Uganda: Student Wins U.S. $1,500 Malaria Campaign Prize
What started as clicks on a Facebook page set up to generate ideas on ways to eradicate malaria in Uganda, has earned a 23-year-old Makerere University student a sh4m prize. Felix Mwebe, an intern at...
View ArticleEast Africa: Excessive Alcohol Consumption Could Hinder MDGs.
The East African Community Civil Society against alcohol abuse has warned that if nothing is done, alcohol abuse could hinder the Millennium Development Goals (MDGs). The warning was made during the...
View ArticleTanzania to Benefit from Special Training Fund
TANZANIA has obtained a total of USD 12.4 million being special fund for training in the oil and gas sector, the National Assembly was told on Tuesday June 11. The Deputy Minister for Energy and...
View ArticleTanzanian Farmers to Benefit from World Bank Loan
SMALLHOLDER farmers in the country will be among beneficiaries of a 70 million US-dollar (over 114.3bn/-) World Bank loan to a private agriculture trading and commodity processing company, Export...
View ArticleKenya: First Lady Roots for Improved Healthcare for Women
Nairobi — First Lady Margaret Kenyatta has called for increased partnership between the Government and the private sector in the provision of healthcare services to women and children. The First Lady...
View ArticleRwanda: Women Told to Break Silence On Domestic Violence
Women have been urged to break silence and report gender and domestic violence challenges they face as an effective way of dealing with the vices which are still rated high in the country. The Deputy...
View ArticleTanzania: Mara On Alert As Lethal Maize Disease Hits Kenya
Dodoma — MARA Region has been cautioned against importing maize from Kenya following the outbreak of a maize lethal necrosis disease in some parts of the neighbouring country. The Minister for...
View ArticleKenya: Girls Take Charge To End Female Genital Mutilation
Some girls among the Pokot community in western Kenya are bravely defying what is considered cultural and traditional by refusing to be circumcised. More and more mothers, fathers and the women whose...
View ArticleEthiopia Signed a Host Country Agreement With UNOAU
The Government of the Federal Democratic Republic of Ethiopia and the United Nations Office to the African Union (UNOAU) signed a Host Country Agreement on Thursday, June 13th. The agreement provides...
View ArticleTanzania: Malaria Outbreak Rock Kagera Despite IRS Programme
Bukoba — AUTHORITIES in Kagera Region are alarmed following an outbreak of Malaria in 29 villages in Muleba District that had already been covered under the Indoor Residual Spraying (IRS) Programme....
View ArticleKenya: First Lady Calls for End to Ivory Business
FIRST Lady Margaret Kenyatta has called for the immediate end to foreign countries buying ivory from Kenya.Mrs Kenyatta said countries in Asia, US and Africa said stopping trade in ivory from the...
View ArticleTanzania: Training Scheme to Benefit Youths
THE Government has reintroduced the apprenticeship training in the country as an initiative towards imparting employment skills to people mostly the youth. The Director General of Vocational Education...
View ArticleUganda: Blood Shortage – U.S. Donates More Kits
The United States Government through the US Centres for Disease Control and Prevention (CDC) is working with the National Medical Stores to bring in additional blood test kits from Kenya, the US...
View ArticleEritrea: Children Under Five Being Immunized With Vitamin-A
Asmara — Reports indicated that a campaign targeting immunization of children under 5 years with Vitamin-A is underway nationwide since June 26. In this connection, the Ministry of Health has called on...
View ArticleRwanda: Govt Starts Cyber Safety Drive
The government has rollout countrywide cyber security campaign to raise public awareness about crimes committed using the Internet. The drive is being conducted by the Rwanda Development Board (RDB)...
View ArticleCivil Society Platform Starts EAC Integration Awareness Campaign
The East African Civil Society Organisations Forum (EACSOF) has launched a two-year region-wide awareness campaign about the East African Community integration process. The objective of the campaign is...
View ArticleUganda Set to Host East Africa Education Ministers
Ministers of Education from 15 countries in Eastern Africa are set to meet in Kampala from July 8 to 10, to deliberate on the ‘Education for All’ (EFA) initiative. The initiative, supported by UNESCO,...
View ArticleUganda: Civil Society Groups in Development Fair
The Uganda National NGO Forum, in partnership with other Civil Society Organizations, has unveiled a new and energetic advocacy agenda at their third national CSOs fair. The two-day event started at...
View ArticleAATF Commits U.S.$110 Million to Food Security in Nigeria, S’Africa, Kenya,...
African Agricultural Technology Foundation (AATF), an independent and non-profit organization, with headquarters in Kenya, over the week end in Abuja, said it has committed over $110 million through...
View ArticleTanzania: Govt Pushes to Reduce Child, Maternal Mortality
THE government has put in place several initiatives in order to increase the number of nurses with the view to reduce child and maternal mortality and improve general health delivery. Deputy Minister...
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