Gambia: US Government to Suspend Financial Aid to Gambia, Other African
[Translate] A legislation has been introduced in the United States Senate to suspend US government aid to the Gambia unless president Yahya Jammeh’s administration makes significant efforts to release and account for political prisoners, including Ebrimah Manneh. The bill which...
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Zambia: Bicycles offer a lifeline in rural Zambia
[Translate] In rural Zambia, a bicycle is one of the most important possessions someone can have. At one school, when they were given out to pupils by World Bicycle Relief, the roll increased from 300 to 867 pupils. Headteacher Michael...
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Rwanda: RPP-IMVURA Press Release RE: Mapping Exercise
[Translate] Dear Ms Louise MUSHIKIWABO, RE: Mapping Exercise I write to you as the President of RPP – IMVURA. I have had sight of your letter to Mr Ban Ki Moon, the Secretary-General of the United Nations. ref-No.0482/09.01/Cab.Min/2010. I would...
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Uganda: Funding for Local CBOs/CSOs
[Translate] FIND Partners in Uganda works with several Partners to ensure Resource Mobilization, Fundrarsing and Capacity building in several aspects of Organisationa Development. FIND Partners has engaged a couple of Individual and Small Foundation Donors that are currently seeking to...
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Ghana: Press Release By Northern Ghana Youth Network For Development (NGYND) On Emerging Issues
[Translate] The Northern Ghana Youth Network for Development (NGYND) has observed with outrage the leadership crisis that has engulfed Northern Ghana in contemporary times and its attendant ramifications. The apparent squalor and poverty of the three northern regions is due...
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Rwanda: Adult Literacy Programme Kicks-Off
[Translate] AS the world celebrates the International Literacy Day that falls today, September 8, Rwanda has intensified its steps to ensure that more people learn how to read and write. Endorsed by UNESCO, the Literacy Day is proclaimed for spreading...
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DR Congo: UN has failed Congo mass rape victims, says investigator
[Translate] The UN “failed” the victims of a mass rape in eastern Democratic Republic of Congo, a top official has said, as the number of reported cases rose to more than 500. The world’s biggest UN peacekeeping mission has been...
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Zimbabwe: UN gives 13 million books to Zimbabwe schools
[Translate] The UN Children’s Fund on Wednesday launched a scheme to provide 13 million textbooks to Zimbabwe’s students, in a 50-million-dollar effort to revive the struggling school system. Zimbabwe’s schools were once among the best in Africa, but a decade...
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UGANDA: Improving maternal and child health
[Translate] Pregnant with her first baby, Jackie Ampire discovered that she was HIV-positive after a visit last July to the Hope Clinic Lukuli, in the outskirts of Uganda’s capital Kampala. She had stepped inside this local NGO for the first...
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Gambia: US Government to Suspend Financial Aid to Gambia, Other African
[Translate] A legislation has been introduced in the United States Senate to suspend US government aid to the Gambia unless president Yahya Jammeh’s administration makes significant efforts to release and account for political prisoners, including Ebrimah Manneh. The bill which...
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Ghana: Nine to probe abuse at Osu Children’s Home
[Translate] The Minister of Employment and Social Welfare, Mr E.T Mensah, Monday inaugurated a nine-member committee to investigate the issues of neglect, abuse and corruption at the Osu Children’s Home as alleged in a documentary by Anas Aremeyaw Anas, a...
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Rwanda: Rights Group Calls for Open Dialogue in Rwanda as Kagame Begins Second Term
[Translate] Human Rights Watch called for Rwanda President Paul Kagame to allow open political space and permit opposition voices as he began his second term in office on Monday. Kagame thanked the crowd gathered at Kigali’s Amahoro stadium for his...
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Botswana Police Women Network donates to the needy
[Translate] Botswana Police Women network have donated clothing and groceries worth over P17 000.00 to different needy families in their policing areas. The network comprises female officers from Francistown, Masunga, Tutume and Tshesebe. Handing over the donation in Francistown on...
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Ghana: IOM Distributes Non-Food Items (NFIs) to Flood Victims in Ghana
[Translate] IOM Ghana will complete distribution today of NFIs to the three areas hardest-hit by recent flooding; the Central Region, Greater Accra and the Western Region. Identification of beneficiaries and distribution of aid was undertaken in collaboration with the National...
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Africa: Signs of Success in Fight Against Poverty
[Translate] Five years before the deadline set by world leaders in 2000 to achieve 8 major development goals, Africa is making progress. But more efforts are needed to reach the targets. Africa Renewal’s André-Michel Essoungou reveals the trends. Much of...
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