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The 20th African Water Association International Congress and Exhibition (AfWA-ICE2020) under the theme: “Breaking new grounds to accelerate access to safe water and sanitation for all in Africa,” is scheduled to hold February 24 – 27, at the Kampala Serena International Conference Center, in Kampala, Uganda.     The African…

The international community will Tuesday commemorate the International Day of Women and Girls in Science, an annual awareness day commemorated every February 11, as part of the UN’s efforts to promote full and equal access to and participation in science for women and girls.      The theme for the…

President Cyril Ramaphosa of the Republic of South Africa has assumed the chairpersonship of African Union at the ongoing 33rd Ordinary Session of the Assembly of Heads of State and Government of the Union, which opened Sunday in Addis Ababa, Ethiopia.     The meeting which will run between 9th…

President Cyril Ramaphosa of South Africa, the incoming chairman of the African Union, has on Saturday also taken over the chairpersonship of the African Peer Review Forum of Heads of State and Government Participating in the African Peer Review Mechanism (APRM).     President Ramaphosa took over leadership of the…

Ahead of the 33rd Ordinary Session of the Assembly of Heads of State and Government of the  African Union and in support of the AU’s theme for the year 2020: “Silencing the Guns: Creating Conductive Conditions for Africa’s development,” Africa Peace Zones, a youth-led campaign has been launched to sensitise…

On the margins of the ongoing 33rd Ordinary Session of the Assembly of Heads of State and Government of the African Union, in Addis Ababa, Ethiopia, African Union Member States Thursday deliberated on the First Continental Report on the Implementation of Agenda 2063: The Africa We Want.     Agenda…

The 36th Ordinary Session of the African Union Executive Council officially opened Thursday, at the AU Headquarters in Addis Ababa, Ethiopia. The meeting is being held under the AU Theme of the Year 2020, “Silencing the Guns: Creating Conducive Conditions for Africa’s Development”.     The Silencing the Guns in…

The world will on Wednesday commemorate the International Day of Zero Tolerance for Female Genital Mutilation (FGM) for 2020, an annual awareness day commemorated every February 6, as part of the UN’s efforts to eradicate FGM from the world.  The 2020 commemoration theme is: “Unleashing Youth Power: One decade of…

The global community will Tuesday commemorate the 2020 World Cancer Day, under the theme: ‘I Am and I Will.’ The day is an annual international day dedicated to preventing millions of preventable deaths, by raising awareness about cancer, and pressing governments and individuals across the world to take action against…

The global community will Thursday commemorate the first-ever World Neglected Tropical Diseases (NTDs) Day. The inaugural event, tagged: “#BeatNTDs. For all. For good,” aims to bring together global health experts, policymakers, community leaders, and civil society advocates; to mobilize for greater support and action on ending NTDs around the world.…