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The global community Friday observed the 2019 World Water Day under the theme: “Leaving No One Behind.” This year’s event convened by UN-Water and United Nations Educational, Scientific and Cultural Organization (UNESCO) focused on creating awareness about the challenge of access to clean water and sanitation among marginalized groups towards…

The 2019 International Women`s Day (IWD) under the theme: “Think Equal, Build Smart, Innovate Change” calls for innovative and creative strategies for advancing gender equality as well as the empowerment of women, particularly in the areas of social protection systems, access to public services and sustainable infrastructure The International Women’s…

About thirty leaders of local authorities from across Africa as well as civil society and sanitation and hygiene experts, last week gathered at Cape Town, South Africa on the occasion of the 5th African Conference on Sanitation and Hygiene (AfricaSan5). The meeting was convened by Speak Up Africa in partnership…

Dr. Richard Munang is the UN Environment’s Africa Regional Climate Change Programme Coordinator responsible for guiding the actualization of UNEP’s climate resilient development strategy for Africa through coordinating implementation of diverse projects in adaptation and mitigation in key economic sectors especially agriculture, and energy.     You wrote in your…

The Nigeria chapter of the New Faces New Voices (NFNV), an initiative of the Graca Machel Trust, in partnership with the United Parcel Service, the US-headquartered global logistics company, has commenced the implementation of the second of NFNV Nigeria’s “Raising Voices for Cross Border Traders in West Africa” project. The…

African leaders in attendance at the 31st African Union Summit held at Nouakchott, Mauritania launched the new Pan-African Zero Malaria Starts with Me campaign, co-led by the AU Commission and RBM Partnership to End Malaria and supported by African leaders The new, continent-wide Pan-African Zero Malaria Starts with Me campaign…

At an event to mark one-year of his passing, colleagues, mentees, as well as friends and family of the Late Babatunde Osotimehin, Nigeria’s former minister of health who died as executive director of the United Nations Population Fund (UNFPA) was eulogized in glowing terms The late former executive director of…

Since 1974, every 5th day of June is celebrated as World Environment Day (WED) by the United Nations as it’s “most important day for encouraging worldwide awareness and action for the protection of our environment.”   The World Environment Day (WED) has since its inception remained the UN’s flagship campaign…

CISLAC’s shadow report on Goal 16 of the Sustainable Development Goals, which is dedicated to the promotion of peaceful and inclusive societies for sustainable development, was aimed at providing a broad independent assessment of the Nigerian government’s progress towards achieving the Sustainable Development Goals   The Civil Society Legislative Advocacy…

What is World Press Freedom Day? Global observance that stresses that freedom of information is a fundamental human right, weighs the state of press freedom around the world, and is a reminder that in dozens of countries, publications are censored, fined and closed down, while journalists and editors are harassed,…