More than 16,000 children are displaced in eastern Libya following Africa’s deadliest storm in recorded history the UN Children’s Fund (UNICEF) warned on Thursday, highlighting the urgent need for psychosocial care. UNICEF stated that many more children are affected due to lack of essential services, such as health, schooling and safe water supply. “When disasters […]
Tag: Children and Youth
The Green Africa Youth Organisation(GAYO) Uganda, a youth-driven NGO that builds capacity to protect the environment and support sustainable community-based development has called for an effective circular economy management and bolstering resilience against climate risks. Addressing the on Ecologiq Conference in Australia Betty Osei Bonsu, the Country Manager of GAYO Uganda emphasized the urgency of […]
The Minister for Women Affairs, Barr. Uju Kennedy Ohanenye, says America will be child’s play when President Tinubu is done with the appointment of individuals to his cabinet. While answering a question on her plans to ensure more women are appointed into the cabinet of President Tinubu, she stated that President Tinubu is interested in […]
Today, the World Health Organization released two new publications, “Freedom from tobacco and nicotine: guide for schools,” and “Nicotine- and tobacco-free school toolkit” to help protect children’s health just in time for back-to-school season in many countries. The tobacco industry relentlessly targets young people with tobacco and nicotine products resulting in e-cigarette use increasing and […]
Her Excellency, Mrs. Ibijoke Sanwo-Olu has commended the Association of Orphanages and Home Operators of Nigeria, ASOHON, for its effort, passion, zeal and commitment in contributing to a saner society which she said is the bedrock on which all the sectors of the economy stands. Her Excellency, represented by Mrs Azeezat Tijani at the Lagos […]
Bukoba — KAGERA: THE rate of stunting among children aged below five years in Kagera Region has significantly improved from 41.7 per cent recorded during 2020/21 to 34.6 per cent this year, it has been disclosed. Kagera Regional Medical Officer (RMO), Dr Issessanda Kaniki explained that in spite of the improved nutrition status recorded, more […]
Govt to Support Cash-Strapped SABC Ahead of 2024 Elections The South African government is considering providing financial support to the cash-strapped South African Broadcasting Corporation (SABC) once again, reports TimesLIVE. The minister of communications, Mondli Gungubele, said that the government is working to ensure that the SABC stays afloat to carry out its broader […]
To actualise the provisions of the Higher Education Act 2023 otherwise known as Students Loan Act, the Central Bank of Nigeria (CBN) and the Joint Admissions and Matriculation Board (JAMB), are interfacing to fashion out modalities for speedy disbursement to beneficiaries. It will be recalled that President Bola Tinubu recently signed into law a Bill […]
The girls claimed they did not know the men who impregnated them, according to a statement from the NDLEA. Operatives of the National Drug Law Enforcement Agency (NDLEA), have rescued five pregnant teenage girls said to be victims of child trafficking in Imo State, South-east Nigeria. The NDLEA spokesperson, Femi Babafemi, in a statement on […]
United Nations — “What do we want? Climate justice! When do we want it? Now!” youth chanted in an unusually lively conference at the United Nations Headquarters. Earlier on Thursday morning (September 14), almost 500 young people had streamed into the room to a DJ’s upbeat soundtrack. Spirits were high despite the more somber rallying […]
Popular media personality and model, Toke Makinwa, says she would have stayed and compromised in her marriage with her estranged husband, Maje Ayida if they had a child together. She got married to fitness entrepreneur, Maje Ayida in 2014, but the marriage was dissolved in 2017. Speaking during the latest episode of her podcast, TokeMoments, […]
Harare — Moroccan authorities are continuing their efforts to speed up rescue operations, evacuate and provide care for the injured, and mobilize all necessary resources to respond to the devastating earthquake which hit Morocco. While young people are driving the country’s frantic relief effort with volunteers from all across the city and beyond responding to […]
The National Youth League of the ruling Coalition for Democratic Change (CDC) has committed itself to a violent free campaign ahead of the October 10th Presidential and Legislative Elections. The head of the CDC youth league, Emmanuel M. Johnson made the vow on Thursday, 7 Thursday during the CDC’s One Million citizens’ rally for “One […]
Harare — Mali’s transitional government reported that 64 people, including numerous civilians, were killed in two strikes carried out by suspected al-Qaeda-linked militants on Thursday in unrest-plagued north. According to AFP, the strikes targeted a passenger boat on the Niger River close to Timbuktu and an army post in Bamba, in the northern Gao region, […]
The United Nations Children’s Fund (UNICEF) has warned that it has only received 22 per cent of the funding needed for its operations in Mozambique. In its humanitarian situation report published on 23 August, UNICEF points out that it has only received US$19 million for its US$169 million appeal “to sustain life-saving services for nearly […]
FINANCE Minister Dr Mwigulu Nchemba has underscored the necessity to engage more youth in agriculture for the country to raise revenue base and create more jobs. “If you want to increase revenue and create more jobs the youth engagement in agriculture is unavoidable,” Dr Nchemba stated on Tuesday at the 2023 AGRF sideline event which […]
Natalie Silantoi Anyango shaking hands with Akinwumi Adesina at the Africa Youth Climate Assembly 2023. Children must be given a front seat in climate solution discussions, Natalie says. At the close of the Africa Youth Climate Assembly 2023, eleven-year-old Natalie Silantoi Anyango, gave a captivating address that sent the participants into deep reflection. Silantoi, who […]
The serial rapist first appeared in the Khayelitsha Magistrates’ Court in 2017 but was only convicted in August A 58-year-old man, who raped his foster-daughter for seven years from the age of seven, was sentenced to life imprisonment on Thursday. The survivor told her school and her neighbours what was happening. Nobody did anything. Social […]