Tuesday, September 26th, 2023
Liberia: YOTAN Provides Support To Underprivileged Girls
Youths Transforming Africa Narrative (YOTAN) with grant support from Mondu Cooperante has launched a project Title: Enabling the Next Generation of Adolescence Girls through Education (ENGAGE) in Gbarnga, Bong County. This initiative is part of Mondu Cooperante program, The right to be a Girls, a project working to end early and forceful child marriage around the world. The launched brought together key stakeholders including, Youth and Women groups, the Student Community of Bong County, National and International organizations CSOs, Traditional Chiefs and Elders as well as officials of the GovernmentRead More
Tunisia: African Development Bank (AfDB), AMEA Power, International Finance Corporation (IFC) and Sustainable Energy Fund for Africa (SEFA) launch first large-scale privately-financed solar project
TUNIS, Tunisia, September 26, 2023/ — The African Development Bank (www.AfDB.org) and the Sustainable Energy Fund for Africa (SEFA), in partnership with the International Finance Corporation and UAE’s AMEA Power, today herald Tunisia’s first privately-financed solar project. This initiative is set to revolutionise the nation’s energy scene by cutting power generation costs, significantly trimming greenhouse gas emissions by over 90,000 tons annually, and bolstering Tunisia’s green transition. The partners signed project launch papers on Tuesday 26 September, at the government headquarters in Al Qasba, Tunis. This initiative stands as oneRead More
Liberia: Main Opposition Leader Runs To Court
Liberia’s main opposition leader—Joseph Boakai of the former ruling Unity Party has taken authorities at the National Elections Commission to court after failing to publish the Final Registration Roll (FRR) ahead of the October 10, 2023 presidential and legislative elections. The decision by Boakai to take the electoral commissioners to the Supreme Court through his party was reached after the electoral umpire defaulted on its promise to have released the FRR on September 21, 2023. In his thirteen counts petition in which he is seeking a Writ of Mandamus, BoakaiRead More