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- SundayNews
- September 18, 2024
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Community Workshop to Develop a Gender Plan of Action for South African Non-Governmental Organizations (NGOs) in Small-Scale Fisheries
In recognition of the critical role that gender plays in the sustainability and success of small-scale fisheries, AU-IBAR, Mabuyi Development Planners, and he Blue Wild Coast Non-Profit Organization (South Africa)…
- SundayNews
- September 18, 2024
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Media Statement: Committee on Justice and Constitutional Development Commends Public Protector on itâs Gender-Based Violence (GBV) Report
The Portfolio Committee on Justice and Constitutional Development today commended the Office of the Public Protector (PPSA) for a comprehensive report on its systemic investigation into administrative deficiencies relating to…
- SundayNews
- September 18, 2024
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Lesotho: Authorities must promptly investigate allegations that army tortured and killed civilians
Responding to reports that Lesotho Defence Forces (LDF) soldiers tortured at least four people and killed at least two others during the ongoing Operation Hard Fist to confiscate illegal firearms…
- SundayNews
- September 18, 2024
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10 Ways to Address Intimate Partner violence in the Face of Climate Change
As mothers in Malawi are forced to move because of extreme flooding, in Zambia a family of five packs their belongings and leaves their village because of drought. All through…
- SundayNews
- September 18, 2024
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H.E. Dr. Rania A. Al-Mashat Concludes Egyptian-Hungarian Business Forum with Participation of 126 Companies Across Various Investment Sectors
H.E. Dr. Rania A. Al-Mashat, Minister of Planning, Economic Development, and International Cooperation, together with Mr. Péter Szijjártó, Hungary’s Minister of Foreign Affairs and Trade, concluded the Egyptian-Hungarian Joint Business…
- SundayNews
- September 18, 2024
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Ethiopia: United Nations Office for Project Services (UNOPS) and the Ministry of Health signed a $13.5 million project financed by the World Bank to procure and install Oxygen Supply Systems
UNOPS and the Ministry of Health have formalized a $13.5 million partnership financed by the World Bank for the procurement and installation of oxygen plants in hospitals throughout Ethiopia. This…
- SundayNews
- September 18, 2024
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36 Ugandan Chevening/Commonwealth scholars leave for the United Kingdom (UK)
Chevening is the UK government’s flagship scholarship programme that offers a fully funded one-year master’s degree in any field at any of the UK’s top universities and is aimed at…
- SundayNews
- September 18, 2024
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Signing and Exchange of Notes regarding the grant of Mpox vaccines to the Democratic Republic of the Congo
On September 18 (local time), Notes concerning the grant of Mpox vaccines and special inoculation needles were signed and exchanged in Kinshasa, the capital of the Democratic Republic of the…
- SundayNews
- September 18, 2024
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Uganda: End Gender-Based Violence in honour of Fallen Athlete – Members of Parliament (MPs)
Parliament has paid tribute to Rebecca Cheptegei, a long-distance athlete and Uganda People’s Defence Force Sergeant who died after suffering severe burns after an arson attack by her lover on…
- SundayNews
- September 18, 2024
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Three Central African countries commit to global eradication of Guinea-worm disease
Ministers of Health of Cameroon, the Central African Republic and Chad have pledged to scale up efforts to eradicate Guinea-worm disease by 2030 in line with the road map to…