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This year’s World Refugee Day commemoration scheduled for Saturday under the theme: “Step With Refugees” calls for more public attention to the plight of the scores of millions of refugees and Internally Displaced Persons (IDPs) worldwide, who had been forced to flee their homes due to wars, disasters, conflict and…

The Communications, Advocacy and Policy Opportunities and Outreach for Poop (CAPOOP) alliance, has launched an online collaborative platform aimed at sharing knowledge about water, sanitation, and hygiene (WASH) as well as enhancing expertise among water and sanitation experts in Africa.       CAPOOP, which is an alliance of organizations…

The African Union Development Agency-NEPAD (AUDA-NEPAD’s) regional media webinar series will commence with the West Africa edition come Friday, June 19, on the theme: “Communication in Africa in the time of COVID–19: Transitioning to online news and the implications thereof.”     As Africa grapples with the COVID-19 pandemic, the…

Alvin Mosioma, executive director of Tax Justice Network Africa (TJN-A), speaks about the challenges of Illicit Financial Flows (IFFs) and lack of effective fiscal regime governing the extractive sector across many African countries. Newspage: According to the Economic Commission for Africa (ECA), sub-Saharan African countries loose up to USD50 billion…

Last week Monday, the African Union hosted a virtual conference on the theme: “The Role of Non-State Actors in Silencing the Guns in Africa,” focused on the role of non-state actors in ending conflicts and human rights violations on the African continent     The African Union’s theme for 2020…

The Fourth Industrial Revolution is here, and if African economies are to flourish, they must adjust accordingly. For governments, that means creating the conditions for private-sector innovation and entrepreneurship.     Not long ago, big data, the Internet of Things, and artificial intelligence seemed closer to science fiction than reality.…

This year’s Day of the African Child (DAC) commemoration scheduled for Tuesday under the theme: ‘Access to a Child-Friendly Justice System in Africa’ calls for serious introspection and commitment towards addressing the numerous challenges facing African children namely rape, child detention and labour, thus the urgent need for creating a…

The African Peer Review Mechanism (APRM) on Monday virtually unveiled its preliminary COVID-19 study titled: “Africa’s Governance Response to COVID-19” before African policymakers and stakeholders from across the continent     Many factors have been attributed to Africa’s still relatively low infection and fatality rates resulting from the coronavirus, despite…

On the occasion of this year’s celebration of the World Day Against Child Labour, the International Labour Organization (ILO) has raised concern about the threat and proneness of children falling into the dungeon of child labour.     The commemoration will therefore focus on the impact of the crisis on…

Nasreen Al-Amin is the founder of Surge Africa, a nonprofit focused on advocacy aimed at mitigating the social impacts of climate change in Africa’s local communities       What inspired your founding of Surge Africa and what successes have you recorded so far? I founded Surge Africa about three…