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Month: April 2020

Human Rights 

Lift Cuba embargo or risk many lives lost to COVID-19, UN rights experts warn US

Village Reporter
The joint statement by UN special rapporteurs, independent experts and working groups, calls on the US administration to withdraw measures aimed at establishing trade barriers, and ban tariffs, quotas, non-tariff measures, noting that they are obstructing humanitarian responses to help Cuba combat COVID-19. They said the US has ignored repeated calls to waive sanctions that undermine the capacity of Cuba… Read More
Investments 

Au Maroc, la santé pour tous est une priorité

Elwin Mandowa,
Loubna Karba, 32 ans, mère de deux enfants, remplit une fiche à la réception de l’hôpital public de Rabat, la capitale du Maroc. Elle s’y rend pour soigner une blessure au bras. Loubna détient une carte d’assurance maladie, délivrée aux bénéficiaires du régime d’assistance médicale (RAMED), qui lui permet d’accéder facilement aux soins de santé, sans être confrontée à l’obstacle… Read More
Investments 

Egypt’s Gabal El-Asfar wastewater project: a model for sustainable development

Elwin Mandowa,
Bright sunshine has replaced the rosy light of dawn. But Abel Gaber has no time to admire the view of Cairo on this spring morning. Now in his fifties, the agronomic engineer is too busy supervising his employees on his 130-hectare farm. His is an unusual – and experimental – farm in the Egyptian landscape, in the governorate of Al… Read More
Entertainment Lifestyle 

Nigerians pay respect as popular video vixen, Picture Kodak dies from electrocution

Village Reporter,
There is no doubt that this has been a trying year for Nigerians across several industries. To top this up, popular video vixen and energetic Nigerian choreographer, LD or Love-Divine, also known as Picture Kodak was reported to have been electrocuted while she was charging her phone, Wednesday, 29th April, 2020. Though her family and management are yet to release… Read More
Human Rights 

UN committed to a ‘brighter future’ for Haiti, as independent rights experts call for more action on behalf of cholera victims

Village Reporter
“The importance of relief is even more urgent in light of the COVID-19 pandemic, which could deal a double blow to victims of the cholera outbreak and their families”, the experts said. “We recognise the immense challenges all actors face in responding to the coronavirus, but this new threat cannot mask past failures and ongoing violations.” ?? A group of independent UN rights experts… Read More
Development Health Advice 

UN chief calls for ‘solidarity, unity and hope’ in battling COVID-19 pandemic

Global Author
“We mourn the lives lost – more than 200,000”, Secretary-General António Guterres said in a virtual press conference on Thursday. “We despair that many more will follow, particularly in places least able to cope”.  He ran through the multiple ways the Organization is working to combat the virus on the ground, and said that on Friday, a new UN policy… Read More

BroadAfrica Tours & Safaris

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BroadAfrica is a tour operator based in Kenya’s coastal city of Mombasa that specializes in providing tours that showcase the best of Kenya. Join us to experience the best of the Kenya’s adventure through touring the coastal cities of Kenya, the wildlife rich Savannah and the mountainous and forested central Kenya. If you are looking for something more, allow us… Read More
Investments 

Maroc : l’électricité, une énergie qui illumine les territoires

Elwin Mandowa,
Le timbre du muezzin fait écho dans tout le village, encore endormi, de Douar Bouazza, à 20 kilomètres au sud-ouest de Marrakech. Ahmed Hassani, lui, roule déjà sur sa mobylette à travers ses luxuriants champs d’olives et d’orges. Agriculteur d’une quarantaine d’années, il se réjouit de l’arrivée de l’électricité dans le village. Comme tout le monde, ici. Le courant lui… Read More
Investments 

Africa cannot afford LOCUST-19

Elwin Mandowa,
We are in a battle against time to curb the COVID-19 pandemic. While tackling the Coronavirus pandemic has grabbed global attention, a new crisis that could claim a lot more lives is brewing in Africa: massive locust invasions. Billions of desert locusts are ravaging countries all across East Africa, including Kenya, Somalia, Ethiopia, Sudan, South Sudan, Uganda, and Djibouti. It… Read More