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Canon Miraisha Partners with SOS Children’s Villages Morocco to Empower Youth through Photography Education

These workshops and training opportunities are designed to equip young people with the necessary tools and knowledge to pursue careers in the photography and creative arts industry

Canon’s Miraisha Programme (Canon-CNA.com) focuses on delivering job opportunities and future livelihoods to young people across Africa through skills workshops, training programmes and enterprise support; The programme has educated more than 7000+ future professionals across the continent, helping them to gain qualifications, secure employment and set up their own businesses. Canon Central…

Source: United Nations Mission in South Sudan (UNMISS) |

Surge in Intercommunal Conflict Causing Immense Harm to Civilians in South Sudan, according to the Latest United Nations Mission in South Sudan (UNMISS) Quarterly Brief

Compared to the previous quarter, this represented a four percent increase in incidents (215 to 223) and 35 percent increase in victims (641 to 862)

Civilians are bearing the brunt of a surge in intercommunal conflict in pockets of South Sudan with 862 victims documented as being killed, injured, abducted, or subjected to conflict-related sexual violence during these incidents in the last quarter of 2023. The United Nations Mission in South Sudan (UNMISS) brief on…

Source: UN Women - Africa |

Liberia celebrates International Women’s Day amid calls to invest in women and strengthen gender-responsive budgeting

The theme colour for the commemoration was white, symbolizing peace, unity, and reconciliation

On Friday, 8 March, 2024, a cross section of women and men in Liberia thronged the Ellen Johnson Sirleaf Ministerial Complex to commemorate International Women’s Day (IWD), a day set aside to celebrate the social, economic, cultural, and political achievements of women everywhere and to strategize on how to break…

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Sudan: Nearly 230,000 Children and new Mothers likely to die from hunger without critical action – Save the Children

Of these children, more than 109,000 are likely to have medical complications like dehydration, hypothermia and hypoglycemia, which requires intensive and specialized care at a hospital to survive

Nearly 230,000 children, pregnant women and new mothers could die in the coming months due to hunger unless urgent, life-saving funding is released to respond to the massive and worsening crisis in Sudan, Save the Children said. More than 2.9 million children in Sudan are acutely malnourished and an additional…

Source: The World Bank Group |

World Bank Provides $92.71 Million Through The Gambia Resilience, Inclusion, Skills, and Equity Project (The Gambia RISE Project) to Enhance Economic and Educational Outcomes

The five-year, multi-sectoral project aims to improve how The Gambia builds, protects, and utilizes its human capital by improving education quality and access, enhancing access to employment opportunities, and expanding social protection for the most vulnerable

The World Bank's Board of Executive Directors has approved a $92.71 million financing for The Gambia Resilience, Inclusion, Skills, and Equity Project (The Gambia RISE Project), with $80.45 million from the International Development Association including $20.00 million from the Crisis Response Window Early Response Financing, and an additional $12.26 million…

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As deadly mpox virus outbreak emerges, a lack of diagnostic testing capacity is putting children at risk

The outbreak of mpox virus (MPXV) clade I (akin to a variant) in the Democratic Republic of Congo’s (DRC) South Kivu province shows no sign of abating

New mpox virus transmission routes are emerging with children now a high-risk group; Inadequate testing capacity is stymying efforts to contain the outbreak. The outbreak of mpox virus (MPXV) clade I (akin to a variant) in the Democratic Republic of Congo’s (DRC) South Kivu province shows no sign of abating. An…

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Mozambique: International Committee of the Red Cross (ICRC) calls on respect for civilians, ramps up support to Mozambique Red Cross response to a new wave of displacements in Cabo Delgado

Some 46,000 people fled from the Chiure district of Cabo Delgado into Nampula province in search of safety

Nearly 100,000 people, more than half of them children, have been displaced in one month due to an escalation of armed violence in Cabo Delgado province of Mozambique. The new wave of displacements is taking place against the backdrop of a protracted cholera outbreak, heightening the risk of infectious diseases…

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Merck Foundation Chief Executive Officer (CEO), Senator, Dr. Rasha Kelej awarded on International Women’s Day for her efforts towards women empowerment and supporting girl education

Senator Kelej has been recognized as one of 100 Most Influential African Women for five consecutive years from 2019 to 2023

On the occasion of International Women’s Day 2024, The Business Executive Group, a leading Pan African Media Firm honored Merck Foundation CEO (www.Merck-Foundation.com), Senator, Dr. Rasha Kelej at their Global She Achievers Awards for spearheading Merck Foundation’s programs in the Healthcare and Women & Girls Empowerment; Under the leadership of Senator, Dr.…

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Children as young as nine face mass sexual violence and mutilation in the Democratic Republic of the Congo (DRC) – Save the Children

The majority of sexual violence cases in North Kivu are happening when survivors are fleeing the escalating fighting between the DRC army, the M23, and many other armed groups, which has forced more than 250,000 people, including about 130,000 children, from their homes

 Women and children fleeing deadly violence in eastern Democratic Republic of Congo (DRC) have reported surviving gruesome sexual attacks and genital mutilation by armed men using tree branches, guns, and knives, Save the Children said. Psychologists working with Save the Children’s local partners in displacement camps in North Kivu have…

Source: Republic of South Africa: Department of International Relations and Cooperation |

South Africa requests International Court of Justice to urgently act to prevent famine in Gaza genocide

All participants in the conflict must ensure that all fighting and hostilities come to an immediate halt, and that all hostages and detainees are released immediately

South Africa requests International Court of Justice to urgently act to prevent famine in Gaza genocide. South Africa has on 6 March 2024, approached the International Court of Justice (ICJ) with an urgent application for the provisional measures the court ordered on 26 January 2024, to be strengthened to prevent…