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On the occasion of this year’s International Day for the Elimination of Sexual Violence in Conflict, to be commemorated Friday, the member entities of United Nations Action against Sexual Violence in Conflict (UN Action), a cross-UN initiative that unites the work of 14 United Nations entities with the goal of…

This year’s World Refugee Day commemoration scheduled for Saturday under the theme: “Step With Refugees” calls for more public attention to the plight of the scores of millions of refugees and Internally Displaced Persons (IDPs) worldwide, who had been forced to flee their homes due to wars, disasters, conflict and…

The Communications, Advocacy and Policy Opportunities and Outreach for Poop (CAPOOP) alliance, has launched an online collaborative platform aimed at sharing knowledge about water, sanitation, and hygiene (WASH) as well as enhancing expertise among water and sanitation experts in Africa.       CAPOOP, which is an alliance of organizations…

The African Union Development Agency-NEPAD (AUDA-NEPAD’s) regional media webinar series will commence with the West Africa edition come Friday, June 19, on the theme: “Communication in Africa in the time of COVID–19: Transitioning to online news and the implications thereof.”     As Africa grapples with the COVID-19 pandemic, the…

This year’s Day of the African Child (DAC) commemoration scheduled for Tuesday under the theme: ‘Access to a Child-Friendly Justice System in Africa’ calls for serious introspection and commitment towards addressing the numerous challenges facing African children namely rape, child detention and labour, thus the urgent need for creating a…

On the occasion of this year’s celebration of the World Day Against Child Labour, the International Labour Organization (ILO) has raised concern about the threat and proneness of children falling into the dungeon of child labour.     The commemoration will therefore focus on the impact of the crisis on…

The global community is set to Friday commemorate 2020 World Environment Day (WED), the major day for global environmental action focused on encouraging awareness and action, aimed at protecting the environment on the theme: “Biodiversity” – a concern that has been described as both urgent and existential!     “As…

  As the African continent is set to commemorate the Africa Day 2020, Monday Silencing the Guns remains a top priority of the continent hence the need for more efforts by African governments to commit to tangible action on silencing the guns so as to end violent conflicts on the…

At their virtual meeting held Tuesday, members of the APRM Committee of Focal Points, the ministerial body comprising of the personal representatives of the Heads of State and Government of Participating States of the African Peer Review Mechanism (APRM); has called on all African states to take coordinated and coherent…

The African Union InterAfrican Bureau for Animal Resources (AU-IBAR) Thursday kick-started a rapid assessment of the impacts of the COVID–19 pandemic on animal resources in Africa, through its first-ever continent-wide online consultative meeting that aims to identify immediate mitigation measures against the effects of COVID–19 on animal resources on the…