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On the margins of the 6th session of the Africa Sustainable Development Forum, held at Victoria Falls, Zimbabwe, February 24–27, 2020, the African Peer Review Mechanism (APRM) launched its “Report on Assessing Governance Mechanisms for the Implementation of the African Union Agenda 2063 and the 2030 Agenda for Sustainable Development…

The global community will Sunday observe the 2020 Zero Discrimination Day under the theme: “Zero Discrimination against Women and Girls”.  This year’s event focuses on promoting everyone’s right to live a dignified life regardless of their age, gender, sexuality, nationality, ethnicity, skin color and beliefs.   Celebrated every March 1st,…

Ahead of the 20th African Water Association International Congress and Exhibition (AfWA-ICE2020) beginning Monday in Kampala, Uganda, Speak Up Africa and its partners on  Friday launched their maiden Sanitation Media Fellowship focused on building the capacities of African journalists to increase reporting on water and sanitation issues on the continent.…

The Forum for Agricultural Research in Africa`s 8th Africa Agriculture Science Week (AASW8) is now scheduled to hold between 15 and 18 June, 2020 in Accra, Ghana, under the theme: “Innovations, Institutions, and People.” AASW8 was earlier scheduled to hold between 28 and 30 October, 2019 in Cairo, Egypt, before…

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…