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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,…