FAO Director-General joins high level participants at the 17th Comprehensive Africa Agriculture Development Programme Partnership Platform meeting ROME, Italy, — To make them more sustainable, the transformation of agrifood systems across Africa needs a “cross-sectoral, holistic, coherent and coordinated policy environment,”  QU Dongyu, Director-General of the Food and Agriculture Organization (FAO) said today at a high-level African Union (AU)…

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By Vianey Rweyendela President Samia Suluhu’s reaffirmation at COP26 that Tanzania is fully committed to mitigating the effects of adverse climate change across all key sectors (including agriculture) is very commendable. President Samia addressed the 26th United Nations (UN) Climate Change Conference of the Parties (COP26), at  Glasgow, Scotland, in the UK.   It is great news for over 22,407,487…

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Reports indicate that scores of people have been killed and many others injured in fighting between Arabs and Misseriya Jebel KHARTOUM, Sudan, – UNITAMS is gravely concerned by the significant rise in tribal and intercommunal violence, resulting in the unfortunate loss of civilian lives and livelihoods, most recently in Tawila, Dar Es Salam and Sortoni, Kabkabiya localities of North…

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UNICEF calls on all parties to uphold the safety of children and protect them from violence NAIROBI, Kenya, November 26, 2021. “At least 13 school children and four school staff are among dozens reported to have been injured when a bomb detonated near a school in Mogadishu, Somalia in the early hours of Thursday morning. The blast is said…

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This meeting comes at a time when there is a need to examine how to rebuild CRVS Systems after the disruptions caused by the Covid-19 pandemic KIGALI, Rwanda, – A four day Expert Group Meeting of African Registrar Generals and Director Generals of Civil Registration has officially begun in Kigali, Rwanda. The meeting that runs between November 23 –…

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An Interim National Steering Committee was established by MHETI to provide expert advice and drive the development of the policy on Namibian Research outputs and Journal Accreditation PARIS, France,– About 30 stakeholders from academia, government and NGOs attended the first consultation workshop on the development of the policy framework on Namibian Research outputs and Journal Accreditation from 27-28 October…

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Violence against women remains devastatingly pervasive and starts alarmingly young, according to data from WHO ZURICH, Switzerland,– FIFA (www.FIFA.com) and the World Health Organization have teamed up to raise awareness about domestic violence and support those at risk, during the 16 days of activism against gender-based violence. The campaign kicks off during today’s International Day for the Elimination of…

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The reason for such a change was the introduction and popularisation of new cybercrime models in the region, with cybercrime tools becoming more targeted NAIROBI, Kenya, — According to Kaspersky’s (https://Kaspersky.co.za/) latest research on the threat landscape trends, South Africa, Kenya and Nigeria are facing a dramatic change in the threat landscape. While regular, self-propagating malware is decreasing dramatically,…

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The reason for such a change was the introduction and popularisation of new cybercrime models in the region, with cybercrime tools becoming more targeted NAIROBI, Kenya, — According to Kaspersky’s (https://Kaspersky.co.za/) latest research on the threat landscape trends, South Africa, Kenya and Nigeria are facing a dramatic change in the threat landscape. While regular, self-propagating malware is decreasing dramatically,…

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The main objective of the meeting is to contribute to the preparations for the forthcoming Humanitarian Summit and Pledging Conference scheduled to be held in 2022 ADDIS ABABA, Ethiopia — The African Union (AU) Humanitarian Symposium was initiated in 2010, as a forum that brings together the AU Commission, Member States and Partners to deliberate and exchange views on…

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