Africa
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Alebtong Residents Struggle with Water Supply
Jan 2, 2019BY ISAAC OTWII ALEBTONG, UGANDA – Residents of Omoro sub-county in Alebtong District have to spend hours fetching water enough for domestic use. Ms Helen Abol, a 41-year old resident of Awile-awula village in Omoro Sub-county wakes... -
Zimbabwe Smugglers Bring Mixed Blessings as Prices Triple at Home
Jan 2, 2019By Ray Mwareya Chimanimani, Zimbabwe – Mozambique´s vast porous border with east Zimbabwe is now a boon for beverages, medicines, used car tyres, and combustible fuel smugglers who are out to dodge Zimbabwe´s punishing prices and... -
Rural Access to Power, Migration, and Other Reports
Dec 17, 2018Every week, RuralReporters.com collate reports on development issues in rural Africa and its environs. This report includes some of our top picks from recent must-read research, interviews, blogs, and in-depth articles, carefully selected to help you... -
Bridging the Family Planning Gap in Kaduna, an Interview with the State Commissioner of Health
Nov 29, 2018KADUNA, NIGERIA – The FP2020 report was released at the recently concluded International Conference on Family Planning (ICFP) in Rwanda and Nigeria did fairly well in the report. One of the few successes recorded for the... -
How can data and government policies meet SRH needs in rural areas? Experts Suggest Collaboration and Inclusiveness
Nov 15, 2018KIGALI, RWANDA – Typically in most developing countries, and in some developed countries, poverty tends to be concentrated in rural areas – meaning that the biggest concentration on poverty is in rural areas. However, development experts... -
Government’s Commitment to Family Planning May Increase World’s GDP
Nov 14, 2018KIGALI, RWANDA – Many countries will enjoy accelerated economic growth if more investment is geared towards family planning, the President and CEO, Women Deliver, Katya Iversen, has said. Speaking to the press at the International Conference on... -
Expanding Access to Family Planning Services Significant to SDGs Outcome
Nov 13, 2018KIGALI, RWANDA – Experts at the ongoing International Conference on Family Planning (ICFP) in Kigali, Rwanda, says increasing access to family planning, especially in world’s low-income countries, is critical to achieving Sustainable Development Goals (SDGs) by... -
Rural Policy, Healthcare, and Other Reports
Nov 12, 2018Every week, RuralReporters.com collate reports on development issues in rural Africa and its environs. This report includes some of our top picks from recent must-read research, interviews, blogs, and in-depth articles, carefully selected to help you... -
Farm Yeilds, Rural Jobs and Other Reports
Nov 5, 2018Every week, RuralReporters.com collate reports on development issues in rural Africa and its environs. This report includes some of our top picks from recent must-read research, interviews, blogs, and in-depth articles, carefully selected to help you...