Research have indicated that teens start engaging in sex at as young as 15, yet they face legal, cultural, and religious limitations that bar them from accessing vital information about sexual health and services that keep them safe.
Economists say the new census will provide fresh data which will enable government planners make necessary adjustments in design of programmes and projects aimed at tackling poverty.
The diplomats tackled a wide range of issues from security, cooperation with regard recovering from the COVID-19 pandemic, climate crisis, and the push to have African countries halt oil purchases from Russia.
The regulator will have to address a number of issues from short term contracts that do not allow investors to secure new capital investment to cope with increased demand.
So far, key Pan-African conservation organisations spearheading the scheme say it’s too early to determine when the governance structure, capitalization and disbursement modalities for A-PACT will be deliberated and agreed upon by concerned parties
Conservationists are pushing for the establishment of the fund say at least $200 billion is needed to meet routine costs of conserving estates across the 54 countries.
Some $2 billion to $3 billion is what is urgently needed annually to allow the fund to kickstart and support the protected and conserved areas on the continent.
AWF says the new office will give it the much-needed base in the region, and pave the way for collaboration and partnerships with the government of Rwanda and local non-state actors in advancing conservation.
Experts are worried that this trend, especially in young audiences, is a threat to political opinion building and the abilities to participate in the public discourse.
