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The global community is Wednesday commemorating the 2020 World Youth Skills Day (WYSD), aimed at recognising the strategic importance of equipping young people with the appropriate skills for employment, decent work and entrepreneurship, as well as highlighting the crucial role of skilled youth in addressing current and future global challenges.…

The international community on Saturday commemorated 2020 World Population Day under the theme: “Putting the breaks on COVID-19: how to safeguard the health and rights of women and girls now,” aimed at raising awareness about women’s and girls’ sexual and reproductive health rights, gender-based violence (GBV), among other vulnerabilities amidst…

In commemoration of 2020 World Micro-, Small and Medium-sized Enterprises (MSMEs) Day, the All Africa Association for Small and Medium Enterprises (AAASME), Saturday hosted a webinar discussion on this year’s commemoration theme: “COVID-19: The Great Lockdown and its impact on Small Business.”     Inaugurated March 2018, AAASME is a…

The African Union (AU) and Afrochampions, the pan-African business leadership network focused on regional integration and economic emancipation, are set to July 1st, launch the inaugural Boma of Africa, a virtual month-long festival meant to be a broader celebration of Africa Integration Day: July 7th.     It would be…

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…