New Delhi — “The size of the faucet highlights the magnitude of the problem. It makes the problem impossible to ignore. We’re used to throwing things ‘away’–but when we’re confronted with what happens when ‘away’ is not an option, I think it creates an emotional wake-up call,” says Benjamin Von Wong. The 39-year-old Canadian artist […]
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The 6th edition of Africa Arsenal Fans Festival in Kigali will attract over 1,000 supporters from 14 countries across the continent, according to Valentin Bigango, the president of Rwanda Arsenal Fans Community (RAFC). Scheduled for April 18-20, the festival will bring together supporters for a weekend of sports, charity, and cultural exchange. According to the
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Kigali — The Africa Centres for Disease Control and Prevention (Africa CDC), Regional Economic Community (REC) representatives and other stakeholders convened for a consultative workshop to strengthen coordination between regional pooled procurement mechanisms (PPMs) and the African Pooled Procurement Mechanism (APPM), as well as to discuss the modalities for the establishment of a joint information
The reported decision that the US government will end its support for Gavi, The Vaccine Alliance – which was set up 20 years ago to increase access to vaccines for the world’s poorest countries—will have devastating consequences for children across the globe, said Doctors Without Borders (MSF). While there is still space for progress, routine vaccination
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United Nations — Despite levels of child mortality and stillbirths having significantly decreased since 2000, increasingly unequal and limited access to basic services around the world endangers millions of children around the world, a new report finds. On March 24, the United Nations Inter-agency Group for Child Mortality Estimation (UN IGME) released its annual report
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Fast fashion is accelerating an environmental catastrophe, with the equivalent of one garbage truck’s worth of clothing either incinerated or sent to landfill every second, the UN chief warned on Thursday. Speaking at an event commemorating Sunday’s International Day of Zero Waste, Secretary-General António Guterres called for urgent action to curb the textile industry’s devastating
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Rome — The United Nations World Food Programme (WFP) warned today that 58 million people risk losing life-saving assistance in the agency’s 28 most critical crisis response operations unless new funding is received urgently. Despite the generosity of many governments and individual donors, WFP is experiencing a steep decline in funding across its major donors.
TLDR African online marketplace Jiji will launch operations in Bangladesh, marking its first expansion outside the continent The move targets the country’s growing middle class, mobile connectivity, and expanding e-commerce sector, which is expected to reach $13 billion by 2027 Jiji operates in seven African countries, including Nigeria, Kenya, and Ghana, with 12 million monthly
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In a landmark moment for Africa and Europe, the University of Cape Town (UCT) has teamed up with Sciences Po – a public university in Paris, France – to offer students a prestigious, internationally recognised dual degree programme. It has been described as a milestone in academic cooperation between the two continents. What this means
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Recently published in the journal Frontiers, a new paper explores the state-of-play for interventions to reduce malaria-related morbidity and mortality among children in Africa. The research, whose authorship included Jane Achan, Principal Advisor at Malaria Consortium, highlights the progress that has been achieved in this area, and where improvements could still be made. Its conclusions
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