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Doctors Without Borders: Governments at UN Must Address Severe Lack of HIV Treatment Access in West and Central Africa During High-Level Meeting
Jun 7, 2016Ahead of the UN High-Level Meeting on Ending AIDS this week (June 8-10), the international medical humanitarian organization Médecins Sans Frontières/Doctors Without Borders (MSF) commended governments for deliberating a critical goal that 30 million people should be... -
BOLD STEPS TOWARDS REALIZATION OF SUSTAINABLE DEVELOPMENT; BUT ARE ALL ACTORS PLUGGED IN?
Feb 28, 2016The journey For a long time now, the world has been on a journey towards the best course of action towards the realization of sustainable development. At the beginning of the millennium, the world made the... -
Zimbabwe: Drought Cripples Hydropower
Feb 18, 2016By Andrew Mambondiyani Priscila Mazanga stares expressionlessly at a small crackling fire in her small makeshift kitchen, she coughs a bit. She rubbed her hands on her apron and with a weary smile she said: “I... -
Nigeria: Oil vs. Renewable Energy Sector
Jan 25, 2016The collapse of oil prices could prove to be more of a boon than a bane for Nigeria. That may not be far-fetched, given that the global price dropped below $35 per barrel range last year.... -
Ending AIDS by 2030 beyond World AIDS Day 2015: Young People and HIV in Nigeria
Nov 30, 2015Nigeria has a large population of over 173 million people. Of these, 28% are adolescents (aged 10-19 years) and young people (aged 20-24 years). In Nigeria the national prevalence of HIV is 3.4%. Among adolescents aged... -
#16Days on Rural Pulse: ‘Listen More Than you Talk’
Nov 27, 2015Every year, from November 25 to December 10, the world unites to speak and work towards preventing/ending against violence against women. Violence against women is a global issue that touches everyone, without distinction of race, sex,... -
Rural Pulse: Volunteer! It is Part of African Culture
Oct 5, 2015Last month, we began a new series – Rural Pulse, to feature people living and working in rural communities on what they consider as the best practice for sustainable development. This week, we asked Voluntary Service... -
THE NEW SUSTAINABLE DEVELOPMENT GOALS PROVIDES THE GLOBE AN OPPORTUNITY TO MAKE IT RIGHT
Sep 26, 2015The United Nations Summit and its ambitious seventeen sustainable Development Goals – the United Nations, our world has never been at a more defining moment. The world realized major gains in previous attempts at accelerating global development... -
Opportunities Amidst the Migration Crisis
Sep 19, 2015By Gibril Faal In August 2015, there were about two million Syrian refugees in Turkey and they make up about 25% of the population of Lebanon. Even with the highest estimates, potential refugee numbers in... -
Rural Pulse: “Grow Where You are Planted”
Sep 6, 2015Often time, we ask the question: Are people doing enough to develop rural communities? If they are, are these developments sustainable? This is the idea behind our new series –Rural Pulse. Each week, we will feature...