Citrus orchards in South Africa. Kenyans buying South African oranges pay a heavy price due to import duties. Shutterstock May 26, 2021 7.10pm BST John Luiz, University of Cape Town For all its stutters and missteps, there can be little argument that the European Union (EU) has largely lived up to its ambitious billing: to createContinue reading “Africa’s free trade area offers great promise. But only if risks are managed with resolve”
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COVID-19: a new challenge for clean cooking progress in Kenya
Cooking on solid fuels exposes people to toxic pollutants. JEKESAI NJIKIZANA/AFP via Getty Images March 24, 2021 2.45pm GMT Suzanne Bartington, University of Birmingham; Jessie Pinchoff, Population Council, and William Robert Avis, University of Birmingham Over 90% of the 238 million people living in sub-Saharan Africa’s informal settlements, rely upon solid fuels for cooking, heating,Continue reading “COVID-19: a new challenge for clean cooking progress in Kenya”
Interview: On brink of humanitarian crisis, there’s ‘no childhood’ in Afghanistan
Of the 38 million people living in Afghanistan, some 14 million children are food insecure.
Afghanistan: Girls at increasing risk of child marriage
From UN News The United Nations Children’s Fund (UNICEF) has received credible reports of families in Afghanistan offering daughters as young as 20 days old for future marriage in return for a dowry. In a statement released on Friday, the agency’s Executive Director, Henrietta Fore, said that she was “deeply concerned” over reports that child marriage is on the rise. Even before the latest political instability, UNICEF’s partners registered 183Continue reading “Afghanistan: Girls at increasing risk of child marriage”
