Tag: Sustainable Development Goals
Benevolence and Humanitarian Aid Not Enough in Tackling Hunger
By Irene Gaitirira Published August 4, 2020 The impact of the COVID-19 pandemic is expected to add 83 million – 132 million people on the list of the hungry by the end of 2020. “It is not enough to respond with humanitarian assistance alone. We have to build crisis-resilient supply…
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Ugandan Wins Commonwealth Young Person of the Year
By Abdi Ali Published April 6, 2020 Brian Galabuzi Kakembo of Uganda has won the 2020 Commonwealth Young Person of the Year award. Kakembo’s biodegradable plastics and organic waste into eco-friendly charcoal briquettes,won him both the the overall 2020 Commonwealth Young Person of the Year and the Africa and Europe…
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Commonwealth Declares War On Violence Against Women
By Iminza Keboge Published November 27, 2019 Though physical violence is a leading cause of death in women and World Health Organisation, a specialised agency of the United Nations, estimates that one in three women worldwide has been a victim of sexual or physical violence in their lifetime, the abuse…
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Commonwealth Drafts Framework for Fighting Corruption
By Khalifa Hemed Published June 5, 2019 A framework to help combat graft within the Commonwealth is being developed. Speaking in Cayman Islands during the fifth annual regional meeting of the Caribbean heads of anti-corruption agencies, Patricia Scotland, Secretary-General of the Commonwealth, said the document, known as The Commonwealth Anti-Corruption…
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Why Investing in Water-Based Resources Makes Socio-Economic Sense
By Khalifa Hemed Published May 30, 2019 Policymakers and investors can no longer ignore the ocean-linked economy from which more than 800 million people worldwide derive their livelihood. As important as it may be, challenges such as marine pollution, rising sea levels and destruction of aquatic ecosystems are seton destroying…
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Corruption Undermines Development Across Africa
By Irene Gaitirira Published January 26, 2018 Africa cannot develop, leave alone implement United Nations’ Sustainable Development Goals, unless it fights corruption. Giovani Biha, Deputy Executive Secretary of the United Nations Economic Commission for Africa (UNECA), says the adverse effect of corruption on the various segments of the population should…
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