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Download logoAfrica is mobilizing capital to boost access to clean cooking with series of new deals aimed at funding energy transition projects across the continent. The African Guarantee Fund (AGF) and the Clean Cooking Alliance (CCA) recently announced a partnership that promotes investments in clean cooking companies and programmes. The two organizations, according to a … [Read more...] about Africa pushes for access to clean cooking

A teenage girl who had to quit school and her job due to a painful, ‘inoperable’ tumour on the side of her face has had life-changing surgery from a charity. Khoudia, 18, from the Kaolack region of central Senegal, was 10 when she first noticed a small lump on her cheek that kept on growing. Her mother, Atta, was quick to take her to several hospitals in the hope … [Read more...] about Teenager who was told her tumour was inoperable has life transformed by surgical charity in Africa

Download logoThe UN High Commissioner for Human Rights, Volker Türk, on Tuesday called for an immediate end to the hostilities in Sudan and pleaded for the opposing sides in the military power struggle to return to the negotiating table, as reports emerged of a proposed 24-hour pause in the fighting, due to start at 1800 local time. “Sudan has already endured so … [Read more...] about Sudan: United Nations (UN) Rights Chief Calls for a Return to Talks, amid Fragile Ceasefire

Download logoCongratulations to our 2017 YALI Mandela Washington Fellowship (MWF) alumnus Mathieu Rabarinirina for his selection as the 2022 Alumni Engagement Innovation Fund (AEIF) award winner.  AEIF is a U.S.-government funded global competition through which alumni can qualify for up to 25,000 USD to implement projects that address global challenges facing their local … [Read more...] about YALI Alumnus Launches Advocacy Leadership Institute