Poverty Eradication Winners Announced
Inspiring views from the general public about the best strategies to sustainably fight poverty in Tanzania produced the first ever three winners out of 481 Tweets received between May 13 and 31, this...
View ArticleAngola: FAO Recognises Country’s Effort in Fighting Poverty
Luanda — The Food and Agriculture Organization of the United Nations ( FAO) will honour from 15 to 22 June the effort made by the Republic of Angola in fighting hunger and poverty in the country....
View ArticleAfrica: Is the 2030 Goal for Hunger Eradication Realistic?
United Nations — With less than three years before a 2015 deadline, the developing world is largely expected to miss one of the U.N.’s key Millennium Development Goals (MDGs): halving the number of...
View ArticleNew Oxfam Plan to Tackle Global Poverty Based On “People Power”
Under the title “The Power of People against Poverty”, Oxfam has adopted a new strategic plan that shifts the focus of its work onto the empowerment of people to shape their own future free from...
View ArticlePoverty Levels in Kenya Dropping – World Bank
The living standard for most Kenyans has improved over the last ten years due to better economic conditions, a World Bank report shows. Kenya’s poverty rate is estimated at between 34 and 42 per cent...
View ArticleGhana’s Hunger Reduction Thrills FAO
FAO Director-General José Graziano da Silva has formally recognized 38 countries including Ghana for reducing hunger by half well ahead of international targets for the year 2015. During a high-level...
View ArticleThe High Cost of Hunger in Uganda
Malnutrition costs Uganda an estimated US$899 million annually – as much as 5.6 percent of its GDP – according to findings of a new report. The report, The Cost of Hunger in Africa, launched on 18 June...
View ArticleUniversity Students Advocate ‘Education to End Poverty’ in Rural Gambia
Members of the University of The Gambia Social Sciences and Humanities Students’ Association (SoSHSA) and the Science Students’ Association (SSA) have recently intensified their advocacy on ‘education...
View ArticleStreet Life for Children Shrouded in Miseries
The boy happened to be passing by the window of a daladala as it stopped to pick passengers at Miyomboni area in Iringa. He was asking for 200 shillings. “Look at him, so young,” says a passenger near...
View ArticleMethodical Review: An Attempt At Empowering Citizens With ACID Against...
50 civil society organizations recently took the fight against corruption to a record new feat in Nigeria, launched a web portal called Anti-Corruption Internet Database (ACID) www.antigraft.org. ACID...
View ArticleFeed the Future Reaches 9 Million Households
The U.S. Feed the Future program helped more than 7 million farmers in 19 countries adopt improved agricultural technologies or practices in 2012, increased the value of commodity exports by $84...
View ArticleIMF warns African countries of flood impact on growth
The International Monetary Fund (IMF) has warned African countries to be weary of severe flooding which could significantly impact on growth and infrastructure. The warning was contained in a statement...
View Article‘The Future Of MDGs’, According to Irungu Houghton
After a year of consultations, the UN High Level Panel of Eminent Persons on the Post-2015 Development Agenda have delivered their report. The report can be found here...
View ArticleAdolescent Pregnancies to Take Centre Stage On Population Day
Combatting pregnancies among adolescents will took centre stage yesterday as Rwanda joins the rest of the world in celebrating World Population Day, an annual event established by the United Nations to...
View ArticleTanzania: Gender Based Violence Suppresses Human Rights
Bukoba — GENDER-based violence (GBV) is a serious problem that limits the ability of men, women and children to enjoy their basic human rights and fundamental freedom. Gender violence, broken...
View ArticleAfrica: Treaty Eases Access to Books for the Visually Impaired
Marrakesh — An international treaty that ensures that visually impaired people will have easier access to books has been unanimously adopted by member states of the UN’s World Intellectual Property...
View ArticleGambia: Regional Governors Amplify Presidential Anti-Hunger Call
Gambia’s regional Governors have amplified the back-to-the-land call of President Jammeh, calling on all and sundry to heed this anti-hunger initiative, designed at augmenting household food security...
View ArticleLiberia: FIND Gets New Int’l Civic Peace Advisor
The Foundation for International Dignity (FIND) has received a new Civil Peace Advisor, Ms. Doutsen Langhout, who arrived in Liberia early in June, 2013 to replace Mrs. Christa Moedder, a renowned...
View ArticleUganda: Social Business Will Help Defeat Poverty
On July 11, 2013, Sulaiman Madada, the State Minister for the Elderly and Disabled, launched the beginning of what might be one of the best things to have happened to Uganda: a social business. A...
View ArticleAfrica: How Africa Can Transform Land Tenure, Revolutionize Agriculture, and...
Press release Sub-Saharan Africa is home to nearly half of the world’s usable, uncultivated land but so far the continent has not been able to develop these unused tracts, estimated at more than 202...
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