April 18, 2022
Malawi: Malawi Counts Success of Polio Vaccination Drive After Detecting First Case in 30 Years
One polio case is one too many, global health experts say. Read more »
April 07, 2022
Africa: Wake-Up Call As Millions of Children At Risk of Missing Out On Education - Report
Marisol Ntalami is one of 747,161 candidates who sat for the national Kenya Certificate of Secondary Education in 2020. Read more »
March 28, 2022
Africa: Unity of Purpose to Accelerate Africa's Sustainable Development
The COVID-19 pandemic reversed several development gains on the continent, and Africa's leaders are convinced stronger cooperation in boosting investment in green growth will help… Read more »
March 23, 2022
Africa: NGOs Seeking a Monterrey+20 Summit On Financing for Development
This week, exactly 20 years ago, world leaders adopted the United Nation's Monterrey Consensus. They committed to "Confronting the challenges of financing for development" with a… Read more »
March 18, 2022
Africa: How Collective Action Can Move the Needle On Gender Equality
During this year's sixty-sixth session of the Commission on the Status of Women (CSW66), we are eager to see the global community pivot towards more inclusive approaches to… Read more »
March 16, 2022
Africa: Youths Trailblazing Paths in Sexual and Reproductive Health Ahead of ICFP Family Planning Conference
Travelling in northern Nigeria, Peace Umanah noticed teenage girls with multiple children - they would be walking with one strapped to their back, holding another by hand and with… Read more »
March 17, 2022
Central African Republic: Education Cannot Wait Secures Future of Children in CAR Conflict Zones
Nine-year-old Marguerite Doumkel sits among other children in a classroom in Paoua, a sub-prefecture of Ouham Pende, in the Central African Republic (CAR). Read more »
August 05, 2014
Africa: Activists Urge Obama to Act On Extractive Industries Law
As the three-day U.S.-Africa Leaders Summit got underway here Monday, anti-corruption activists urged President Barack Obama to prod a key U.S. agency to issue long-awaited… Read more »