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650 million people do not have electricity in Africa. This contributes to a widening gap of the digital and energy divide. Visit this link for more: http://www.energiespourlafrique.org/projet2.php?type=rub8ssr1&langue=an Here is a Tweet from Fayaz King - UNICEF Deputy Executive Director of Field...

Labour Market Intervention Project: A shift towards long-term economic resilience and recovery for women and children in Khana LGA By Annie Maurice Ekanem Ph.D. (Social Policy Officer, UNICEF Port Harcourt Field Office) and Dr. Guy Yogo (Chief Field Office, UNICEF Port Harcourt Field Office) Amid...

COVID-19 preventive measures have been labelled a luxury the poor cannot afford. Rivers is one of the states in Nigeria implementing these policies; with the greatest impact on its most vulnerable populations. This blog post assesses the readiness status of the poorest households in Rivers State in...

Background Many African countries have been praised for waging an effective campaign to combat the spread of coronavirus despite their reputation for having fragile state heath systems. The continent, which has a population of more than one billion, has had about 1.5 million cases, according to data...

Cereal import has played a crucial role in compensating local water deficit. A quantitative account of water deficit and cereal import relations therefore is of significance for predicting future food import demand and formulating corresponding national and international policies. On the basis of...

SUSTAINING RURAL WATER: A COMPARATIVE STUDY OF MAINTENANCE MODELS FOR COMMUNITY-MANAGED SCHEMES This comparative study is based on the premise that each maintenance model represents a sub-system of the broader water supply system and is constituted by a set of factors and actors, in a process of...

21st century research in urban WASH and health in sub-Saharan Africa: methods and outcomes in transition Using a literature review, the authors investigate which WASH-related research areas are most common. The results indicate that more attention should be paid to chronic conditions and...

This study is about the growing scientific analysis suggesting that the impacts of current and recent droughts in East Africa are likely to have been aggravated by climate change. A climate in crisis How climate change is making drought and humanitarian disaster worse in East Africa Nearly thirteen...