Baking bread, making solid soap and manufacturing female sanitary products are handy skills to have. Perhaps more importantly, they can be used to make a living. That is what 60 internally displaced women and youths in Bor are hoping to do once they have completed a capacity building programme funded and run by the United Nations Mission in South Sudan (UNMISS) in cooperation … [Read more...] about Internally displaced women and youth receive training on income generating projects
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Cervical cancer can be beaten – the key is vaccinating young girls
In 2020 the World Health Organization introduced a plan to eliminate cervical cancer as a public health threat by 2030. The first step towards this goal is to have 90% of girls fully vaccinated against human papillomavirus (HPV) by the age of 15 years. Gynaecological oncologist Lynette Denny spells out how much progress still needs to be made, and what hurdles need to be … [Read more...] about Cervical cancer can be beaten – the key is vaccinating young girls
United Nations Children’s Fund-United Nations Refugee Agency Strategic Collaboration Framework
Download logoAs the leading United Nations organizations working for refugees and for children, the UN refugee agency (UNHCR), and the UN Children’s Fund (UNICEF) have established a Strategic Collaboration Framework to promote the inclusion of refugees in the national systems of host countries and to bring about transformational change for refugee children and their … [Read more...] about United Nations Children’s Fund-United Nations Refugee Agency Strategic Collaboration Framework
Security in Nigeria: Bola Tinubu will increase tension in some parts of the country and reduce it in others
Bola Ahmed Tinubu will be sworn in as president of the country on 29 May 2023. That’s if the courts uphold his election victory. Tinubu won the highly contested 25 February presidential election with 37% of the total votes. At least two leading opposition candidates have filed separate legal challenges to the election results. The new president will face many challenges, … [Read more...] about Security in Nigeria: Bola Tinubu will increase tension in some parts of the country and reduce it in others
Laayoune Sakia El Hamra region Governor receives Bahrain’s Consul-General
Download logoGovernor of the Laayoune Sakia El Hamra region in Morocco, Abdeslam Bekrate, received the Consul-General of the Kingdom of Bahrain in Laayoune, Yasser Isa Ajlan Al-Haddi. The governor expressed his appreciation to the Consul-General for the efforts he has exerted throughout his tenure that contributed to strengthening the relations between the two countries, … [Read more...] about Laayoune Sakia El Hamra region Governor receives Bahrain’s Consul-General
