The search for the next Chairperson of the African Union Commission (AUC) is underway following the exit of H.E. Dr. Nkosazana Diamini Zuma, who has not submitted an application to remain as...
This question really threw me last week:So you are telling me you have the evidence that producing food on a small scale can feed the world and not destroy the planet? Even with a growing...
“We want education, safer working condition and peace” says an adolescent representative in a joint statement on the second day of Adolescents Conference. These demands present a snapshot of the...
Climate and disaster insurance is being oversold and community-based risk reduction overlooked in the rush for resilienceI’m not the first person to suggest that insurance is being oversold.Indeed,...
The first ever national Adolescents Conference in Myanmar is taking place in Nay Pyi Taw with more than 400 adolescent representatives from across the country. Led by Union Ministry of Social Welfare...
One day ahead of the 1st national Adolescents Conference, a national level mid-term review (MTR) of the adolescent engagement programme was taking place in Nay Pyi Taw with the participation of...
Myanmar has a significantly large young population, where about 55% of the total population is under the age of 30, and 19% fall into the adolescent category (10-19 years old). The youth today...
In the east of Zimbabwe 2000 people, around four hundred families, have received cash transfers from ActionAid to help them buy food during the country’s worst drought for 35 years.The devastating...
Other developing countries are also at risk of losing huge amounts of tax revenue to big companies using tax havens, new research from ActionAid has revealed.The world has been watching with shock as...
The biggest story in Uganda right now is at once a terrifying demonstration of self-serving politics and also a striking display of solidarity by the people in support of fair and just taxation.An...
A 2016 statement by the joint inequality alliance noted that:The world faces an inequality crisis that is spiraling out of control. Across the world we are seeing the gap between the...
The billionaire class is out of control. Unless we rein them in very soon, we will never be able to end global poverty or meet the Sustainable Development Goals. This is the key finding of a report...
Karma, a Palestinian village located 11km to the southwest of Hebron City. It is inhabited by around 1400 people (2007 census). Similar to other Palestinian communities, Karma is being choked by...
Education in Ghana was informal before contact with the Europeans, in the informal setting people served as apprentices and understudied their masters. With time, they gained the relevant knowledge...
With at least 600,000 children currently out of school in Malawi, and our education services struggling, it is shocking to think that many wealthy global companies doing business in my country may...
