Today the World Health Organization (WHO) and the Global Fund to Fight AIDS, Tuberculosis and Malaria (the Global Fund) signed a new and revised Strategic Framework for Collaboration, designed to build stronger and more resilient health systems and maximize collaboration and impact in support of country, regional and global responses to major communicable diseases. The […]
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Supply Minister Ali Moselhi said the ministry signed contracts for importing cattle and frozen meat from five countries; Sudan, Djibouti, Tanzania, Uganda, and India. In a statement on Thursday, he said this falls within the framework of efforts to secure people’s need of meat at low price.
More than 280 children and 70 caretakers from a Khartoum orphanage affected by heavy combat have been evacuated to a safer location outside the capital. A team from the International Committee of the Red Cross (ICRC) facilitated the evacuation of the Maygoma Orphanage on Wednesday. The children, aged between 1 month and 15 years, were […]
THE public has been challenged to join efforts to protect the environment to save the country from challenges brought on by climate change. The remarks were made in Dar es Salaam on Wednesday in an event where the Indian School-Dar es Salaam (ISD) planted more than 750 fruit trees to fight against climate change and […]
THE government is finalising a process to embark on a vital exercise for the implementation of the School Milk Programme (SMP), the eagerly-awaited project that focuses on improving students’ health as well as cognitive ability. Permanent Secretary (PS) in the Ministry of Livestock and Fisheries, Professor Riziki Shemdoe, said the ministry was currently working on […]
Geita — THE Rural Water and Sanitation Authority (RUWASA) in Geita Region has received a water drilling machine purchased by the government at a cost of 600m/-, which will be used for improvements of water services in rural areas. Speaking over the weekend at the launch of the machine held at Ntono village, Bukoli ward […]
THE Zanzibar Stone Town Development and Conservation Authority (ZSTDCA) is in the process of reviving old public toilets as well as building modern ones to restore the status and preserve the environment of the town. Due to negligence and lack of maintenance, most public toilets were changed into shops and restaurants, leading to a city […]
Harare — As Zimbabweans prepare to cast their ballots in 2 months’ time, allAfrica takes a look at how the southern African country’s electoral process works. President Emmerson Mnangagwa announced that the country’s presidential and legislative elections will take place on August 23. The announcement comes at a time Zimbabwe struggles with a severe economic […]
An Ocean Fair, organised by the Danny Faure Foundation showcasing the work that several organisations are doing to preserve the oceans, opened on Thursday. Governmental and non-governmental organisations, educational institutions, the fisheries industry, and local artisans are among those participating in the exhibition open from June 1-3 at the Camion Hall in the capital of […]
ENTERPRISES in the clean cooking solutions value chain will have an opportunity to scale their businesses through the European Union (EU) funded Cook Fund programme in five regions. The opportunity follows the opening of the second call of the programme that run through September where over 10bn/- in grants are available to scale up the […]
Maseru — The United Nations World Food Programme (WFP) and Government of Lesotho have today launched an innovative geospatial platform that will boost evidence-based decision making on issues of national concern and enhance overall governance. The initiative, which is valued at US$ 1.1 million, was undertaken as part of efforts to enhance government’s capacity on […]
The governor of the Central River Region (CRR), Ousman Bah, has appealled to the World Bank and the government of The Gambia to expand the Social Safety Net Project (SSNP) funding in order to eradicate poverty in the country. The SSNP is a social protection piloted in the 20 poorest districts across the country. The […]
The World Bank Senior Social Protection Specialist, Christabel Dadzie, has announced that the Bank is designing a Human Capital Development Project together with education to support the country. According to her, this came through the request from the government of The Gambia. Speaking in an interview at Brikama Ba, Central River Region (CRR), Christabel said […]
The Gambia Youth Chamber of Commerce (GYCC) with support from the Konrad Adenauer Foundation (KAS) on Sunday wrapped-up a week-long product packaging and branding training for 25 business enterpreneurs at the National Nutrition Agency Conference Hall. The training accord participants the opportunity to improve on their branding, packaging and marketing skills, thus enhancing their competitiveness […]
The Seychelles’ Public Utilities Corporation (PUC) and the Department of Energy are currently assessing prospective government buildings to install photovoltaic panels, said a top official. These are the latest steps Seychelles is taking towards achieving 15 percent renewable penetration by 2030 and the greater vision of hitting net-zero emissions by 2050. “We are assessing whether […]
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Education Cannot Wait (ECW) support to the World Food Programme and partners in the Democratic Republic of the Congo ensures crisis-affected children receive a hot, nutritious meal each day as part of whole-of-child education response There’s a lot of activity in and outside the walls of Lweyeye School in the Democratic Republic of the Congo this morning. […]
Our country is going through a period of transition following one of its most challenging periods. Covid-19 really put us on the back foot. Globally, every nation had to deal with the socio-economic fallout from this devastating pandemic. Thankfully, Namibia’s economy is seeing the first shoots of recovery, which is positive news. This cautious recovery […]
The National Development Planning Commission (NDPC) has organized a one-day multi-stakeholder capacity-building initiative workshop on policy coherence in the implementation of the 2030 Agenda and Agenda 2063 in Accra. The workshop, organized in collaboration with the African Peer Review Mechanism (APRM) and the Organization for Economic Cooperation and Development (OECD), was to give policymakers, practitioners […]