Achieving water security and sustainable sanitation for all in Africa is possible by 2030 and is within the power of African leaders. Download document 1: https://apo-opa.info/3yWTIYR Download document 2: https://apo-opa.info/42nQQBM This is the key message from the International High-Level Panel on Water Investments for Africa, which released a landmark report, … [Read more...] about Global leaders say Africa can achieve water security by 2030, present three pathways supported by action plan
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President Ramkalawan received the Chief of Mission for the International Monetary Fund at State House
Download logoThe President of the Republic, Mr Wavel Ramkalawan welcomed the Chief of Mission for the International Monetary Fund (IMF), Mr. Calixte Ahokpossi for a courtesy call at State House, yesterday morning. Mr. Ahokpossi, and his delegation are in Seychelles at the request of the Seychelles Government to negotiate a new economic programme which includes the Regular … [Read more...] about President Ramkalawan received the Chief of Mission for the International Monetary Fund at State House
As hundreds of thousands flee Somalia to Ethiopia, United Nations (UN) and partners call for urgent funding
Download logoAs needs grow and refugees continue to arrive, UN agencies and partner organizations today appealed for US$116 million to provide life-saving assistance to Somali refugees seeking safety in an extremely remote area of Ethiopia’s Somali region. Since hostilities erupted last month in the city of Laascaanood, in the Sool region, Somalia, hundreds of thousands … [Read more...] about As hundreds of thousands flee Somalia to Ethiopia, United Nations (UN) and partners call for urgent funding
Noni Jabavu was a pioneering South African writer – a new book shows how relevant she still is
Noni Jabavu was the first black South African woman to publish memoirs and one of the first African women to pursue a literary career abroad. She left the country as a teenager to pursue an education and returned intermittently throughout her life. She returned to South Africa in 1977 to research her father’s biography. Some of her best known work became the witty, insightful … [Read more...] about Noni Jabavu was a pioneering South African writer – a new book shows how relevant she still is
Uganda: Reject anti-LGBTI law that criminalizes same-sex sexual activity
Download logoResponding to the news that Uganda’s Parliament has passed a law that criminalizes consensual sexual activity between adults of the same sex, Tigere Chagutah, Amnesty International’s Regional Director for East and Southern Africa, said: “President Yoweri Museveni must urgently veto this appalling legislation, which was passed following a rushed … [Read more...] about Uganda: Reject anti-LGBTI law that criminalizes same-sex sexual activity
