• Community Conversations in Ethiopia Prevents Exploitative Migration
  Lack of economic resources and opportunities are driving Ethiopia’s young women to migrate, often through illegal brokers, as domestic workers in the Gulf countries. They face risks of exploitation, trafficking, poor working conditions and sexual harassment in the destination countries. A programme by UN Women and ILO has initiated ‘Community Conversations’ to ensure safe migration, […]
• Jobs Are Crucial for Peace, Stem Radicalization and Violent Extremism in Kenya
  Ambassador Amina Mohamed (@AMB_A_Mohammed) is the Cabinet Secretary in the Ministry of Foreign Affairs and Trade. Siddharth Chatterjee (@sidchat1) is the United Nations Resident Coordinator to Kenya.
• From Where I Stand: Nahimana Fainesi
  Nahimana Fainesi [Finess], 30, fled her native Burundi in July 2015 and has since been living in the Lusenda refugee camp in Fizi, Democratic Republic of Congo. She works as a farmer in a UN Women cash-for-work programme there, which is funded by the Government of Japan. Her work is directly related to Sustainable Development […]
• The Public Benefit Organisations Act Will Help Kenya’s March Towards the Sustainable Development Goals
  Siddharth Chatterjee is the UN Resident Coordinator and the UNDP Resident Representative to Kenya.
• Militarised Conservation Threatens DRC’s Indigenous People – Part 2
  This article is the second in a two-part series on the challenges faced by the Democratic Republic of Congo's indigenous Bambuti people around Virunga National Park in North Kivu.
• Militarised Conservation Threatens DRC’s Indigenous People – Part 1
  This article is the first in a two-part series on the challenges faced by the Democratic Republic of Congo's indigenous Bambuti people around Virunga National Park in North Kivu.
• Conservation Congress Votes to Ban All Domestic Trade in Elephant Ivory
  The international conservation community has taken an important step towards saving African elephants from mass slaughter by voting at a major congress to call on all governments to ban their domestic trade in ivory. A resolution at the World Conservation Congress of the International Union for Conservation of Nature (IUCN) was passed overwhelmingly by governments […]

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• Dangote 17bn dollars refinery to create 300,000 jobs — Official
  The Dangote Industries Limited 17 billion-dollar refinery project will create over 300,000 direct and indirect jobs by the first quarter of 2019, the Chief Operating Officer, Mr Olakunle Alake, has said. The post Dangote 17bn dollars refinery to create 300,000 jobs — Official appeared first on Vanguard News.