More than 200 senior government officials from the Ministry of National Planning and Economic Development as well as other relevant line departments across the country will attend a workshop on...
A few hundred Muslim women have their arms in the air as they sing, "Sophia is our leader." Men are standing in the background talking quietly. Sophia Abdi Noor has come to Ijara in Northeastern...
The last day of the conference is focussing on the future, and there seems to be little doubt in the Fellows’ minds about their ambitions. The number one dream is to form a Fellows’ Party to get a...
The second day of the Fellows’ Conference is focussed on making action plans for how to engage with the most significant challenges Myanmar is facing today. An inspiring example of that is three...
Four days ago hundreds of young people in the remotest corners of Myanmar packed their bags and left home by foot, motorbike or bus. Reaching bigger towns they met other Fellows and continued the...
John Mulingwa - everybody is talking about jobs, but what changes can I expect as a Youth, if they get elected to be president?It is only twilight for 20 minutes in Kenya – after that, most people...
This post is written by Ebrima Ceesay, who is a core Activista in Activista the Gambia.Recently, I was fortunate to represent Activista the Gambia as a conference delegate at this noble gathering of...
In Myanmar 16% of all poverty is associated with disability. For households with one or more persons with disabilities the poverty rate is over 1,5 times higher (37,3%) then households with no...
As East African Heads of State gather in Nairobi to discuss solutions to conflict in the Democratic Republic of Congo, ActionAid urges them to take immediate measures to assist those worst affected and engage in negotiations that will lay the foundation for sustainable peace.
I’ve watched the past few days news from Goma in eastern Congo with a ghastly sense of déjà vu. Four years ago, to the day, I was in Goma, at that time still precariously held by the government army...
