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Gambia: $300,000 in business grants awarded to 18 women

Eighteen women have been awarded a total of US $300,000 in small business grants. Within…

Sending refugees to Rwanda, or anywhere else, will never be an effective solution, warns International Rescue Committee (IRC)

Denisa Delić, Director of Advocacy, International Rescue Committee UK, said,  “Irrespective of the passage of…

Uganda: Members of Parliament (MPs) return mandate to supervise Non-Governmental Organisations (NGOs) back to Internal Affairs Ministry

Legislators have scrapped the Non-Governmental Organisations (NGOs) Board returning its mandate of overseeing operations of…

United Nations High Commissioner for Refugees (UNHCR) wins prestigious Webby Award for YouTube series challenging perceptions about refugees

We Were Here, a three-part video series produced in partnership by UNHCR, the UN refugee…

President Cyril Ramaphosa wishes South African Jewish community Chag Sameach as they prepare to observe Pesach Holiday

Pesach is a celebration of freedom, and commemorates the liberation of the Jewish people from…

Hero’s journey: How United Nations Population Fund (UNFPA) helps mothers in Madagascar to access emergency obstetric care

It was time to leave for the hospital. Samueline Razafindravao had intended to give birth…

Joint Call on the Deputy Prime Minister and Minister of Foreign Affairs of the Kingdom of Thailand by the African Ambassadors’ Group

On 22 April 2024, H.E. Mr. Parnpree Bahiddha-Nukara, Deputy Prime Minister and Minister of Foreign…

One walk at a time for the health for all agenda in Tanzania

More than 400 people embarked on the walk the talk for health and health outreach…