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INTERVIEW: “How The Challenge Initiative will help Nigeria achieve Family Planning 2020”
Victor Igharo is the Nigeria program manager of The Challenge Initiative (TCI), a Bill and Melinda Gates Foundation-funded program working in the area of improving access to family planning and childbirth spacing services to women towards achieving Family Planning 2020 across 4 hubs of the world: Kenya, India, Senegal…
Read More »Kenya launches multi-billion dollar railway amid concerns over costs
Kenya has unveiled its first new railway in a century. The first section of the multi-billion dollar project is now operational after two and a half years of construction. The route will eventually connect Kenya to several of its neighbours and is the country’s biggest infrastructure project since independence in…
Read More »Tennis in Africa: Two sisters in Mali are dreaming big
Africa has never had a tennis grand slam singles champion. Kevin Curren was the last African finalist at a major and that was more than 30 years ago. But two young players in Mali are hoping to change that. Al Jazeera’s Nicolas Haque reports from Bamako, The post…
Read More »UN warns of mass displacement in war-torn CAR
Resurgent fighting between rival militia in Central African Republic has displaced at least 88,000 people in the month of May alone, amid further deterioration of security conditions in the country, the UN Agency for Refugees (UNHCR) has said. The agency said on Tuesday that 68,000 people were internally displaced while more than…
Read More »South Sudan soldiers face trial for rape and murder
Thirteen South Sudanese soldiers accused of raping five foreign aid workers and killing John Gatluak, their local colleague, appeared before a military court on Tuesday, a case seen as a test of the government’s ability to put people on trial for war crimes. The attack, one of the worst on aid…
Read More »South Africans demand better protection for females after murder wave
South Africans are demanding better protection for women and girls after a recent spate of brutal murders – mostly committed by male spouses or partners. The 2013 killing of Reeva Steenkamp by Paralympic athlete Oscar Pistorius, her boyfriend, drew global attention to the issue of domestic violence in South Africa.…
Read More »Day Kano health commissioner flagged-up distribution of free MNCH charter
The Kano State Commissioner of Health Dr Kabiru Ibrahim Getso has formally flagged up the distribution of the Kano State Free Maternal, Neonatal and Child Health Service Charter, developed by the Youth Society for the Prevention of Infectious Diseases and Social Vices (YOSPIS) The Kano State Commissioner of Health Dr…
Read More »Uganda’s cricket team dream of reaching the World Cup
Uganda are aiming to reach the biggest tournament in world cricket. Right now they’re hosting an international tournament for third tier teams that one day hope to qualify for the World Cup. Al Jazeera’s Malcolm Webb reports from Uganda’s capital Kampala. The post Uganda’s cricket team dream of reaching the…
Read More »Armed herders invade protected lands in Kenya
The Kenyan government has deployed troops to a central region to fight illegal grazing. Thousands of herdsmen have been driving their livestock onto ranches and protected wildlife reserves. They say drought is leaving them with no choice. But some are armed, and more than a dozen people have been killed…
Read More »South Africa’s Zuma survives renewed calls to resign
South African President Jacob Zuma survived fresh calls within the ruling African National Congress party for him to resign, party officials said on Monday, as they acknowledged support was “drifting away” from the movement. Senior figures in the ANC met over the weekend after Zuma endured months of criticism over…
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Ahead of COP30, Stakeholders Push to Fast-Track Nigeria’s Energy Transition
The 2025 Watch Party and Stakeholder Dialogue, themed “A Moment of Opportunity: Nigeria’s Role …
