Botswana continues to be seen as Africa’s least corrupt, and Somalia as the continent’s – and the world’s – most corrupt country, according to a new survey published this week.
As the Beijing +15 conference came to the fore, Foroyaa has initiated a column entitled " Beijing +15 reflection" which deals with issues relating to the lives of the women in the Gambia. In this edition, we publish the voices of urban women who are finding it extremely difficult to get water for their daily domestic needs.
The top United Nations-African Union official for Darfur has highlighted the role of civil society groups in the search for a solution to the strife that has plagued the Sudanese region, encouraging their full participation in the peace talks that resumed in Doha today.
A Belgium based philanthropist group called VZW DE Gambia Vrienden Friends, on Tuesday, 17 November 2009 donated school materials, toys, second hand clothing, furniture etc to the village of Jambanjelly. The VZW De Gambia Vrienden Friends is a partner to its sister organisation in Jambanjelly called JAM-BEL.
Mozambique is ranked joint 130th out of 180 countries in this year's edition of the Corruption Perception Index (CPI), published on Tuesday by the anti-corruption NGO, Transparency International (TI).
Oxfam's Agricultural Scaling-Up Program is as appropriate and timely as it is in line with the current trust of the national development strategy, the Ministry of Agriculture and Rural Development (MoARD) disclosed.
United Nations-backed mediation talks aimed at bringing peace to the strife-torn Sudanese region of Darfur will resume tomorrow in Doha, Qatar, the world body announced today.
The Inter-Faith Action for Peace in Africa (IFAPA) president, Reverend Doctor Ishmael Noko has told delegates at the ongoing IFAPA third summit that some people on the African continent do not have access to water.
Law enforcement agencies seat idly as CÅ"ur Joyeux steals money from hundreds of helpless orphans
The Save Darfur Coalition, 44 Members of Congress, and 40,401 U.S. activists urge President Obama to make Sudan a priority and work to build a multilateral coalition when he meets with President Hu Jintao and other government officials on his first presidential visit to China.
Activists in the southern province of Katanga in the Democratic Republic of Congo, DRC, have urged the authorities to try to return shegues, or street children, currently in care to their parents.
Africa for Democracy and Good Governance (ADG), recently embarked on a weeklong celebration of worldÂ's campaign for the prevention of child abuse and violence against children.
The Committee on Women and Development (CWD) and the expert session of the 8th African Regional Conference on Women (Beijing +15), opened yesterday at the Kairaba Beach Hotel, Banjul, The Gambia.
The Algerian government is blocking attendance of an Algerian NGO from an upcoming UN anti-corruption summit. This is a deeply worrying development, according to the UNCAC Coalition, a group of over 200 organisations seeking implementation of the UN Convention against Corruption (UNCAC).
Akin Adesina, vice president of the Alliance for a Green Revolution in Africa (Agra), talked to AllAfrica about the work of the young, Nairobi-based institution and how its priorities and programs are evolving to improve food security across Africa. Agra was founded in 2006, with initial support from the Rockefeller Foundation and the Bill & Melinda Gates Foundation, and Bill Gates recently ...
