The programme targets mid-career African women in the policy field to catalyze the design and implementation of gender-responsive agricultural policies across the African continent.
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.
15 fellows selected among 800 applications from across Africa and the diaspora embarked on an international study trip to the city of Bonn and Berlin in Germany.
Many satellite cities still operate in the same way as any rural district. This implies that officials have been focusing on rural issues and not prioritizing resources to drive urban growth.
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.
Increasingly, financially-struggling media and journalists have been resorting to putting their content behind the paywall in a bid to raise revenues, definitely denying a section of the population who cannot afford subscription a chance to quality content access.
Bay View (BVG) and Spalena, both limited liability companies formed by American citizen, Roderick Marshall, had sued government of Rwanda over unfairly terminating a mining contract signed in 2007.
