With only one in six Nigerians having access to basic handwashing services, the United Nations Children’s Fund (UNICEF) has called for immediate action to close the country’s critical hygiene gaps amid a growing diarrhoea outbreak. Chizoe Adinora of UNICEF Nigeria made the call on Wednesday in Abuja during the commemoration of the 2025 Global Handwashing […]
Heifer International has called on governments, investors, and development partners to strengthen local partnerships to accelerate agricultural transformation in Africa. Speaking at the Africa Food Systems Forum in Dakar, the organisation stressed that coordinated efforts between governments, smallholder farmers, cooperatives, youth innovators, and the private sector are essential to building resilient food systems and improving […]
DHAKA, Bangladesh (AP) — Several major universities in Bangladesh agreed to shut their doors Wednesday after at least six people died in violent campus protests over the allocation of government jobs, police raided the main opposition party’s headquarters, and student protesters announced a total shutdown of all but essential services. After two days of clashes