Daily Archives: Jun 18, 2021

New USAID research led from Ghana is testing ways to build rural resilience

Ghana has made tremendous progress against poverty in its rural communities over the past decade. It was the first country in Sub-Saharan Africa to...

IGAD to Establish an Inter-regional Coordination Platform for the Management of Desert Locust and other Transboundary Pests

On the 17th of June 2021, IGAD held a Ministerial Conference on the Sustainable Management of Desert Locust and other Transboundary Pests. The meeting...

Awareness on ills of early marriages and children in armies in focus when UNMISS celebrated day of the African child

Early, and often forced, marriages are alarmingly common in South Sudan. What, then, could be a better way to mark the Day of the...

Precarious situation in the Sahel, urgent action needed to face the lean season

The humanitarian context continues to deteriorate further each year in the Sahel, with insecurity already underpinned by numerous deadly incidents toward populations - likely...

Press Statement on the official launch of the Commission of Inquiry on the Tigray Region in the Federal Democratic Republic of Ethiopia

The African Commission on Human and Peoples’ Rights (the Commission), in accordance with its mandate of promotion and protection of human rights in Africa...

AU, ILO and UNICEF mark the World Day against Child Labour in Africa

ADDIS/ABIDJAN– The African Union, International Labour Organization and UNICEF hosted a virtual continental event to mark the World Day against Child Labour in Africa,...

African Union launches probe into alleged rights abuses in Tigray

ADDIS ABABA— The African Union (AU) has launched a commission of inquiry into alleged human rights violations in Ethiopia’s northernmost region of Tigray, where...

President mourns passing of liberation giant President Kenneth “KK” Kaunda of the Republic of Zambia

President Cyril Ramaphosa has learned with great sadness of the passing of Kenneth “KK” Kaunda, Founding President of a post-colonial Republic of Zambia and...

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Maua Residents Cautioned Against Illegal Water Connections

Maua: Residents of Maua in Igembe South Sub-County have been urged to desist from illegal water connections as authorities step up enforcement measures. Maua Town Municipal Manager Timothy Mwenda issued the stern warning stating that anyone caught eng...
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Yetu Sacco Hits Record Billion Revenue

Meru: For the first time in its 33-year history, Yetu DT Sacco, Meru County has hit the Sh1 billion profit mark with a historic membership registration drive. According to Kenya News Agency, the Sacco has recently recorded a surge in membership, su...

Teso King to Tour Kenya, Engage with Iteso Community

Nairobi: Iteso Cultural Union (ICU) leader Papa Paul Sande Emolot is set to visit the Iteso community in Teso, Kenya, as well as those residing in other sub-counties, in March this year. The announcement was made during the burial of Moses Oduya in Ka...

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