The effects of climate change are so dire and pervasive that approximately, 4 million children and young people worldwide took to the streets recently to demand action from world leaders to exert more efforts in tackling the climate change crisis.
In New York City, while an estimate 60,000 students marched through the streets of downtown Manhattan calling for climate action, academics from the University of the West Indies (UWI), THE State University of New York (SUNY), the joint SUNY-UWI Center, the Global University Consortium on SDG-13, a wide cross section of development partners including the World Bank, the International Development Bank (IDB), UNDP, UNECLAC, Association of Caribbean States (ACS) convened at SUNY Global Center in New York City for a Global Partnerships for Climate Action Symposium.
MANY countries were either represented by Heads of States, Prime Ministers or Foreign Ministers in this years’ just concluded UN General Assembly, but few could miss the absence of Tanzanian President Dr. John Pombe Magufuli.
Magufuli’s absence at the Assembly was well covered by Tanzanian Foreign Minister, Prof. Palamagamba Kabudi who ably showcased how the President is transforming the East Africa’s fastest growing economy.
With Africa’s population set to reach 2 billion by 2050, it’s critical that nutrition is placed at the heart of interventions, policies, and strategies to drive agricultural transformation.
A Director at the Global Panel on Agriculture and Food Systems for Nutrition, Professor Sandy Thomas, made the point at the just concluded African Green Revolution conference in Ghana.
Notwithstanding the fact that Zimbabweans are protesting poor public services, high cost of living, daily power cuts, delays in civil servants salary payments and suppression of freedom of expression, Zimbabwe’s president Emmerson Mnangagwa has accused foreign governments for inciting protests in the country.
Last week, Amnesty International criticized president Mnangagwa in a recent report for presiding over a ruthless and systematic crackdown on the opposition and protesters.
In a recent radio broadcast on Afrobeatradio over WBAI, 99.5 FM in New York, Kholwani Nyathi, editor at the Standard newspaper and assistant editor of News Day Zimbabwe discuss the current situation in Zimbabwe with correspondent Dennis Kabatto.
The issue of financial support to the Water, Sanitation and Hygiene (WASH) sector of Liberia has been a serious challenge for the sector over the years. All of the activities occurring in the sector over the years have been supported by donors and development partners in Liberia.
Even before the establishment of the WASH Commission, allocation in the national budget never reflected any kind of support to the sector.
