[Worldwatch Institute] ONE, a grassroots organization co-founded by Bono to fight extreme poverty and preventable disease, issued a statement calling upon the leaders at the upcoming G8 Summit to take bold and effective actions to improve global food security. … [Read more...]

[New Dawn] Sinoe County District #3, Representative Matthew Zarzar has promised to prioritize the interest of his people during his tenure in the House because he said, they are his direct employers. … [Read more...]

[Daily Trust] The Bauchi State government has approved the release of N77 million for the training of 1,000 women drawn from all local government areas of the state. … [Read more...]

[Daily Trust] The Federal Government is targeting to train at least one million youths annually in various occupations through its new initiative, the National Industrial Skills Development Programme (NISDP). … [Read more...]

[Daily Trust] The Industrial Training Fund (ITF) has signed a Memorandum of Understanding (MoU) with the United Nations Industrial Development Organization (UNIDO) on industrial skills development and trainings in Nigeria. … [Read more...]

[Observer] With one out of ten Ugandans surviving on one meal a day and 33 percent of children under five malnourished, Uganda is in danger of becoming a shadow of the country that was once regarded as a fat breadbasket of sub-Saharan Africa. … [Read more...]

[Fahamu] Dr Nawal al Saadawi's continued hope, after decades of persecution by the Egyptian political and religious authorities, and the as yet unfilled promise of Tahrir, offers inspiration to everyone challenging the violence and abuses of patriarchy and capitalism. … [Read more...]

[African Arguments] The Japan International Cooperation Agency (JICA) is clearly an organisation with a positive PR agenda. The lunch laid out after the briefing with their Vice President, Mr Kiyoshi Kodera, told you that alone. With good reason too, because JICA is not well-known in the UK despite having existed in one form or other since the 1970s. … [Read more...]

[UN News] The members of the United Nations Security Council will leave New York on Friday for an official mission to West Africa. … [Read more...]

[AfricaPlus] In the third of a three-part series for the Chicago Council on Global Affairs, Dr. Richard Joseph examines Africa's "prismatic narrative," in which African developments must be viewed "through the prism of how key dimensions interrelate and the complex interplay of local, regional, and global factors." The article can be read below or on the Chicago … [Read more...]

[AlertNet] Migombani - The East African archipelago of Zanzibar is attempting to win "environmental independence" from Tanzania by joining an organisation that promotes the sustainable development of islands in the Indian Ocean. … [Read more...]

[SciDev.Net] An international group of research organisations are collaborating on a project to boost Internet access in rural Sub-Saharan Africa. … [Read more...]