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Niger is in the grips of Islamist violence in its south and western regions - and children are among those bearing the brunt of the insecurity. Hundreds of thousands of people have fled their homes for safety. But those who've stayed back are often out of reach of urgent humanitarian assistance...

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...

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...

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...

By Xiheng Jiang, Vice-President of China Center for International Knowledge on Development (CIKD) The United Nations Sustainable Development Goals Report 2019 shows that, while advances have been made in some areas, monumental challenges remain. The world is not on track to end poverty and millions...