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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…

According to the Global Risks Report of the Word Economic Forum 2018, water crises are among the five crises that will have the largest impact in the next decade. There are currently 4 billion people living under conditions of severe water scarcity for at least one month per year.  …

The global community Sunday observed the 2018 international Day for the Elimination of Violence Against Women themed: “Orange the World: #HearMeToo,” focused on raising awareness the world over on the fact that women and girls were being subject to persistent human rights violations including rape, domestic violence, slavery, human trafficking…

The global community Monday commemorated the 2018 World Toilet Day (WTD) coordinated by UN-Water under the theme: “when nature calls,” focused on drawing global attention to sanitation crisis and the need to ensure that everyone has a safe toilet and that no-one practices open defecation by 2030. World Toilet Day…

The global community Wednesday commemorated the 2018 World Diabetes Day (WDD) led by the International Diabetes Federation (IDF) under the theme: “the family and diabetes,” aimed at promoting the role of the family in the management, care, prevention and education of diabetes.   Diabetes mellitus is a disease that prevents…

Azna Fall Ndiaye is the Senegal country representative of New Faces New Voices (NFNV), a network of African women entrepreneurs under the Graca Machel Trust aimed at bridging funding gap for women-owned businesses in Africa     By Adam Alqali and Abdullahi Tsanni   The NFNV Senegal Chapter was established…

The African Monitor (AM), a Pan-African organisation that seeks to unlock grassroots potentials as the drivers of Africa’s economic rejuvenation, Thursday hosted a side-event at the ongoing 2nd annual African Youth SDGs Summit in Accra, Ghana, during which the group presented the findings of its Citizens Report to a section…

The third edition of the West Africa Media Excellence Conference and Awards, (WAMECA), an initiative of the Media Foundation for West Africa (MFWA) aimed at promoting media excellence in the region, is scheduled to hold between 18 and 19 of October, 2019. The MFWA on Wednesday announced in a press…

The second edition of the African Youth SDGs Summit, an annual continental gathering of African youths aimed at mobilizing and inspiring active youth participation in the implementation of the SDGs, has Wednesday commenced in Accra, Ghana, with over 1000 youth delegates from across 43 African countries in attendance. This year’s…

 In commemoration of the 20th anniversary of its founding, RBM Partnership to End Malaria, the global platform for co-ordinated action on malaria, Tuesday announced the launch of a new media fellowship “to build on achievements which to date have contributed to saving more than 7 million lives and preventing over…