UN Women supports implementing partners TPO Uganda and Refugee Law Project, to support women and girls who were forced to flee conflict. At Bidi Bidi settlement women benefiting from Refugee Law Project’s “English for Adults” shared their inspirational stories; their success was made possible by psychosocial support offered by TPO Uganda. These interventions are made […]
Reunion of Episcopal Conferences of West Africa (RECOWA) Holds the Opening Session of its 4th General Assembly at the ECOWAS Commission HQ in Abuja
Download logo The Reunion of Episcopal Conferences of West (RECOWA) holds the opening session of its 4th General Assembly at the ECOWAS Commission Headquarters in Abuja, Nigeria today Tuesday, May 3rd, 2022. H.E. Prof. Yemi Osinbajo, Vice President of the Federal Republic of Nigeria, while opening the Session, encouraged the Conference “to begin building bridges across […]
Main supply route rehabilitated by UNMISS brings hope to Upper Nile State
A road without timely maintenance work soon stops being a road, as the saying goes. Fortunately, the 75 kilometres stretching from Adwong via Bailet to Malakal, capital of Upper Nile State, has just been rehabilitated by Indian engineering troops serving with the UN Mission in South Sudan (UNMISS), much to the delight of humanitarian actors, […]
Recognize ‘Enormous Challenges’ Facing Northern Nigeria to Forge New Hope, Guterres urges
The “enormous challenges” faced by the northeastern Nigerian state of Borno, which include a continuing terrorist insurgency, need to be recognized by the international community to create what the UN Secretary-General has called a “state of hope and a state of reality”, in a region which he said did not live up to its reputation […]
UNFPA and WFP join forces to meet soaring reproductive health and nutrition needs in southern Madagascar
Just weeks away from giving birth to her fifth child, Homoroe Haova, 33, looked down at her stomach and smiled, reassured she could give birth safely as well as feed her children in the coming weeks. Ms. Haova was among 800 women who had waited in line all morning to meet with UNFPA-supported reproductive health […]
Niger faces refugee influx as violence increases in neighbouring states
Download logo Tens of thousands of new refugees have arrived in Niger in the last four months to escape attacks by armed groups in neighbouring countries. UNHCR, the UN Refugee Agency, is concerned by these rising numbers as attacks on civilians prompting displacement increase in both frequency and violence. From January to mi-April 2022, Niger […]
People in Africa's Cities Benefit from Better Socio-Economic Outcomes and Standards of Living, According to New Report
Urbanisation in Africa contributes to better economic outcomes and higher standards of living, with cities notably outperforming national averages across most socioeconomic indicators including the share of skilled jobs, wages, education and access to service and infrastructure, according to a new report (https://bit.ly/381UWs0). Download document (EN): https://bit.ly/3MPP7N7 Download document (FR): https://bit.ly/38Messy Produced by the Sahel and West […]
Global Report on Food Crises: acute food insecurity hits new highs
The number of people facing acute food insecurity and requiring urgent life-saving food assistance and livelihood support continues to grow at an alarming rate. This makes it more urgent than ever to tackle the root causes of food crises rather than just responding after they occur. This is a key takeaway from an annual report launched today […]
How Binance is Providing Financial Opportunities to Cameroonians and Keeping their Assets Safe
Several Africans continue to live in poverty with minimal access to financial opportunities, quality education or good jobs. Binance (www.Binance.com), the world’s largest cryptocurrency exchange and blockchain ecosystem, has taken its efforts to Cameroon and Francophone Africa at large to bridge this gap – as it enables greater financial accessibility for Africans, provides blockchain education […]
Energy Capital & Power to Deliver a Series of Successful Events in 2022
Despite the economic downturn brought about by the onset of the COVID-19 pandemic, Africa’s leading investment platform for the energy sector, Energy Capital & Power (ECP) (www.EnergyCapitalPower.com), hosted a successful lineup of large-scale energy events across the continent in 2021, whereby $2.5 billion worth of deals were signed by event delegates. Against this backdrop, and […]