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The international community on Tuesday commemorated the 2018 World Food Day (WFD) under the theme: “our actions are our future,” aimed at mobilizing everyone to act responsibly towards achieving food security for the sake of our posterity. Across the globe, every 16 of October is observed as World Food Day:…

The global community on Monday commemorated the 2018 Global Handwashing Day (GHD) under the theme focusing on the links between handwashing and health. GHD is commemorated every October 15 and is aimed at creating awareness and mobilizing people around the globe to improve handwashing habits as a key factor in…

The editor of African Newspage, Adam Alqali, on Saturday emerged winner of the 2018 West Africa Media Awards’ prize for Sustainable Development Goals (SDGs) reporting, at an event held at the Swiss Spirit Alisa Hotel in Accra, Ghana. Now the West African sub-region’s most prestigious media awards, the West Africa…

The global community Thursday celebrated the International Day of the Girl under the theme: “With Her: A Skilled GirlForce” aimed at highlighting the needs of the girl-child and challenges girls face, while advocating for investments in the most pressing needs and opportunities for girls to attain skills for employability in…

Appiah Adomako is the West Africa regional director for CUTS International, a research and public policy think tank that aims to build local, national and regional capacities of multiple stakeholders on issues around trade and competition.     What role can trade play in West Africa’s economic growth and what…

Mabingue Ngom, regional director for West and Central Africa at the United Nations Population Fund (UNFPA), will in November 2018, address over 1000 youth delegates from across Africa and beyond at the 2nd edition of Africa Youth SDGs Summit  in Accra, Ghana. The 2nd edition of the summit themed: “Partnership…

The international community Friday commemorated this year`s International Day of Peace under the theme: “The Right to Peace – The Universal Declaration of Human Rights at 70.” “It is time all nations and all people live up to the words of the universal declaration of Human rights, which recognizes the…

Climate Change is undeniable, the science is beyond doubt; it is time to get off the path of suicidal emissions. All of us – governments, businesses, and citizens – will have to make amends. In other terms, we will have to be the change we desire.  This is mandatory for…

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…

The second edition of the Open Forum for Agricultural Biotechnology in Africa (OFAB) Media Awards which celebrates journalists and their efforts in promoting agricultural technologies in Africa held Thursday night at Ouagadougou, the capital of Burkina Faso and was attended by journalists from the 7 OFAB countries: Kenya, Tanzania, Ethiopia,…