Africa

World Vision Eswatini with the support of TaiwanICDF will continue to work for the nutritional needs of vulnerable pregnant women in the country in the "Cash Assistance Project to Complement Maternal and Infant Health Care Improvement Project"

The National Security Services stormed a joint media stakeholders’ press conf in Juba ordering it to halt; the event called for the recognition as a key stakeholder in the constitution-making process, demanded media representation and an observer role

Algerians are turning to help from the diaspora via crowdfunding to raise money for essential medical equipment, as the country's health service bends under increasing cases

Delegates from Nigeria and Ghana are training 16 journalists at Kairaba Beach Hotel to counter the resurgence of "fake news" in the country

Médecins Sans Frontières leaves western Cameroon after the government suspended its operations for eight months, accusing the humanitarian group of aiding separatist groups in the country's northwestern region, an accusation MSF has strongly denied

To build awareness and strengthen power to prevent pollution from ships, a specific workshop has been organized by the Ministry of Environment and Sustainable Development

The activities of three foreign humanitarian organizations working in the northern region of Tigray - MSF, the Norwegian Refugee Council and Maktoume Foundation - have been suspended by the Ethiopian government

The Higher Committee for the Implementation of the Juba Agreement on Peace in Sudan is discussing to start the completion of the file of security arrangements in the Blue Nile area soon and in the other areas at a later stage

Safiatou Traoré, a climate change activist and agro-economist, is on a mission to improve livelihoods in the country while empowering women and youth to curb climate change and eventually adapt to it

60 Seychellois will participate in the Environmental Youth Leadership Program to develop skills and knowledge enough to take up local causes related to climate action in their communities

A trio of French musicians are preparing a tour with the indigenous Akas of Likouala, in the far north, that will take them to Europe and Congo, to plead the cause of this minority that remains under the domination of its Bantu neighbours

The second phase of the support programme for local authorities was launched in the Dosso and Maradi regions as part of the process of decentralisation and maximisation of local resources

Lomé hosted a two-day OECD international conference on grassroots development, a meeting focused on public policies for the benefit of grassroots populations, being social inclusion one of the pillars of the country's government roadmap