Djibouti: AfDB Launches Study on Climate Adaptation
The African Development Bank (AfDB) has launched the Integrated Urban Infrastructure and Climate Adaptation Study Project in Djibouti. Development Diaries reports that the study, according to the bank, will lead to a roadmap for improving access to resilient urban infrastructure and basic services. It is also understood that it entails building institutional capacity for inclusive […]
Eritrea: AfDB Provides Funds for Electricity Project
Epileptic power supply remains a challenge for rural communities in Eritrea as only 33 percent of the country’s rural population has access to electricity. Development Diaries reports that the lack of access to electricity directly affects people’s livelihoods as they are cut off from essential services like clean water, education, and health care. Eritrea experiences […]
Eritrea: HRW Seeks Probe into Forced Conscription
Human Rights Watch (HRW) has called for urgent action to be taken over an intensive forced conscription campaign carried out by the government of Eritrea in recent months. HRW, in a statement, noted that the government has punished relatives of thousands of alleged draft evaders as part of an intensive forced conscription campaign. It claimed […]
Eritrea: WHO Canvasses Support for NHL Lab Upgrade
The World Health Organisation (WHO) has called on the government of Eritrea to increase its budget allocation to the Ministry of Health to scale the microbiology laboratory at the national and zonal levels. WHO made the call after it assessed the capacities needed to upgrade the microbiology laboratory, which is part of the National Health […]
Eritrea: AI Launches Campaign to Free 21 Detainees
Amnesty International (AI) has launched the #WhereAreEritreasDissidents campaign with the goal to force the authorities in Eritrea to release 21 journalists and politicians who were arrested in a crackdown on dissent 20 years ago. 11 prominent politicians, all former members of the Central Council of the ruling People’s Front for Democracy and Justice (PFDJ) party, […]
Apply: Royal Academy Engineering Innovation Prize
Deadline: 14 September, 2020 Royal Academy of Engineering invites eligible applicants to apply for the Africa Prize for Engineering Innovation 2020. The purpose of the Africa Prize for Engineering Innovation is to stimulate, celebrate, and reward innovation in Sub-Saharan Africa. The engineering innovation, founded by the Royal Academy of Engineering, recognises ambitious African innovators developing […]