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  How can we alleviate extreme poverty? It’s the question that underpins the UN sustainable development goals (SDGs), and almost all development projects. Because poverty almost always shows itself as a lack of resources in poor communities – food, safe water, sanitation, education, healthcare – it’s reasonable to theorise that…

Far too often, the world views Africa through the prism of problems. When I look to Africa, I see a continent of hope, promise and vast potential. I am committed to building on those strengths and establishing a higher platform of cooperation between the United Nations and the leaders and…

Not less than 200 million women and girls around the world are living with the damage caused by Female Genital Mutilation/ Cutting (FGM/C), says the United Nations. This was contained in a joint press statement by the executive directors of the United Nations Population Fund (UNFPA) and the United Nations…

By Ravi Karkara & Doug Ragan   Harvesting Youth Partnership by Strengthening Inclusive Participation in the Implementation of the Sustainable Development Goals In the year 2000, the United Nations announced the Millennium Development Goals to set a path for nation-states and citizens across the world in bringing certain fundamental changes…

Restoration needs along Africa’s drylands have been mapped and quantified for the first time     A groundbreaking map of restoration opportunities along Africa’s Great Green Wall has been launched at the UN climate change conference, based on collection and analysis of crucial land-use information to boost action in Africa’s drylands to increase…

The Aid and International Development Forum (AIDF) is set to hold its 2nd Annual Aid & Development Africa Summit in Nairobi, Kenya, between February 28 and March 1 2017. It would be recalled that the Inaugural Aid & International Development Africa Summit was held in Addis Ababa, Ethiopia between 2nd…

  The United Nations Food and Agriculture Organization (FAO), together with other international and regional partners, promotes a holistic and multidisciplinary approach to advocate for the initiative ” one health “ has become more than necessary in West Africa. For FAO, the approach “One Health” is a prerequisite to ensure…

  October 15 is Global Handwashing Day, a global advocacy day dedicated to increasing awareness and understanding about the importance of handwashing with soap as an effective and affordable way to prevent diseases and save lives. With cholera spreading fast in the aftermath of Hurricane Matthew in Haiti, and with…

Kop’ep Dabugat is the coordinator of the Comprehensive Africa Agriculture Development Programme’s Non-State Actors Coalition which was launched in 2015 to unite relevant farmers’ groups, civil society organizations, and private sector actors towards enhanced agricultural productivity in Africa.