-minute face-to-face meeting with Dr Akinwumi A. Adesina, the  President of the African Development Bank Group (AfDB). The meeting, held during the African Investment Forum in Marrakesh, Morocco, focused on the crucial topic of sports infrastructures in Africa. During the meeting, President Mensah and Dr Adesina discussed the […]

In the heart of Somalia's arid Baidoa region, Habiba Hassan embarked on a poignant journey through the shadows of drought and conflict, leading her to the Walag camp for internally displaced persons (IDP). With five children in tow, their lives were ensnared in uncertainty, marked by malnutrition and the complexities of her eighth month of pregnancy. However, amidst the struggles, fate intervened on July 8, 2023, as Habiba crossed paths […]

The World Bank and the Algerian government, through the General Directorate of Forests and the National Delegation for Major Risks, have collaborated together to produce a first joint report entitled "Note on Algerian Forest: Sustainable Forest Management to Combat Forest Fires". The report covers critical issues for forest management in Algeria and outlines key action areas for strengthening the sustainability and climate resilience of the country’s forest resources. The report […]

The President of the Republic, Nana Addo Dankwa Akufo-Addo, has urged global leaders help ensure that the progress of the West does not occur at the perpetual expense of Africa and other poor parts of the world. Speaking at the sixth edition of the Paris Peace Forum on Friday, 10th November, 2023, in France, President Akufo-Addo, in pointing out the unjust situation asked, to a resounding applause, if it necessary for […]

Catholic Bishops across Africa who represent the regions of the Symposium of Episcopal Conferences of Africa and Madagascar (SECAM) (https://www.SECAM.org/) are poised to gather in Lagos for the landmark 50th anniversary of the Pan African Committee for Social Communications (CEPACS) slated for November 18 to 21. CEPACS, the Pan African Episcopal Committee for Social Communications was founded in the year 1973 by SECAM in Ibadan. It is geared towards the […]

The African Union Mission in South Sudan (AUMISS), the Intergovernmental Authority on Development (IGAD) and the United Nations Mission in South Sudan (UNMISS) welcome the recently announced Presidential Decrees on the commencement of the process to reconstitute South Sudan's National Constitutional Review Commission (NCRC), National Elections Commission (NEC) and the Political Parties' Council (PPC). These critical developments represent encouraging progress in the implementation of the Revitalized Agreement on the Resolution […]

His Excellency Dr. Salem Al Neyadi, UAE Ambassador to the Organisation internationale de la Francophonie (OIF), led the UAE delegation participating in the 44th session of the Ministerial Conference of La Francophonie (CMF), which was held in the Cameroonian capital of Yaoundé. The 44th CMF was held under the theme ‘Good governance: Guarantee of political, economic and cultural stability for French-speaking citizens’, with the participation of several member states and […]

A meeting with a view to enhancing the capacity of national organizations and public diplomacy activities in Germany was organized on 4 and 5 November in the city of Mannheim. At the meeting in which 75 representatives of national organizations from 26 cities in Germany, members of the Eritrean Embassy and Consulate General were present, Mr. Yohannes Woldu, Charge d’Affaires at the Eritrean Embassy, called for carrying out youth-centered activities in […]