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“The ruin of a nation begins in the homes of its people”, this African proverb speaks of the power of a people to make or break themselves, their countries and the globe. And so, it is with Africa. The success or failure of Africa rests squarely on the shoulders of…

The United Nations (UN) General Assembly in a resolution on 3 December 2018, adopted today, January 24, as International Day for Education aimed at commemorating the foundational role of education for peace and sustainable development. “This day is the occasion to reaffirm fundamental principles. Firstly, education is a human right,…

A reporter for African Newspage, Nuhu Abdullahi Tsanni, and 19 other African science journalists from across 22 African countries have been selected to attend the World Federation of Science Journalists’ science reporting workshop in London, United Kingdom, scheduled for between 10 and 15 March 2019 in Harwell (UK). The Montreal-based…

Abdulrazak Ibrahim is the capacity development officer of the Forum for Agricultural Research in Africa (FARA), African Union’s apex organization responsible for coordinating and advocating for agricultural research for development (AR4D)   What is the Forum for Agricultural Research in Africa (FARA) is all about? The Forum for Agricultural Research…

The South Africa Science Forum 2018 (SFSA 2018) themed: “Igniting conversations about science” focused on the role of Science, Technology and Innovation (STI) in Africa’s growth and development     Typical of South Africa’s sunny and temperate interior climate, it was a relatively cool afternoon at the one-hundred-and ten-year-old University…

Between November 7 and 9, over 1500 African youths from across the continent and beyond gathered in Accra, the Ghanaian capital for the 2018 edition of the African Youth SDGs Summit; a continental gathering of African youth aimed at mobilizing and inspiring active youth participation in the implementation of the…

The eleventh general assembly of the Nairobi, Kenya-based African Academy of Sciences (AAS) beganMonday in Pretoria, South Africa under the theme: “Our history, impact and thefuture” and was declared open by the South African Minister of Science andTechnology, Mmamoloko Kubayi-Ngubane who said the AAS had “a crucial role toplay in…

The global community Monday commemorated the 2018 Human Rights Day (HRD) under thetheme: “Stand up for human rights,” aimed at promoting awareness about humanrights around the globe, which also marks the 70th anniversary of the Universal Declaration ofHuman Rights (UDHR). In 1948, the UN`s General Assembly adopted the UDHR, a charter…

  Namhla Mniki-Mangaliso is the co- chair of the Africa CSO Working Group on SDGs and executive director of the African Monitor, a nonprofit working with youth movements across 10 African countries to produce citizen-generated data on the progress being made in achieving the SDGs Namhla Mniki-Mangaliso, co- chair of …

  Kijala Shako, who was at the recently held African Youth SDGs Summit in Accra, is the active citizenship and engagement advisor  for the Pan Africa Programme (PAP); Oxfam’s advocacy, campaigns and influencing agency engaging citizens and institutions in the realization of an Africa that is self-reliant, democratic, peaceful  …